Letters: Sikhs and Muslims
Re “Sending a sinister message,” Opinion, Aug. 10
It was not “CNN and other news media” that sent the sinister message that Sikhs are not Muslims; it was Scott Alexander, author of the article, who dubiously inferred that the media did so and then blamed them for the “insidious subtext” that it’s OK to kill Muslims. Well, hidden subtexts are in the eye of the interpreter.
Rather, the news reports, including one in The Times, were trying to explain why the alleged white supremacist might have killed the Sikhs by mistake — a mistake as far as he was concerned.
Demonizing Muslims is wrong, but imagining demonizers where there are none can lead to an unfortunate self-righteousness.
David Eggenschwiler
Los Angeles
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