re: #5 Gus 802

In a rather curious and confused way, some white people are starting almost to think like a minority, even like a persecuted one. What does it take to believe that Christianity is an endangered religion in America or that the name of Jesus is insufficiently spoken or appreciated? Who wakes up believing that there is no appreciation for our veterans and our armed forces and that without a noisy speech from Sarah Palin, their sacrifice would be scorned? It’s not unfair to say that such grievances are purely and simply imaginary, which in turn leads one to ask what the real ones can be. The clue, surely, is furnished by the remainder of the speeches, which deny racial feeling so monotonously and vehemently as to draw attention. — Christopher Hitcehns

How arrogant and ignorant do you have to be to believe that “America is the only bastion of hope in the world?”

Sure, we’re the greatest nation on earth. But I think a decent, moral, productive, materially comfortable way of life is also available in some other places.