The Bigotry Chill

We got through a firing circle on U.S. policy toward Israel without any fisticuffs or injuries! I think this calls for pats on the back. Jonathan and I should now go out on the road and do interviews that prove that two people of Jewish and Muslim origins can discuss these issues civilly. And Lina and I could go on the road and do interviews that prove that Bruins and Trojans can get along -- but sadly, we still don't. I do want to circle back to Chris' comment about how easy it is to be tagged as a homophobe or xenophobe or Islamophobe for daring to question various shibboleths, mainly as it involves liberal pet causes. I agree that some liberals are too quick to brand other people as intolerant, in a way that chills rational discussion. I think that the charge of anti-Semitism, however, carries unique explosiveness in... [read full story]