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Attacking Muslims Is In Vogue Again Among Conservatives
Recently in the land of the demented, it’s become ultra-voguish to hate Americans who are practitioners of Islam. Loud, angry, scare-bears have made their position very clear. Muslims aren’t allowed to have mosques in lower Manhattan or Staten Island or Tennessee or Southern California. In Jacksonville, Florida, anti-Muslim extremists can mount acts of terrorism without being concerned that the national media will get too heavily involved in covering the story. And among Alaskan celebrities of certain renown, the hatred of Muslims is threatening to rip the very fabric of the English language.
And now, Glenn Beck has decided that he cannot tolerate the thought of American Muslims riding around on rollercoasters for fun!
This is what Beck bleated out to the world, via email:
At the very minimum this is one of the worst PR moves of all time. A Six Flags amusement park is having a ‘Muslim Family Day’ which if that’s what they want to do, great! BUT they’ve decided to have the festivities on September 12th - of ALL days, THIS is the one they pick? What in the world were they thinking?
Maybe that September 12 coincides with the final day of Eid ul-Fitr, a holiday that “marks the end of Ramadan.” Eid begins in North America on September 10 this year.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/21/glenn-beck-upset-that-mus_n_654214.html
What does Israel fear from media coverage?
Reuters reported that Israel was holding hundreds of activists incommunicado in and around the port city of Ashdod, refusing to permit journalists access to witnesses who might contradict Israel’s version of events.
What is Israel afraid of? In two words, the truth.
Read more at: http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/06/01/israel/index.html
