We have armed militias training for war with the Feds, Tea Partiers holding anti-government rallies, televangelists threatening damnation for supporters of the president, skinheads inciting mayhem.
What do all these people have in common? They are almost exclusively white Christians.
I wonder: Would these clowns be tolerated as much if they were black or Muslim?
As with the countries we invade, it's amazing how tolerant we are of people who look like the majority of us, and how hard we are on those who don't.
If Osama bin Laden were hiding in France, would we bomb Paris?
If the "terrorists" we've captured were Methodists, would they have been water-boarded?
If Sarah Palin gave one of her typical Tea Party speeches in a burka . . .
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