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Palin says no to Quran burning then follows up with a xenophobic remark
by DA Morales on Sep. 08, 2010, under Civil rights, Election 2010, Headline news, Immigration newsEven Sarah Palin is getting involved with the wacko pastor who wants to burn the Quran on 9/11.
Sarah Palin added her name Wednesday to a growing list of national politicians asking a Florida pastor to reconsider his plans to burn the Quran on Sept. 11.
“People have a constitutional right to burn a Quran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation…” Palin wrote on Facebook.
I was actually about to say I respected Palin for these words, but you may have noticed the ellipsis above. This was her whole comment:
“People have a constitutional right to burn a Quran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation — much like building a mosque at ground zero,” Palin wrote on Facebook.
Of course the fact that what was going to be built is neither a mosque, nor is it at ground zero seems to be lost of most right-wingers.
Then when a mosque in Tennessee gets burned down the following week as a result of arson, no blame rests upon the demagogues spreading fear and hatred of what is foreign to them.
Things like Islam, thinking for yourself, and evolution, just to name a few…
September 8th, 2010 on 6:11 pm
…the fact that what was going to be built is neither a mosque, nor is it at ground zero seems to be lost of most right-wingers.
It gets lost in the truthiness.
truthiness (ˈtruːθɪˌnəs) — n informal (of a belief, etc) the quality of being considered to be true because of what the believer wishes or feels, regardless of the facts
September 8th, 2010 on 5:59 pm
A word about that so-called “mosque at Ground Zero”: It’s got a place to pray, sure, but it is designed to be more of a community center. But what’s real important here is that it’s being sponsored by the Sufis. The Sufis are the “mystics” and they are pacifists. Look up “Sufism”.
Sunnis, Shiites, Sufis . . . they’re all different. If Christians have different sects, why can’t the American Taliban recognize the differences in muslims?
Lou
On The Aisle with Lou & Kyle
September 8th, 2010 on 5:56 pm
Personally I am getting very tired of so much of the “news” being about religious nutjobs screaming at each other. I really don’t care what they do and I just wish that we would all try to ignore them as much as possible.
Giving them attention is exactly what they want.