I think Juan Williams was just being honest, saying what a lot of people are thinking in private. He said that he is afraid when he sees people wearing Muslim clothes on the plane with him. I believe that he understands that this is an irrational fear because most Muslims are not terrorists and for those that are, they are not going to wear clothes that will bring attention to themselves. I believe that the 9/11 hijackers were not wearing Muslim clothes. Nor were the shoe bomber or the underwear guy. So he has an irrational fear which I don't think is a cause for getting fired. His firing is another example of political correctness which plays into the hands of organizations like Fox News which will use Williams as a victim.
I believe we are so polarized and self-centered that we can't accept other people's right to opinion. Bill O'Reilly's comment about Muslims killed us as oppose to adding the word extremist before the word Muslim, was insensitive. But I don't think Whoopi Goldberg and (I think it was) Joy Behear walking out was appropriate. If you disagree with another person's opinion or facts, debate him, not walk away or calling that person a racist, a socialist, or unpatriotic. This is a problem on both the right and left and if continue, will divide our country more and more.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
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Couldn't say it any better. You pretty much summed up my thoughts on the subject.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I would add is how Juan Williams is now hired in at Fox and I wonder if he will still be able to state his opinion or will he have to toe the line over there. It seems that he has changed his style already and I don't know if it's because he has to or if he feels like he has to.
I don't watch Fox News and I don't listen to NPR either but I do remember seeing Williams on other shows and in sound bites.
-LBOAYM
I heard that Williams got couple million from Fox so I think he can change his style for that! Maybe this was a set up by them to get NPR to fire him and give them more publicity. NPR obviously bit.
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