Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
President Obama says we shouldn’t condemn Muslims for doing evil because Christians did evil during the Inquisition.
Really? You’re going with the: “Jimmy did it, too” defense?
Pathetic.
Joe Doakes
And we thought “it was George Bush’s fault” was getting old…
The president is absolutely right to encourage civility. Is he saying he’ll take away the right to free speech? Absolutely not. He is encouraging a more tolerant world view, where people endeavor to understand those who are unlike them. This is important in modern, multicultural society. Congress certainly could learn this lesson.