The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Everything Seemingly Is Swimming Under Control
“Outrage Over China Magician’s Synchronised Fish”–headline Agence France-Presse, Feb. 17
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Ron Paul Proposes Cutting Foreign Aid to Middle Eastern Countries”–headline, Commentary website, Feb. 17
- “Hillary Clinton Donors Indicted”–headline, TheHill.com, Feb. 16
- “Chris Rock Disses the Tea Party”–headline, Politico.com, Feb. 17
You’re Oppressing Me!
“The University of California at Davis has backed away from a policy that defined religious discrimination as Christians oppressing non-Christians after more than two dozen Christian students filed a formal complaint,” Fox News reports:
The definition was listed in a document called, “The Principles of Community.” It defined “Religious/Spiritual Discrimination” as “The loss of power and privilege to those who do not practice the dominant culture’s religion. In the United States, this is institutionalized oppressions toward those who are not Christian.”
“This is radical political correctness run amok,” said David French, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund.
The conservative advocacy group wrote a letter on behalf of more than 25 students who objected to the policy and wanted it revised.
He said it’s absurd to single out Christians as oppressors and non-Christians as the only oppressed people on campus.
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