Muslim is the new gay/black/Jewish
posted by Liberal Eagle at 5:15 PM
Right after 9/11, George Bush went out of his way to make it clear that he was against scapegoating Muslims as a group for 9/11. He was absolutely right to do so (and you know I don't often say that about things he does).
A few people on the right, though, obviously didn't get the memo:
1) Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC) says the key in Iraq is converting the locals to Christianity: "Stability in Iraq ultimately depends on spreading the message of Jesus Christ, the message of peace on earth, good will towards men. Everything depends on everyone learning about the birth of the Savior."
2. Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) sent out a letter warning constituents that if we don't restrict immigration, Congress will wind up overrun by big scary Muslims like Minnesota Congressman-elect Keith Ellison: "I do not subscribe to using the Koran in any way. The Muslim Representative from Minnesota was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens don’t wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran."
3. Right-wing pundit Debbie Schlussel, who is a third-tier pundit but even at that gets way more cable airtime than we as a nation should be letting her have, thinks that because Barack Obama's father was a Muslim and his middle name is Muslim (it's "Hussein"), he's not really an American and his loyalties in fact probably lie with al Qaeda or some moronic thing like that: "So, even if he identifies strongly as a Christian ... is a man who Muslims think is a Muslim, who feels some sort of psychological need to prove himself to his absent Muslim father, and who is now moving in the direction of his father's heritage, a man we want as President when we are fighting the war of our lives against Islam? Where will his loyalties be?"
Bigotry is alive and well; it's just that America's haters have a new group to hate.
A few people on the right, though, obviously didn't get the memo:
1) Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC) says the key in Iraq is converting the locals to Christianity: "Stability in Iraq ultimately depends on spreading the message of Jesus Christ, the message of peace on earth, good will towards men. Everything depends on everyone learning about the birth of the Savior."
2. Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) sent out a letter warning constituents that if we don't restrict immigration, Congress will wind up overrun by big scary Muslims like Minnesota Congressman-elect Keith Ellison: "I do not subscribe to using the Koran in any way. The Muslim Representative from Minnesota was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens don’t wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran."
3. Right-wing pundit Debbie Schlussel, who is a third-tier pundit but even at that gets way more cable airtime than we as a nation should be letting her have, thinks that because Barack Obama's father was a Muslim and his middle name is Muslim (it's "Hussein"), he's not really an American and his loyalties in fact probably lie with al Qaeda or some moronic thing like that: "So, even if he identifies strongly as a Christian ... is a man who Muslims think is a Muslim, who feels some sort of psychological need to prove himself to his absent Muslim father, and who is now moving in the direction of his father's heritage, a man we want as President when we are fighting the war of our lives against Islam? Where will his loyalties be?"
Bigotry is alive and well; it's just that America's haters have a new group to hate.
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