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Originally Posted by roachboy
but (again) this isn't a conversation about juan williams any more. it's about whether it's ok to hold what amount to racist views/bigoted views---or (another way) it's about one's relation to the abstraction "the war on terror" and of that abstraction to the construction of the Enemy that comes with it. folk who are suspicious of it vs. those who aren't. and it seems that once again this lands us back in the strange little world of identity politics.
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Who said it is o.k.? First, some people are acknowledging fears, including Williams. Some see those fears as irrational and some have yet to come to that conclusion. There has been support of the use of "free speech" to air these issues without being called a bigot or a racist or arrested by the "PC" police. And, I firmly believe an open and honest dialog is important to get beyond irrational fears including the irrational fear of peace loving Muslims.