Midtopia has a nice article pointing out some of the hypocrisy in the “controversy” of Romney’s Mormonism versus the fears of some War-on-Terror hawks of Islam:
Which brings us to Romney. Because in his case I’m starting to see the roles reversed: Some liberals/Democrats bashing Mormonism (using sites such as this one) and conservatives/Republicans defending him.
All of which, with luck, gives us an opportunity to pause and think. Liberals should realize that by adopting the tactics of Islamaphobes, they become no better than those they oppose. Conservatives should realize that if the tactic is illegitimate when directed at Romney, it’s also illegitimate when directed at Muslims.
That assumes that bitter partisans can adopt some reason and logic when girded for battle in the political arena. Politics is ripe with hypocrisy, and while Sean Aqui makes an excellent point in highlighting it here… there are far too many political folks needing a close encounter with a clue-by-four to give me much hope of reason prevailing right now.