Oct. 31st, 2010
"There are terrorists, and racists, and Stalinists, and theocrats, but those are titles that must be earned, you must have the resume. Not being able to distinguish between real racists and Tea Party'ers, or real bigots and Juan Williams or Rick Sanchez is an insult, not only to those people but to the racists themselves who have put in the exhausting effort it takes to hate. Just as the inability to distinguish terrorists from Muslims makes us less safe, not more."
(Transcribed by me, so any errors are mine)
"There are terrorists, and racists, and Stalinists, and theocrats, but those are titles that must be earned, you must have the resume. Not being able to distinguish between real racists and Tea Party'ers, or real bigots and Juan Williams or Rick Sanchez is an insult, not only to those people but to the racists themselves who have put in the exhausting effort it takes to hate. Just as the inability to distinguish terrorists from Muslims makes us less safe, not more."
(Transcribed by me, so any errors are mine)
"There are terrorists, and racists, and Stalinists, and theocrats, but those are titles that must be earned, you must have the resume. Not being able to distinguish between real racists and Tea Party'ers, or real bigots and Juan Williams or Rick Sanchez is an insult, not only to those people but to the racists themselves who have put in the exhausting effort it takes to hate. Just as the inability to distinguish terrorists from Muslims makes us less safe, not more."
(Transcribed by me, so any errors are mine)