Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Are Americans Bigots? - WSJ.com
No, they are not.
Hopefully, those that are dismissive of the "silent majority" will suffer some appropriate consequences...
Hopefully, those that are dismissive of the "silent majority" will suffer some appropriate consequences...
William McGurn recently explained this point in the Wall Stret Journal:
"American history confirms the need for leaders willing to make strong moral criticisms of their opponents and society. Certainly we could not progress without them. Still, the most successful—Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, et al.—have been those who appealed to the decency of their fellow citizens.
As the controversy over the planned Islamic Center near Ground Zero escalates, we have had many secular sermons on the need to recognize that the vast majority of Muslims should not be confused with the terrorists. No argument there. But how much more fruitful our own debates might be if the Judge Walkers, Mayor Bloombergs and Speaker Pelosis could extend that same presumption of decency to the American people."
