hat tip-Andrew Sullivan
In His Gut
07 Sep 2010 08:59 am
This from my old friend and former boss Marty Peretz:
I wouldn't close my eyes or our eyes to the increasing number of both naturalized and native-born citizens who enlist in the Islamic terror networks of our time, here and abroad... [A]mong those Muslims led by the Imam Rauf there is hardly one who has raised a fuss about the routine and random bloodshed that defines their brotherhood. So, yes, I wonder whether I need honor these people and pretend that they are worthy of the privileges of the First Amendment which I have in my gut the sense that they will abuse.
I am not a Muslim. I am a Christian. I have no interest in changing religions, and if I did, it wouldn't be to Islam.
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution doesn't apply to some people.
It applies to ALL of the citizens of this country. Including those that practice the Faith of Islam. There is no means-test by which some citizens can use it, and others can't.
THIS
This obvious hatred and justification of discrimination against Muslims, and rationalization, in a supposed 'mainstream' publication, is frightening.
And WRONG.
You must push back against it if you call yourself an American. If you believe in the Constitution, you must push back against this.
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