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More fundamentally, the discomfort of some progressives with any hint of religiosity has often inhibited us from effectively addressing issues in moral terms. Some of the problem is rhetorical: Scrub language of all religious content and we forfeit the imagery and terminology through which millions of Americans understand both their personal morality and social justice. Imagine Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address without reference to "the judgments of the Lord," or King's "I Have a Dream" speech without reference to "all of God's children." Their summoning of a higher truth helped inspire what had seemed impossible and move...
Talk about defensive: this was the first time I had ever seen Obama less than perfectly comfortable. And his discomfort exposed the elaborate intellectual balancing mechanism that he applies to every statement and gesture, to every public moment of his life. "He's working a very dangerous high-wire act," Shelby Steele told me. "He's got to keep on pleasing white folks without offending black folks, and vice versa." Indeed, Obama faces a minefield on issues like the racial gerrymandering of congressional districts and affirmative action. "You're asking him to take policy risks? Just being...
...will not tolerate, we need facts, not political correctness. When I think of torture, I think of ripping out fingernails or sending electrical current through the body. I believe that most Americans are against any interrogation methods that cause excruciating pain. That is far different, however, from duress or discomfort. I am not against our government using a variety of interrogation techniques, such as loud music and uncomfortable surroundings, especially when that could save U.S. lives. Julie J. Marlay Ottumwa, Iowa...
...fact that these assailants were not from Harvard does speak volumes about the tolerance of Harvard’s students, but only really says that they aren’t willing to punch people because of their feelings of discomfort,” he said in an e-mail...
...good-natured exchange of ideas and ideologies that’s advertised to us, we find that diversity is sometimes much more difficult than it looks in the pictures. In courses that deal with subjects as sensitive as race, religion, or political ideology, a heterogeneous classroom can often mean discomfort, argument, and uncertainty about what is or is not acceptable to say in front of each other. This is particularly striking in classes in African American, Latin American, or other ethnic studies, in which the very people being “studied” are sitting right there...