America's Shame

Submitted by Peter Herz (United States), Sep 30, 2010 at 19:24

I agree heartily with Dr. Pipes' post and E.J.'s comment. The failure of our administration and major media to use the proposed Qu'ran burning as an opportunity to tell the world about the First Amendment suggests to me that both of these institutions (especially since, I understand, the NY Times actually hoped for a government bailout of ailing print media) suggests that the American Left does not really believe in free speech. Worse, the failure to Stand by the part of the Constitution that protected so many of Obama's own teachers and mentors was downright shameful.

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