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ED KOCH ON CIVILITY: Palin Holds High Ground Over Harsh and Unfair Critics. ?Why do I defend Palin?

By Glenn Reynolds

ED KOCH ON CIVILITY: Palin Holds High Ground Over Harsh and Unfair Critics. “Why do I defend Palin in this case? I don’t agree with her political philosophy: She is an arch conservative. I am a liberal with sanity. I know that I am setting myself up for attack when I ask, why did Emile Zola defend Dreyfus? Palin is no Dreyfus and I am certainly no Zola. But all of us have an obligation, particularly those in politics and public office, to denounce, when we can, the perpetrators of horrendous libels and stand up for those falsely charged. We should denounce unfair, false and wicked charges not only when they are made against ourselves, our friends or our political party but against those with whom we disagree. If we are to truly change the poisonous political atmosphere that we all complain of, including those who create it, we should speak up for fairness when we can.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 18, 2011 (boomark / email).