Herman Cain has had a lot of recent opportunities to ponder anonymous accusations, and he has made it clear that when
anonymous accusations are being leveled against him—even when they're not actually anonymous—anonymity is evidence of untruth.
Because if "we have no idea the source of this witch hunt," how are we supposed to know whether to believe an accusation?
But while multiple anonymous (and non-anonymous) descriptions of Herman Cain's actual behavior are dodgy, apparently Cain expects us to be comfortable with relying on one anonymous report on the private beliefs of the majority of Muslims. In an interview with GQ Magazine:
“There are peaceful Muslims,” Mr. Cain explains, “and there are extremists.”
He added: “I have had one very well-known Muslim voice say to me directly that a majority of Muslims share the extremist views.”
Pressed on whether he believes that is true, Mr. Cain says he believes his anonymous acquaintance is correct because “that’s his community. I can’t tell you his name, but he is a very prominent voice in the Muslim community, and he said that.”
Believe me! He's a prominent Muslim, secretly telling a notorious Muslim-hater that Muslims are extremists—nothing suspicious about that! Forget everything I've ever had to say against anonymous and vague accusations and go hunt that witch.