One of the more detestable media figures of late was pastor Terry Jones, the Florida preacher who threatened to burn a Quran on Sept. 11. The stunt he pulled was atrocious. But I’ll give him this: He stated his opinion, he put himself out there, he took the death threats that came with his nonsense. He did not, like so many today, hurl spitballs from behind a desk.
Joe the Cop and Todd Henderson and anyone poised to publicly spout a bold opinion should consider this: If you’re ceding so much as an inch of the moral high ground to a wacko like Jones, your point may already be lost.
If your entire opinion comes down to, “You damn kids get off my lawn!” just don’t bother.