“But some of my best friends are Muslim.” I don’t live in Columbus, which means that my words could be construed as coming from an “outside agitator” (though I’ve got Midwestern credentials I swear), but I can somewhat vividly imagine what the pulse of the community was like when this hit the pages of the Lantern. From what I understand The Lantern newsroom faced hell on earth Monday with a deluge of angry phone calls and emails. This makes sense. Social norms in our country usually do not permit racism/religious bigotry, even if our institutions do. This is how we get the mindset that the “PC police” pose a serious threat to thought in America. Though I applaud the Lantern for avoiding the use of that disgusting term, their defense of the advertisement smacks of an institution twisting itself into rhetorical...
