An editorial in the New York Times nakedly displays the paper's contempt for those who disagree with its worldview. Entitled "Ain't that America?",  the Times' narcissistic view of America as composed of vile and mean-spirited racists, in need of restraint by enlightened New York Times true believers, who surely really are the real Americans.

Think of America's greatest historical shames. Most have involved the singling out of groups of people for abuse. Name a distinguishing feature - skin color, religion, nationality, language - and it's likely that people here have suffered unjustly for it, either through the freelance hatred of citizens or as a matter of official government policy.

Americans are a practical and generous people, with a tolerant streak a mile wide. But there is a combustible strain of nativism in this country, and it takes only a handful of match tossers to ignite it.