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The hysteria over Obama's former pastor's attacks on America shows we're still in thrall to knee-jerk patriotism.
  • You've Got It All Wrong

    Patriotism has nothing to do with the reaction to Wright's comments. The problem with Wright is that he's a racist and a demagogue who's feeding his congregants paranoid conspiracy theory BS. His comments on 9/11 were reasonable enough, though not the sort of thing, obviously, a presidential candidate wants to be associated with.