Another thought - this strikes me as typical liberal opinion pushing - they think it, and then find someone to say it, and then report it as news - they think they can influence the great unwashed with opinions shrouded in news clothing and make their opinions into fact.
Note to media: it's not 1960 anymore...
If your note were to be posted in the typical newsroom, most of the reporters would quit.
I think their biggest regret is spending their whole lives prepping to be a 60's type liberal, only to find out that not only are the 60's gone, so are the 70's, 80's and 90's. They are like fish out of water.
Maybe that's why they take it easy on the Islamofascists who are about 900 years behind. Both groups are trying to make the rest of us back up into their favorite era.