Juan Williams highlighted how hypocritical the left has become on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. He said his firing from NPR for his comments about terrorists was different than Phil Robertson's comments about homosexuals; his was an honest debate, Robertson's are hate speech.
Williams thinks the reason that the right is standing with Phil has more to do with politics than beliefs, and he said so to host Wallace:
I think the reason that the right is so strongly backing this is because they think there's a potential wedge issue, especially with older, white evangelical voters, Chris. And so people like Mike Huckabee…
Wait. Older, white guys like Huckabee are the only ones who share Robertson's beliefs? Williams is ignoring Huckabee's reminder that older, black guys like Barack Obama stated the same beliefs back in 2008 and did not fully back homosexual relationships until 2012 when Vice President Biden forced his hand. Talk about politics.
Wallace wanted confirmation from Williams about his assertion, and this was his response:
Oh yes, heavily political. Because as everyone has said on this panel, it's not a first amendment issue. Talking about best selling books, I had a best-selling book on this topic [unintelligible] because guess what, I got fired for saying something that somebody didn't like. Now, when I got fired, it was, I think, part of an honest debate about terrorism in our society. My employer didn't like it and fired me. But my point is, this is not about honest debate. What was said actually shuts down debate because it invites - it was ugly language about homosexual acts and it invites bigotry and invites people to hate people who are gay…
How about that for hypocrisy. Williams exonerates himself by claiming his comments were a part of an honest debate and surely do not invite bigotry or hate. As a reminder, he said to Bill O'Reilly back in 2010 that he "get[s] nervous" when he is on planes with "people who are in Muslim garb." NPR fired him over those comments.
The left has a high, moral standard to which they hold everyone. But there is a twist; everyone must be tolerant of their viewpoint and abandon any personal beliefs, religious beliefs or preferences.
