David Harsanyi, Discussing the Chapel Hill Murders, Rejects the Equivalence Between Atheist and Muslim Violence

I’ve been following David Harsanyi‘s always thought-provokingwritings for fiveor sixyears now. A formerstaff columnist atthe Denver Post, Harsanyi is currentlya senior editoratthe Federalist. In his latest piece, he giveshis take on the Chapel Hill shooting by an atheist gunman that left three young Muslims dead. His central point is that, as he says in the headline, “Atheists have nothing to apologize for.”

There is no excuse for any hate-motivatedviolence, but there is an enormous difference...