Dems whining "We must be tolerant"

You've probably heard something about a guy in Florida who had announced he and his tiny congregation were gonna burn some copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11. This announcement ignited a firestorm, with Muslims from several nations screaming bloody murder.

As the controversy continues, a number of liberal Democrats are rushing to speak out against the proposed burning, on a number of grounds. But the most interesting, I think, is the claim by the liberal speakers and authors that "We're a tolerant nation, so we must be tolerant."

But of course the left/liberal speakers never mean we should be tolerant of some guy's odd idea to burn the Koran, but that we should continue to welcome Muslims to the U.S., and to approve obviously symbolic building proposals like the Ground Zero mosque.

I understand where these guys (those screaming for tolerance) are coming from. After all, a tolerant society has room for a lot of wildly diverse folks. But at some point I think the folks pushing tolerance are gonna have to re-think the idea of tolerance when it comes to orthodox Islam. That would be the strain that wants to conquer the entire world and "give" everyone on earth the choice of either converting to Islam or being killed.

(Yes, yes, I know there's a third option. But let the Islamists explain it and see how attractive it sounds to most Americans.)

Would Dems have pushed for the U.S. to "tolerate" Hitler's third reich? Then why do we bow and scrape to hostile Muslim regimes today?