[Peace-discuss] Islamophobia in DI

[Neil Parthun]

To me, they're nothing but a bunch of low rent non-talented hacks.  I wonder
what Chancellor Herman would say if we asked for some "sensitivity" training
for these people who speak for all that is short-sighted, vile, vicious,
vapid and vindictive in the American character.

Just a thought.

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Subject: [Peace-discuss] Islamophobia in DI

Quotes from three tough-talking DI columnists:

Chuck Prochaska, Sept. 1:

Like I wrote, and Merchant confirmed, leaders of the Muslim community have
the wrong mindset as well. The best way to condemn terrorism is to take
action within your institution and make it stop. Show us that you condemn
terrorism by ratting out all the radicals in the U.S., then making a trip
back to the Middle East, and forcing the jihadists and insurgents to knock
it off. Get results. As a Catholic, I've sat through many a Sunday homily
prescribing a fix for the priest sex abuse scandals. But I've never heard of
a cleric scaling the steps of the Ka'ba and telling everyone visiting Mecca
to work against extremism. Why? He'd be tossed faster than James Caviezel
bearing a crucifix. 

If Merchant's invented "Islamaphobia" means that I'm worried about Muslim
terrorists, then she's damn right I'm worried. There were days this summer I
wondered, after a day of work next to the Sears tower and a Metra ride home,
if my mother would return home safely at night. How dare Shouger Merchant
demand that Americans live in fear instead of providing ourselves with peace
of mind? My opinion is not out of the mainstream, and God forbid another
attack befall our nation, profiling will be the most tame response offered
as defense.

John Bambenek, Aug. 30:

Foreign nationals who are here by permission should not be entitled to use
the United States as a base to spread terrorism. If you are here on an
educational visa, do your homework. If you are here on a work visa, get to
work. If you want to spread terror, go to Baghdad. The United States Marines
will deal with you.
We give visas with specific terms, and when people violate those terms, they
get sent home.

Elie Dvorin, Aug.22:

"Because of the mix of Islamic theology that - rightly or wrongly - is
interpreted to promote violence, added to an organizational structure that
allows violent radicals to operate openly in Islam's name with impunity,
Islam has, sadly, become a terrorist organization. It pains me to say it.
But the good news is it doesn't have to stay this way, if the vast majority
of Muslims who don't support terror will step forward and reclaim their
religion." 

Once the context of the statement is framed, it's extremely difficult to
refute anything (Michael) Graham said, and he should be commended for taking
a controversial yet bold and painfully truthful position. But that didn't
keep him from being suspended by Disney, the parent company of his station,
WMAL, after intense political pressure from the Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR).



	
		
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