Sudden outbreak of Islamophobia in my town

[Bruno]

It's just sad that I had to find out about this from The Daily Show.

Some people are building an Islamic community center in my town, and the right-wing nutjobs are coming out of the woodwork. One of the more hilarious opponents is Lou Ann Zelenik, who is running for Congress in my district:

http://www.votelouann.com/news-room/news-details.php?PRKey=60

"Yes, we are tolerant, but our nation was founded on the tenets of the Judeo-Christian tradition; we have a right to defend that tradition.  Until the American Muslim community find it in their hearts to separate themselves from their evil, radical counterparts, to condemn those who want to destroy our civilization and will fight against them, we are not obligated to open our society to any of them.

There are those in our society who bow before the throne of political correctness, as if it itself were the god that would save our country.  Those people live in a fantasy world that never was and never will be.   Those who cower in silence are equally wrong.  The People of Rutherford County all need to stand together and say, "enough is enough."

As Martin Luther King said, "in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends," so let us not be silent.  Stand strong for our God, our families, and our country.  God bless you all.

Extra horrormirth points there for quoting MLK Jr. to promote racism.

She also touches on the "Islam isn't a religion, it's a political movement" argument to justify oppression.

This "Islamic Center" is not part of a religious movement; it is a political movement designed to fracture the moral and political foundation of Middle Tennessee.

One jackass at the recent protest by some local mouthbreathers in the Murfreesboro Courthouse suggested that "foreign oil" was funding the construction of the center. Another moran suggests that all contractors should boycott the project, and that any contractors associated with the project should be boycotted.

Video at this link.

There's going to be a march next Wednesday to protest the construction of the mosque. Unfortunately, I have to work that day. 

[Reginald Ret]

I am sure i will love the next ten years as much as i loved the last ten years.

[AFK]

Muslims are the new Communists.  Except, there are like dozens of McCarthys. 

[Jenne]

This is why we mostly stay out of mosques, and tell most of H's relatives to stay out too.  They're not "religious" by any means, but his mom likes to go because it's the old skool way of "hanging"...plus there's free food.  And damn if that woman doesn't like some free food.  ETA: in fact, his parents are supposed to (in a rare form of conjunction that the two of them are otherwise incapable of portraying) put on a prayer vigil for him like they did when he was ill a couple of years ago.  I guess to keep Allah from turning him sick again?  And it's at these prayer vigils that people are fed.

His dad'll be paying, of course.  As he should, the rich bastid.

[Suu]

Muslims are the new Communists.  Except, there are like dozens of McCarthys. 

Which is good, because now I can scream to the world I'm a Black Gay Socialist, and people are too busy throwing stones at women in hijabs to pay attention to me.


I wonder what the next hate-fad will be.

[Jenne]

and people are too busy throwing stones at women in hijabs to pay attention to me.

...but not Iran.  World got "wind" of the stoning about to go down over yonder, and they put their stones...er...down.  YAY WORLD--you saved her! (I hope...?)  She'll probably just languish in jail, raising her kids there, as they invariably do over there sometimes.   ETA:  or is that Pakistan?  Hm...that might be Pakistan. Eh, fuckit.  It might even be Gaza.  I really disremember.  Fuck.  I'll do some research.

[LMNO]

I got the feeling that they might not hit her with rocks, but they're still gonna kill her...

[Jenne]

and people are too busy throwing stones at women in hijabs to pay attention to me.

...but not Iran.  World got "wind" of the stoning about to go down over yonder, and they put their stones...er...down.  YAY WORLD--you saved her! (I hope...?)  She'll probably just languish in jail, raising her kids there, as they invariably do over there sometimes.    ETA:  or is that Pakistan?  Hm...that might be Pakistan. Eh, fuckit.  It might even be Gaza.  I really disremember.  Fuck.  I'll do some research.

Apparently, my moment of confusion was warranted in that they imprison women and allow them to raise their kids there in a lot of Muslim countries.

go figure