No, actually, Palin didn’t say the same thing at all. Only Romney made the ridiculous charge that burning Korans “violated” a founding principle. Palin said no such thing. And in any case, Palin has it wrong in two ways: it IS necessary to provoke strife as a symbolic warning (see Grumplestiltskin’s very excellent post 159) to a religion that would establish itself in our nation but aggressively refuse to reciprocate our tolerance, and the Golden Rule cannot apply when threatened with an enemy determined to destroy us, and THIS IS WAR, an ancient one that’s been going on for 1,400 years. Palin, like most Americans, will deny that unpleasant reality for as long as she can. Jesus never told his followers to lay down and allow themselves to be slain by their enemies.
Agreed, but I also agree with Palin's view of the Murder Mosque. They may have a "right" to do it, but it's wrong.