From the second article you post to.

And no, it’s not a time bomb ticking, the analogy that some media recycle

endlessly. It’s a gradual, step by step process in which a disgruntled fanatic

minority on the fringe is able to derail and impair liberties and freedoms,

and thus gradually society itself.

A society that does not defend its fundamental values is doomed. There

is a discussion going on on Daily Kos about values – based on the alleged exit

poll finding that many voters based their vote on values. Kos takes this to

mean values of the Christian Right exhibited by pushbutton issues like abortion

and gay rights. He quotes Obama’s speech at the convention on values of the

more liberal type – acceptance, inclusion. Not bad, but I think he misses the

real story here. Visitors to Roger’s place do not include large numbers of social

conservatives. However I think we all share a belief that Western culture

and mores are worth defending. And we believe in the idea of America as

described in our founding documents. These ideas are at the basis of social

conservative thought as well even though we may not see eye to eye with them

on the pushbutton issues. Sure the left says they do too but they are skeptical

that America generally practices what it preaches.