Topic: Conservative Bigots Heckle Muslim Americans Attempting to Sing National Anthem (Read 1891 times)

The funny thing is that the Jihadists agree with these guys. It is the moderate, educated Muslims who threaten Al-Qaeda and Dasch. Those bigoted protestor-hillbillies are a lot like the Jihadists and would get along smartly. Just as civilized people would get along with the Muslims who want peace. 

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If you don't click, you are not a bait.
I like kisses, fake or not, so thank you.

The big question is: How can we progressively change the mind of all those conservative bigots regarding our muslim american brothers? We know that will take years. We need to find a faster solution...

You're right, it was an actual "hahaha". The unintentionally irony of someone complaining about me changing their quote with a FTFY device was literally laugh-out-loud funny. I guess you better stick to what you actually know, because your insights have proven as accurate as the conservative click bait you post.      <--- Not an actual kiss.

Fake is the opposite of actual. I knew no actual "hahahah" happened when it was typed. It is better for the soul to say what we feel...

  (I am actually smiling)

What does the research say about typing "hahaha" to indicate actual laughter occurred? 

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New research suggests that putting on a fake smile to mask your unhappiness or displeasure may have unexpected consequences. It can actually worsen your mood and cause you to withdraw from tasks.

Scientists examined what happened when people engaged in fake smiling, an activity also known as "surface acting." They also examined what happened when the same people engaged in "deep acting," a genuine smile. On days when smiles were forced, the participants' moods got worse and they tended to withdraw from work.

The New York Times reports:

"Trying to suppress negative thoughts, it turns out, may have made those thoughts even more persistent ... Women were affected more than men."

Stay healthy my friend

 

Nope.  All you have to do is point to specific, black letter paragraphs of Sharia that conflict with the US Constitution and or the Bill of Rights.  And there are bunches of those.  There's a valid concern that someone/some group in the USA would attempt to create enclaves with laws different than the basic Constitutional rights.

Likely the best known example of this is polygamy.  Sharia says a man can marry four women.  Minnesota says no. 

State wins.

Hahaha, mate, I pointed out plainly I was changing the quote. FTFY = Fixed That For You. It's used to indicate someone altered a quote to make it more accurate. In this case, I was making it reflect reality. You missed the joke. The point was you're stating as fact something that isn't.


See, my point is they're not protesting CAIR. They don't reference CAIR in signs or speech. They are protesting a gathering of Muslims. That's why they're bigots, as evidenced by the definition you quoted.


The woman was not invited to speak at the podium. She is using someone else's equipment without permission, which is inherently a use of force. To the extent anyone responds to take the property that does not belong to her away, it's self defense. They didn't deny her speech, they denied her access to their property. She was perfectly free to shout her hate speech without their microphone, but she wanted to make sure she was the center of attention. Mission accomplished!


Anti-sharia legislation is redundant on the grounds that the government can't enforce any religion in the first place, or the laws any religion has. Any law that attempts to tell a religious community what rules can govern its own religion is unconstitutional, whether it be sharia law with arbitrary rules for Muslims within the Islamic faith, or the arbitrary Christian rules they impose upon themselves.

Hahaha, mate, I pointed out plainly I was changing the quote. FTFY = Fixed That For You. It's used to indicate someone altered a quote to make it more accurate. In this case, I was making it reflect reality. You missed the joke. The point was you're stating as fact something that isn't.


See, my point is they're not protesting CAIR. They don't reference CAIR in signs or speech. They are protesting a gathering of Muslims. That's why they're bigots, as evidenced by the definition you quoted.


The woman was not invited to speak at the podium. She is using someone else's equipment without permission, which is inherently a use of force. To the extent anyone responds to take the property that does not belong to her away, it's self defense. They didn't deny her speech, they denied her access to their property. She was perfectly free to shout her hate speech without their microphone, but she wanted to make sure she was the center of attention. Mission accomplished!


Anti-sharia legislation is redundant on the grounds that the government can't enforce any religion in the first place, or the laws any religion has. Any law that attempts to tell a religious community what rules can govern its own religion is unconstitutional, whether it be sharia law with arbitrary rules for Muslims within the Islamic faith, or the arbitrary Christian rules they impose upon themselves.

But you changed what I said without indicating that you had done so.  Would have been nice if you'd just indicated you were making a change to what you thought.  

From Wikipedia-
Bigotry is a state of mind where a person strongly, obstinately, irrationally, unfairly or intolerantly dislikes other people, ideas, etc.

This shows the blond lady talking, and the microphone being rudely taken away from here.
How very rude!  She didn't push or shove anyone, and they denied her freedom of speech!

Anti-sharia legislation is certainly constitutional.

And here's one of the counter protesters not interfering with the event to spread her very unbigoted message:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpuhYSyb8yY

Hmm....

Are you implying that this was not a LEGAL counter protest?  It doesn't matter what their signs say, actually I find them somewhat funny.

Your argument is full of exaggeration and innuendo, isn't it?

The Christian bigots
a group of bigots
picture of the crusaders

The simple fact is that CAIR, a known terrorist organization, organized an event at the Texas Capitol and they got called on it, in a counter protest.  The signs are actually kind of funny-

radical islam is the new nazi
us border -you are entering a sharia free zone
go home and take obama with you

Nobody was arrested, so I'm not seeing any significant interference existed.  

Unless you are also going to suggest the Capitol police were in on the conspiracy?

The simple fact is that CAIR, a commonly alleged terrorist organization by conservative and christian groups, organized an event at the Texas Capitol, which sparked a counter protest by christian and conservative activists.

Nothing more American than gathering to sing the national anthem and talk about getting more people involved in government. The Christian bigots there were determined to not let that happen. Your certainty that a group of bigots would keep an open mind is unconvincing. The picture of the crusaders says it all:



What a fine group of open-minded individuals these must be!

Any group of Muslims is welcome to come to the Texas Capitol and do whatever they want, and if they start by emphasizing sincerely that they do not support violence, I am certain that even groups that came there to protest would be very impressed.

Yup, it's like watching Republicans and Democrats try to blame each other for fucking up their country.

That's not me, since I'm an atheist.  Mostly.

But I think what you are saying is that both Xtians and Mussies pretty much piss you off?

Here: http://boingboing.net/2015/01/08/sharpening-the-contradictions.html

Christians still believe in all sorts of medieval and intolerant bullshit, they are hardly in the right as much as Muslims, the thing that pisses me off the most about all of this is that we're supposed to fucking respect people who are a bunch of intolerent cunts and often act on it, I'm not talking about protesting but the active subversion of the law and the murder of people they disagree with. Sure, you rant about homosexuality being a sin and the earth being 5000 years old or how women shouldn't be allowed to do anything without a man's permission, but if you act on it and try to enforce your doctrine out in the real world then you and I will have a problem.

BY this logic a Christian values group protesting outside a strip club would cause more girls to become strippers.

And a Christian group protesting against inadequate fire trucks and funding for a city would cause more fires.

This is about as much about "tolerance" as Islam is about "peace."

Let's correct the thread title, okay?

Conservatives Protest Terrorist Organization, CAIR, holding meeting at Texas Capitol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMEVpP7DT9E

They [christians] are stupid enough to play their["radical islam"] game, ostracize normal muslins so it becomes easy for these groups["radical islam"] to recruit. Same thing in France...

Christian and social-conservatives really do just irrationally hate anything that doesn't involve their religion don't they? This is the final proof for me, I bet even if those muslims signed up to the army and shot at ISIS they'd still treat them like shit.

By the way, the sign on the far right made me lol.

Christian and social-conservatives really do just irrationally hate anything that doesn't involve their religion don't they? This is the final proof for me, I bet even if those muslims signed up to the army and shot at ISIS they'd still treat them like shit.

By the way, the sign on the far right made me lol.

Republicans need to learn that Muslim and American are not mutually exclusive

In many parts of the United States, if you want to win an election, you need talking points full of misinformation and bigotry towards Muslims to scare the wits out of non-Muslim Americans in to voting for you (and others to fund your campaign). Events in the Middle East simply provide more fuel to an already-raging fire, and convince officials elected to serve all of their constituents that their inappropriate and bigoted comments will not only go unchallenged but will be applauded.

Take, for example, Texas state Representative Molly White’s idea of southern hospitality: as American Muslim Texans descended on Austin for an Annual Capitol Day to celebrate their civic right to free expression, the freshman Republican posted on Facebook:

Most member including myself are back in district. I did leave an Israeli flag on my desk in my office with instructions to staff to ask representative form the Muslim community to renounce Islamic terrorist groups and publicly announce allegiance to America and our laws.

A McCarthy-esque welcome to her Muslim constituents by a right-wing politician is disgusting – but White’s not the only Republican to try to convince the general public that American Muslims are not patriotic, do not integrate into society at large and have no idea how to engage the civic process. She’s just the one most lacking in irony, given that she did so while the Muslim Texans she apparently dislikes were engaging in the civic process.

Texas is home to large pockets of American Muslims, many of whom have lived there for decades. And White earned a rebuke from the speaker of the Texas house, who responded to complaints about her actions by saying that “Legislators have a responsibility to treat all visitors just as we expect to be treated – with dignity and respect.”

Still, White this week joined some more famous Republicans in the “Super Bowl of Bigotry”, all vying for the Vince Lombardi Trophy of the Biggest Islamophobe.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal already warned of an extremist Muslim “invasion” and double-downed on the ludicrous and unfounded claims made on Fox News of “no-go zones” where Muslim citizens have supposedly banned Christians from entering. It doesn’t stop there. Potential GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says President Obama gives “special rights” to Muslims while “stomping all over Christians”.

American Muslims are not asking for special treatment or “special rights”– unless by “special rights” he means unwarranted surveillance, secondary screenings at airports and pre-trial solitary confinement. If so, then on behalf of American Muslims: please revoke those rights. We’re happy to let them go.

Bigotry against American Muslims from inside the Republican party is not a new phenomenon. Beginning in 2010, Islam became a major wedge issue in partisan politics, fueled by Congress members like Allen West, Louie Gohmert, Joe Walsh, Michelle Bachmann (dubbed the “Islamophobia Caucus”) and supported by former House speaker and one-time presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. Politicians across the country have made their careers and gotten campaign donations – and gotten their otherwise unknown mugs on Fox News – by vilifying and spewing hate against Muslims. Although their views once represented a lunatic fringe of their party, Republicans learned to tolerate a certain level of hate from within their ranks rather than marginalizing these politicians’ voices. And now, like cockroaches, they’ve spread out and spawned more.

This vitriolic rhetoric cannot be left unchecked because the sentiments displayed informs policies that directly impact American Muslims (as well as other faith communities). Anti-sharia legislation has been introduced in 32 states, and these unconstitutional laws, which prohibit the free expression of religion, have actually passed in multiple states – including North Carolina, Alabama and Arizona.

Meanwhile, American Muslims continue to build civic and electoral power. From serving on state party committees in California to founding the first-ever Muslim Democratic Club in New York City (dedicated to electing Muslims on all levels of government across the nation, which I co-founded and of which I am currently the president), American Muslims are an emerging political bloc. We are not waiting for validation from bigoted politicians or to pass tests of our allegiance from the likes of White – and we will respond to bigotry, regardless of party affiliation. As the 2016 elections quickly approach, we as voters expect real debates on issues impacting all Americans: the economy, education, healthcare and national security. It is our responsibility to keep elected officials and candidates accountable to all the people they serve; that is how we pledge our allegiance.

Texas rally by Muslims seeking tolerance disrupted by protesters



A rally at the Texas Capitol on Thursday by Muslims seeking religious tolerance was repeatedly disrupted by a small group of protesters who said the state belonged to followers of Jesus Christ and that Muslims should go back to the Middle East.

During opening remarks at the Texas Muslim Capitol Day event, a Christian activist from Michigan grabbed the microphone from the speaker and said: "I proclaim the name of the Lord Jesus Christ over the capitol of Texas. I stand against Islam."

A group of people who described themselves as Christian activists also heckled the group of about 600 who showed up for the rally. The protesters shouted as the Muslim group sang the national anthem and then tried to interrupt speakers calling for religious tolerance.

Some of the protesters shouted: "Go home. You ain't going to be happy here."

There are about half a million Muslims in Texas, according to some estimates, with many being in the state for several generations.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said no arrests were made at the event.

"As soon as I got to the lectern, that woman came and grabbed the microphone out of my hands. It made us feel a little unsafe," said Ruth Nasrullah, a spokeswoman for the Houston branch of the Council of American-Islamic Relations, which helped arrange the event.

Some U.S. Islamic groups have reported stepped-up harassment since deadly attacks by Islamist gunmen at the offices of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in Paris this month.

"This reinforces that rhetoric and propaganda about Muslims is really gaining traction," Nasrullah said.

The Texas Legislature was not in session on Thursday, but one lawmaker, Republican state Representative Molly White, wrote on her Facebook page that she had instructed staff members how to manage any person who came into her office from the rally.

"Ask representatives from the Muslim community to renounce Islamic terrorist groups and publicly announce allegiance to America and our laws. We will see how long they stay in my office," she wrote.

In neighboring Oklahoma, state Representative John Bennett, a Republican, spoke out in January against the Oklahoma chapter of a national Islamic organization, calling on leaders to condemn verses of the Quran.

In September and October, Bennett told media that Islam was a cancer that needed to be "cut out" of America.