In an October 26 Washington Times op-ed, headlined, “Juan Williams must die; For centuries, intolerant liberals have celebrated murder,” Capital Research Center president Terrence Scanlon wrote: “Juan Williams has learned a painful lesson. From the French Revolution to NPR, the message of the political left has consistently been: Agree with us -- or else.” Scanlon also echoed Glenn Beck by hyping a short film by British environmentalist campaign 10:10 Global, which depicts a teacher blowing up children who wouldn't agree to reduce their carbon emissions. The organization later pulled the video and apologized following negative reaction.

From Scanlon's op-ed:

Juan Williams has learned a painful lesson. Mr. Williams was fired from his contract position as analyst for NPR after he acknowledged on Fox News that he gets “nervous” when he sees people in Muslim garb board his plane. How many Americans have experienced similar, unfortunate fears since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001? How many even in the upper-management echelons of NPR? Yet for the crime of his politically incorrect candor, Mr. Williams - a lifelong, passionate liberal - has officially been banished from the salons of liberal intelligentsia.

The Williams incident is interesting in and of itself, but it also fits into a larger unfolding narrative: As voters abandon the left in droves in the wake of failed liberal policies that have wreaked untold social and economic damage, left-wing activists, politicians and institutions become even more shrilly intolerant of those who disagree with them - at times disturbingly so.

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Yes, Juan Williams has learned a painful lesson. From the French Revolution to NPR, the message of the political left has consistently been: Agree with us - or else.