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| US security chief compares anti-Muslim remarks to red scare |
| 2016-04-07 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The US domestic security chief on Wednesday compared current anti-Muslim sentiment to the anti-communist "Red Scare" of the 1940s and ’50s, suggesting that divisive ...politicians call things divisivewhen when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive,they're principled... statements by Republican presidential candidates are to blame. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who is black, noted that his grandfather was forced to testify in front of the House of Representatives in 1949. "He had to, in the height of the Red Scare, to deny he was a member of the communist party, and went on to give an impassioned statement about how American negroes are patriotic," Johnson said at a conference in Washington about countering violent extremism. "Just look at Paul Robeson!" "Efforts and dialogue that have the effect of vilifying American Muslims are counter to our homeland security interest," he said, without specifically naming any political candidates. Those who don’t know history "are bound to repeat it," Johnson added. Republican presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have both been criticized for statements seen as hostile to Muslims. Trump wants to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States, while Cruz has called for allowing law enforcement to "patrol and secure" Muslim neighborhoods. The B.O. regime slammed those remarks, with Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... calling them "an embarrassment to our country." The candidates’ views run counter to government efforts to build bridges with Muslim communities and prevent radicalization. "The overwhelming, overwhelming majority of American Muslims ... are patriotic, dedicated people who love this country and want to help us in public safety, and secure our homeland because they know it’s their homeland too," Johnson said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #15 Guess he didn't read the Venona decrypts. |
| Posted by: charger 2016-04-07 20:30 |
| #14 When the Wall came down, accounts should have been settled. However, you all were so tolerant of the traitors, that now they expect submission and give no tolerance. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-04-07 16:47 |
| #13 BC has the truth of it. The Red Menace was real. If anything, McCarthy (a Democrat) understated the threat. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-04-07 14:46 |
| #12 The sad truth is that Joe McCarthy was bang on to the problem and the commies in the media manipulated the story and Joe did himself no favors either. AND we are still up to our eyeballs with leftists in the State Department, moles in the CIA and self-professed socialists running the country. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2016-04-07 11:52 |
| #11 Since Mr. Johnson is old enough to hold office I'm guessing he's old enough to legally change the spelling of his first name. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-04-07 11:17 |
| #10 Go to any university campus or federal office building. Throw a rock. You will hit at least 3 of them at least as bad as him. Do me a favor and throw it hard. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2016-04-07 09:18 |
| #9 From Wiki, Johnson's grandfather. Charles Spurgeon Johnson (July 24, 1893 – October 27, 1956) was an American sociologist and college administrator, the first black president of historically black Fisk University, and a lifelong advocate for racial equality and the advancement of civil rights for African Americans and all ethnic minorities. He preferred to work collaboratively with liberal white groups in the South, quietly as a "sideline activist," to get practical results. His position is often contrasted with that of W. E. B. Du Bois, who was a powerful and militant advocate for blacks and described Johnson as "too conservative." During Johnson's academic studies and leadership of Fisk University during the 1930s and 1940s, the South had legal racial segregation and Jim Crow discriminatory laws and practices, including having disfranchised most black voters in constitutions passed at the turn of the century. Johnson was unwavering in personal terms in his opposition to this oppressive system, yet worked hard to change race relations in terms of short-term practical gains. His grandson Jeh Johnson served as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security beginning in 2013. American history is full of Black American elites. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2016-04-07 08:23 |
| #8 We know now from Russian sources that they were quite busy back then actively trying to subvert our government and our institutions like Hollywood and universities. The persistence of the 'Red Scare' meme is one example of their success. Along with another success by convincing the public that the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), aka Nazis, were not socialists but conservatives. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-04-07 07:49 |
| #7 The overwhelming, overwhelming majority of American Muslims ... are patriotic, dedicated people who -- vote Democratic? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-04-07 07:37 |
| #6 Arrogant incompetent f*ck. Much like his boss. AA hire |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-04-07 07:29 |
| #5 Where do you find these turd burglars? Go to any university campus or federal office building. Throw a rock. You will hit at least 3 of them at least as bad as him. |
| Posted by: Nguard 2016-04-07 05:40 |
| #4 What a dildo. Where do you find these turd burglars? |
| Posted by: newc 2016-04-07 04:16 |
| #3 "The overwhelming, overwhelming majority of American Muslims ... are patriotic, dedicated people who love this country and want to help us in public safety, and secure our homeland because they know it’s their homeland too," Wonder how long his nose is, nowadays. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-04-07 03:39 |
| #2 [Jeh Johnson] compared current anti-Muslim sentiment to the anti-communist "Red Scare" of the 1940s and ’50s We know now from Russian sources that they were quite busy back then actively trying to subvert our government and our institutions like Hollywood and universities. The persistence of the 'Red Scare' meme is one example of their success. So if Jeh wants to argue that the Muslim situation is like the Red Scare with a lot of people lying to you about whether a problem exists, then he is exactly right. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-04-07 00:28 |
| #1 Those who don’t know history "are bound to repeat it," Johnson added. Much like a favorite song, over and over again. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-04-07 00:25 |