Positively Glorious!

I recently wrote a post about the upheaval regarding the Muslim Cultural Center in New York. Despite the fact that the post was long and even, at times, inflammatory, it illustrated a point.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get around to making the point that I wanted to make.

I’m a writer, and in the world of the modern web, my long, essay-like style is sometimes inappropriate. When I sat down to write that post, the purpose was to illustrate a specific point about prejudice. I wanted to use the issue of the Muslim Cultural Center as an aid in illustrating that point. However, because I write in a lengthy style, it became, well, the point.

I still think that post is valid, but now I want to take the time to use that to return to my original point, which is a somewhat more subtle argument than saying “people who denounce the Muslim center are bigots.” This point is quite different than that. The point I really want to make is this:

You are a bigot.

Yes, you.

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