This video was tweeted this afternoon, and I haven't seen much on it. If you want to avoid watching it, I don't blame you. It has the Quran burning pastor with 4 or 5 of his friends? congregation? saying the N-word with big ol' smirks on their faces, and one guy going on a long defense of it, revving up whoever he can with talk of double standards, "How come we don't get to say it," and generally obnoxious white supremacist talk.
Update - I just saw the front page with Pres. Obama's statement. It is calming, and I have no wish to disagree, although I still hate the Skokie decision. I read some excellent comments and diaries about who this pastor is - skepticalobserver below, backgroundnoise, more. It sounds like this pastor and his sidekick are serious provocateurs, racial, religious, inter-national.
I guess we'll have to learn more about that as we grow.
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