The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don’t–Oh, Never Mind
“Hundreds Gather Near Chicago for Bed Bug Summit”–headline, Kansas City Star, Sept. 21
News of the Tautological
“Fall Begins Tonight; Leaves Change Soon”–headline, Rome (Ga.) News-Tribune, Sept. 22
Clinton’s Suggestion
DNAinfo.com, a local Manhattan news site, reports that Bill Clinton has endorsed the Ground Zero mosque (or “Park51” in this week’s euphemism):
Clinton also had a suggestion for the builders of Park51.
“Much or even most of the controversy . . . could have been avoided, and perhaps still can be, if the people who want to build the center were to simply say, ‘We are dedicating this center to all the Muslims who were killed on 9/11,'” Clinton said.
Mohamed Atta and his 18 friends? No, that was a cheap shot. The former president meant victims of 9/11 who happened to be Muslim:
Dedicating the center to the Muslim victims would show that “not all Muslims are terrorists,” Clinton said, and it could help unite all the family members of 9/11 victims in a common cause of remembrance. Many 9/11 family members have been outspoken in opposition of the center.
It’s true that some 9/11 victims were Muslims. It’s also true that some victims of Ku Klux Klan violence were white. Imagine if someone proposed a memorial to “the white victims of the KKK,” and you’ll understand why Clinton’s idea is weird, to say the least.
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