Taking Things Seriously

More for the angry mob:

• I will take seriously your outrage over affirmative action when I see that you are equally outraged over racial profiling, housing discrimination, etc.
• It would be easier to take seriously your outrage over the current deficit and national debt if I had heard the same outrage when Bush was president.  (Thomas Friedman's column on Sept. 29 about the Tea Kettle movement has a good take on this.)
• I will take your outrage over health care reform seriously when you voluntarily give up your employer-sponsored or public employee health insurance and buy it instead on the open market (before the pre-existing condition prohibition kicks in).