I have recently come to the conclusion that most Tea party people are haters and racists…….I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt for years now but they write and speak and it just becomes more clear with every post on the blogosphere………they hate anyone who does not agree with them……
The Heritage Foundation use to be a respected think tank….well respected by most pundits but that means very little to me…….but it has become a Tea Party hate mill…..it has lost all credibility in the past couple of years……and recently even more has been lost…….
A panel on Benghazi at a conservative think tank devolved into finger-pointing and “ugly taunting”—targeted at a law student wearing an Islamic head scarf, Dana Milbank writes in the Washington Post. Asking a question from the back of the room, Saba Ahmed noted that “we portray Islam and all Muslims as bad, but there’s 1.8 billion followers of Islam,” adding that the 8 million American Muslims didn’t appear to be represented at the meeting. As Elias Isquith notes at Salon, from there the panel quickly deteriorated into an “Islamophobic freak show.”
Panelist Brigitte Gabriel replied that “180 million to 300 million” Muslims are “dedicated to the destruction of Western civilization.” She noted that “most Germans were peaceful, yet the Nazis drove the agenda.” She asked Ahmed whether she was American, then dismissed her “political correctness” as belonging “in the garbage.” When Gabriel asked why others weren’t “speaking out,” she got a standing ovation, Milbank notes. Then moderator and radio host Chris Plante asked, “Can you tell me who the head of the Muslim peace movement is?” Ahmed’s quiet reply: “I guess it’s me right now.” “The facts never had a chance,” writes Milbank, amid “anti-Islamist rhetoric that too often sounded just anti-Islam.” Media Matters has video of the exchange; Milbank’s full piece is here and Isquith’s is here.
The Right is so afraid of the rest of society that it must find someone to demonize……..who knows who it would have been if 9/11 had not happened……..we can only guess……..
I have seen NOTHING about the so called “Christian Right” that is either Christian or Right……I refuse to believe that any of these people, the religious types, knows what it means to be Christian. Personally, I want no part of their form of “Christianity” if it means treating others as some how sub-human. The whole world would be better off without them!
I agree that we probably should not lump everybody together when judging a culture but I also see daily reports about acts of terrorism – – cutting off the heads of unbelievers for example – – and I read stuff in The Koran about it being acceptable to “Kill Infidels wherever they may be found” ( Sura: 2:191) (Sura: 8:39) and all the rest of that kind of stuff and am I to be blamed if I finally conclude that the majority of a culture may be peaceful, loving and benign but that it is perfectly alright to fear the minorities who seem to have the weaponry, the numbers and the will power to export some awfully scary stuff outside their culture if they desire to do so? And it looks to me like they really do intend to do so. Where is the dividing line between “Islamaphobia” and common sense? Just asking, that’s all!
John, you know that if we tear into the Bible especially the Old testament, we will find all kinds of violence and death and words that will lead us down that path…..these are fanatics that have nothing left but religion and they will use it anyway that gets them their desire….just like fanatic Christians…..there are more that condemn these acts than we hear about……most Americans would not know a true Muslim if it bit them i the butt……they spend their time listening to the haters and NO time actually learning and talking to Muslims….it is so much easier that way…..chuq
I am sure everyone who concerns themselves with these issues will be interested in finding the approach that seems most reasonable – – and then there are the others who will be more interested in their personal safety than in reason.
Sure there are almost a Billion Islamists whose goal in life is to love and to serve and to promote peace in the world – – I could agree with that – – but I do wonder why some of the more peaceful ones aren’t speaking out loudly about those who have brought such violence to their Religion of Peace? Where is the outrage and the outcry from the Muslim Community about what the Jihadists are doing in the world?
John,my best answer to your question is Poverty. Some members are told if they blow themselves up their families will be taken care of in the future and to a devout Muslim that is a man’s sole role….his family. Sure religion will play in the mix but deep down for many it is economics more than religion….did that help?
I wonder if the frustrations of the right wing will reach that level of desperation some day in the future?
John, all i can say is keep an eye on the militias……time will tell……
This young woman (Saba Ahmed) also came on “Hannity” where things also turned into a “bully the Muslim girl” freak show. Unbelievable.
Here is the best article about it.
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/06/21/fox-news-sean-hannity-lets-hate-speech-flow-pushes-islamophobia.html
There are 2 Hannity videos, part 1 and 2. Be sure to check out part 2, where Brigitte Gabriel defames her and Hannity just sits there and lets it happen. What host would do that?
thanx for the link…..to answer your question…it was FOX news…..they have been driving the hatred for sometime now……this was an interesting debate…
Check it out….chuq
She petty much held her own…..I give it to her and her courage….
OK, thanks for the CNN video. The lady in that video held her own better. It wasn’t quite the bizarre slugfest like Hannity.
yep, i like her…..these two women are good spokespeople…..and the MSM needs to get off the islamophobic BS…..someone needs to get all this out there and maybe we can make a difference….just a thought….chuq