Religious leaders from the Pope to television evangelists keep insisting that Islam is a religion of peace. We are told that Islam advocates many of the same life-sustaining rules and ideas as Christianity and Judaism. That most Muslims are peace-loving, are children of God and want the same things out of life we do.
We are told that we have a religious duty … and an American duty … to open our hearts and our borders to Muslims fleeing from the violence that is tearing their national homes to shreds. We are told we should treat them with justice and charity.
Movie executive Harvey Weinstein is blanketing social media, as accusations of his sexual harassment and assaults multiply with every report. The fact that he's from the "Hollywood elite" and was a huge Democratic Party fund raiser makes him an easy target for conservative commentators (although Fox News, with its recent sexual harassment troubles, can hardly throw stones).
