[Johnny Shear]

If you are so blithely unconcerned about being un-PC in your use of the word "rednecks" (whom you have said you want to see packed off to internment camps,) how come you're so full of such exquisitely PC solicitude towards Moslems? What gives you the right to preach to others about intolerance, when you have shown yourself to be at least as intolerant towards those whom you call "rednecks"?

One...That was a tounge in cheek comment by me in order to prove a point and you know it. Save the hysterics, Alice.

Two...If I was serious, at least that would be interning people based on their actions rather than their appearance or choice of religion.

Three...My attitude towards innocent Muslims is not "PC". It's called NOT being racist.

[aristeides]

Thinking racism is the worst of sins IS PC. Ever hear of self-preservation?

[aristeides]

And, by the way, you're the one that uses racist language. I don't.

[FreeTheHostages]

Sir, I just have to say -- in another thread you were claiming certain people were racist and anti-Muslim. But one of the people you listed was someone who came out and supported the Iraqi dissidents here in DC on Saturday.

So one of my real concerns about you leading the charge on this issue is the accuracy of your information. I think racism is a thunderous charge and it shouldn't be lightly hurled about. I don't know -- and I really don't want to know -- the details of how you've arrived at your own personal conclusion as to who is anti-Muslim and why you've decided to loudly and repeatedly proclaim it to all of us. I don't know how accurate your research is. But I do know that as to the one case I have personal experience with, you are dead wrong.

When I was a prosecutor, I did my research before I brought my charges.

[FreeTheHostages]

OK, this is just me, but if I were involved in a thread where I had to publicly apologize for getting it wrong in calling someone racist and then the recipient of the apology says, "Fine, and please don't call my wife 'skippy' " -- I mean this stuff should be embarassing. At what point do you decide that, in light of the title of the thread and the general point of this thread, perhaps it's time to move along? This is kinda "hijacking" the thread -- you're not making one point, you're getting into sustained debates which, I do assure you, look a little embarassing.