{"id":607,"date":"2006-12-22T13:48:29","date_gmt":"2006-12-22T08:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=607"},"modified":"2006-12-22T13:48:29","modified_gmt":"2006-12-22T08:48:29","slug":"calling-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2006\/12\/22\/calling-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An editorial from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/12\/21\/AR2006122101612.html\"><strong>Washington Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>BIGOTRY COMES in various guises &#8212; some coded, some closeted, some colossally stupid. The bigotry displayed recently by Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., a Republican who represents a patch of south-central Virginia, falls squarely in the third category. Mr. Goode, evidently in a state of xenophobic delirium, went on a semi-public tirade against the looming peril and corrupting threat posed by Muslim immigration to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;..the real worry for the nation is that the rest of the world might take Mr. Goode seriously, interpreting his biased remarks about Muslims as proof that America really has embarked on a civilizational war against Islam. With 535 members, you&#8217;d think that Congress would welcome the presence of a single Muslim representative. Whether it can afford a lawmaker of Mr. Goode&#8217;s caliber is another question.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is always inspiring to see the media play the role of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fourth_Estate\"><strong>4th estate<\/strong><\/a>. 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