The BlogObama to Latinos: "Punish" Your "Enemies" in the Voting Booth6:39 PM, Oct 25, 2010
• By JOHN MCCORMACK
Via Allahpundit, a strident call to identity politics from our post-partisan, post-racial president:
A friendly refresher on the difference between "enemies" and "opponents" from Jon Stewart: There's a difference between disagreeing with people, like newscasters on Fox News that I think are incorrect in their analysis of the days events, and people that threaten to kill you for putting a cartoon image of Mohammad in a bear suit [which is what "South Park" did]. And that's a line that we too often forget. And it's very easy to dehumanize -- and I will say in this room, I would imagine [Glenn] Beck and [Sarah] Palin are easier punching bags -- and we think of it as, 'Oh, my God, I'm so scared if they take over.' . . . And you know what, we will be fine. . . .I think we always have to remember that people can be opponents, but not enemies. And there are enemies in the world. We just need the news media to help us delineate. And I think that's where the failing is, that the culture of corruption in the media doesn't allow us to delineate between enemies and opponents. Recent Blog PostsThe Weekly Standard ArchivesBrowse 18 Years of the Weekly Standard
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