Posted on 09/19/2010 6:02:25 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Many Americans have suggested that more moderate Muslims should stand up to extremists, speak out for tolerance, and apologize for sins committed by their brethren.
That’s reasonable advice, and as a moderate myself, I’m going to take it. (Throat clearing.) I hereby apologize to Muslims for the wave of bigotry and simple nuttiness that has lately been directed at you. The venom on the airwaves, equating Muslims with terrorists, should embarrass us more than you. Muslims are one of the last minorities in the United States that it is still possible to demean openly, and I apologize for the slurs.
I’m inspired by another journalistic apology. The Portland Press Herald in Maine published an innocuous front-page article and photo a week ago about 3,000 local Muslims praying together to mark the end of Ramadan. Readers were upset, because publication coincided with the ninth anniversary of 9/11, and they deluged the paper with protests.
So the newspaper published a groveling front-page apology for being too respectful of Muslims. “We sincerely apologize,” wrote the editor and publisher, Richard Connor, and he added: “we erred by at least not offering balance to the story and its prominent position on the front page.” As a blog by James Poniewozik of Time paraphrased it: “Sorry for Portraying Muslims as Human.”
I called Mr. Connor, and he seems like a nice guy. Surely his front page isn’t reserved for stories about Bad Muslims, with articles about Good Muslims going inside. Must coverage of law-abiding Muslims be “balanced” by a discussion of Muslim terrorists?
Ah, balance — who can be against that? But should reporting of Pope Benedict’s trip to Britain be “balanced” by a discussion of Catholic terrorists in Ireland? And what about journalism itself?
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have a drink of pig urine mr mussie...you’ll feel better.
Give back Hagia Sofia and Constantinople and I’ll think about it.
Take your apology to Mecca and read it there.
Lots of buzz on the internet about just how despicable this article was...
Yeah, you’re “sorry” alright
Typically in the US military it takes 10 soldiers for one front line soldier. When it is a fight at your home front it was for the Germans during the war about 4 to 5 soldiers per fighting man. So lets take the 4 soldiers per fighter which is 5 soldiers.
How man citizens does it take to finance 5 guys?
In other words if 2% are fighting us then their support equals 10% on the front lines or support.
To Finance 10% it would take in charities and bad government supports at least 30% at and they would be hurting for cash at that level.
In other words if 2% are fighting at least 40% are financially or directly supporting them at the very least.
Too late. Bambi already apologized to the Muslim world, and now we have ‘world peace’.
What a dork.
When they’re chopping your head off Kristoff or just as they’re about to smash the plane your on into the building make sure you tell the Saracens that you wrote such a glowing article about them in The New York Times. Who knows, it might help. Not!!
Whorled Peas with no more violins.
Kristof can KISS OFF. The NY Times can’t die fast enough.
You can’t be a Muslim and an American. (Heard it from the horse’s mouth on Hannity’s radio show a week ago.)
Why do all anti-islamic articles have to be ‘balanced’ to bring up the so-called moderates? This guy is an idiot.
Do I have to read this, or can I just say, “Paging Mark Steyn.”
I'm only sorry a lot more Korans were not burned and/or abused. IT's evil and an enemy at war with us.
muslime = nazi = war party = enemy of America
That’s reasonable advice, and as a moderate myself****
I knew I could stop reading tight there. I love how these leftist have absolutely no political self-awareness. They love to point out what they call the extreme right wing but have no intellectual capacity to see their own extremism.
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Not on your life.
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