August 25, 2010

This will surely help us in the fight against religious extremists

This sickening, hateful distraction drummed up by the Corporatocracy induced tools known as Reich-Wingnuts should be happy now:

The New York Police Department has confirmed to TPM that a cab driver in Manhattan was allegedly stabbed by a passenger who asked if the cabbie was Muslim, and says the incident is being treated as a hate crime. The suspect has been charged with attempted murder and other crimes.

With the bigotry and hatred continuously pouring out of Fox News, right wing websites, and talk radio, it was only a matter of time. And all of the bigoted, flag waving, hypocritical Reich-Wingnuts should be charged as accessories.
Is there anyway we can de-fuck this situation, outside of fire-bombing Fox News and creating charity rehab centers for the ignorant?
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Like Christians aren't extremists too.

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:39 PM

    My Suggestion:

    Collaborate with progressive rabbis (they're already doing that with rabbi Joy Levitt) and ministers; open the religious services area of the Muslim community services area to Jewish and Christian services as well - shared sacred space. (They already plan to have members of all these faiths in residence.)

    Rededicate the center as a post-9/11 tribute to interfaith harmony and tolerance.

    This is a 'compromise' that doesn't move the Muslim center an inch, and should neatly trump and finesse the haters. :-)

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  2. Anonymous11:59 PM

    (For "Muslim community services area" read "Muslim Community Service Center" above, of course.)

    Handled properly, I'd bet they could even get donations around around the country and the world to turn that old factory into something really special....

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