Meet the firebrands stirring up anger and hate against the 0.6% of Americans who are Muslim.
The apparent recent surge in popular anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States has been driven by a surprisingly small and, for the most part, closely knit cadre of activists. Their influence extends far beyond their limited numbers, in part because of an amenable legion of right-wing media personalities — and lately, politicians like U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), who held controversial hearings into the radicalization of American Muslims this March —who are eager to promote them as impartial experts or grassroots leaders. Yet a close look at their rhetoric reveals how doggedly this group works to provoke and guide populist anger over what is seen as the threat posed by the 0.6% of Americans who are Muslim — an agenda that goes beyond reasonable concern about terrorism into the realm of demonization.
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Love these truth mongers! Muzzles are reviled in the us. That won't change until they can police their own communities of terrorists.
ReplyDeleteSo fleming's back.
ReplyDeleteI thought the good old US of A had 9 million muslim Americans versus 8 million Jewish Americans. Isn't America slightly more a muslim nation than a Jewish one? In any case, isn't the percentage a lot more than 0.6%.
ReplyDeleteFleming, you and Jemmy Hope are made for each other.
ReplyDelete<span>Are you comparing Jemmy to this fascistic shit, you turd?</span>
ReplyDeleteIt's in <span><span>CIA World Factbook, you should know, wink wink:</span></span>
ReplyDelete<span>Muslim population in the US, fraction of whom are African Americans:
<span>1.8 Million (2011)
0.6% of the U.S. population (2011)<span>[</span>1<span>]</span>
(CIA World Factbook)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States</span></span>
Whatever the number is, there are too damn many! Ask any REAL American (ie, not Anan)
ReplyDeleteWestern civilization is and remains vastly superior to every other culture in the world. That is just a fact - even with it's HUGE flaws.
How is 0.6% of a certain population a threat to<span> Western civilization assuming they're all hard core fundamentalist hell bent on causing mayhem and destruction? All the reports are saying that that the overwhelming majority are peaceful citizens? You've been listening a bit too much to Glen Beck, Pamela Gellar and Debbie Schlussel, tsk tsk tsk...
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Yes, call me a sadist but sometimes I just enjoy watching a turd soiling itself....For how long? It depends. As long as I'm amused I guess!
ReplyDeleteand anan...<span>I don't read your prose. It bores me to death and when it's a footlong of insanities I just delete.</span>
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If you have a problem with the CIA's estimates go and argue with them, after all you work in the same building.</span>
Flemming, western civilization is in large part Iraqi and Arabic civilization.
ReplyDeleteThe wise Mojo discusses the degree to which global astronomy, mathematics, science came from Iraq and Arabia.
http://iraqimojo.blogspot.com/2011/07/arabs-have-naming-rights.html
TGIA, please publish the Mojo link. It describes how much modern science and technology comes from Iraq, especially the 800-1100 AD golden age.
ReplyDeleteA larger percentage of American muslims are millionaires, have bachelor degrees, have masters degrees, have PhDs, are entrepreneurs, are managers, are scientists, than for Americans more broadly.
It is sad that this drives so much jealousy. So un Reaganesque. Reagan was many things. Cool. Unruffled as rain. Straightforward. Believing that every person was capable of reaching heights beyond their imagination. Embracing American diversity. Reagan wasn't petty or jealous.
Why does Flemming hate Reagan and Reagan's legacy so much?
If mojo says it, then it must be true, 10000%!!!
ReplyDeleteJealousy? Americans are jealous of the Muslims in their midst? Really? You seriously believe that? =-X =-X
Yea, sure Anan, I'm anti-Reagan. This is silly kid stuff.
Not all Americans. Most are not jealous and don't talk the anti business, anti corporate, protectionist, big government, pro regulation, anti capitalist, anti foreign crap. But there has always been a large group on the hard left jealous of immigrant, minority and foreign success. It is smaller on the right, but it has grown rapidly since 2008.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice if Reagan were still around.
<span>But there has always been a large group on the hard left jealous of immigrant, minority and foreign success</span>
ReplyDeleteHard left, jealous..You really have no idea how ridiculous you sound anan. Retard!
<span><span> It's when they come here and insist our culture modify itself to accept their norms that we object</span>
ReplyDeleteArabs do not want to do that, fuckface!! You've been watching too much of Fox News, that's all..If the Muslims are 0.6% of the population how many of them are Arabs any way? A quarter? And this miniscule proportion is the existential threat that you and your despicable hate mongering likes are afraid of? Oh please! Get your braind checked for goose sake!</span>
Fleming
ReplyDeleteNo-one gives a shit about what you think or don't.
and BTW , i read a comment of yours on Jemmy's blog , usually they're very predictable in their contents ( not much) , but what caught my eye was your boastings about your newly aquired Ipad made by Apple by Steve Jobs ( his American name) , Steve is of a Syrian origin dickhead He is of an Arab origin you're dumb ass.
No one here gives a shit. But elsewhere there are millions just like me.
ReplyDeleteI am aware of Jobs background. Apple is more than one person, FYI. One of the google guys is of Russian decent. Is Russia a technology leader?
Regardless, you grasp for any little nugget to boost your cultur beyond that of the caveman. Meanwhile without US/western know-how and advancements your people would still be violently rioting in th streets...oh sorry, you still are doing that!
Cars, planes, phones, computers, space travel, it all came from the western world. With some help from Asia and even Russia. The middle east is nowhere to be found, along With Africa. Rather sad.