Michael Rubin draws attention to two other double standards--one of them the Breivik/bin Laden double standard:
To date, no one has accused Osama bin Laden of having been a liberal democrat for that matter.
First, while Breivik cited a number of right-of-center analysts and some other pundits who are, in my opinion, too Manichean in their analysis, there was no similar lynch mob when Osama bin Laden, for example, provided Americans with a reading list of authors (Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer, Tony Judt, Jimmy Carter, John Perkins, etc.). I disagree with the arguments made by these authors, but free speech should be sacrosanct. No single madman’s actions should justify muzzling intellectual or policy debate.
But who knows?
They are still going through those computer files.
Hat tip: Challah Hu Akbar
Technorati Tag: Anders Breivik and Osama bin Laden.
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