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2010-02-25 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by ryuge 2010-02-25 01:39|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Rough start for Sharia Law.

I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.
- Audacity of Hope

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-25 07:00|| 2010-02-25 07:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Besoeker, I agree that we need to be wary of creeping Sharia Law across the Western world. I also think muslims have gotten a pass in this country because of political correctness crap or left wing guilt because of Japanese internment during WWII (e.g. Ft. Hood shootings, not calling terrorists and terrorism as such). I'm not a great fan of Obama or Holder but the quote is an urban legend. The quote on page 261 of Audacity of Hope is:

Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction. This was checked by both Fact Check and Snopes.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-02-25 14:32|| 2010-02-25 14:32|| Front Page Top

#3 John QC - that's not an "urban legend" so much as urban shading.

There are some myths and phantoms matched up with a few ghosts and packed into a big straw man.

Why should "we" be any more concerned about "them", regardless of who "we" and "them" are?

Finally, "political winds", no matter how ugly, are a vast improvement over the "political" reality of much of the "muslim world".

Finally, finally, I wonder what Orwell had to say about the need to use excessive parenthetical quotes?

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-02-25 17:07|| 2010-02-25 17:07|| Front Page Top

#4 they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something,

And we need specific assurances that they take their citizenship sincerely. Who knows what things have been done quietly with authorities. More than we will ever know, I suspect. And most muslims seem to be living here peacefully. But I don't know that they wouldn't be just as happy if the jihadists succeeded. What I do know is that I haven't read about any later day 442nd RCT demonstrating in the currency that counts that they are committed to their country. In fact seems like all we hear about is the shortage of translators and how much we need to respect them. So right now their citizenship doesn't mean much to me.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-25 17:51|| 2010-02-25 17:51|| Front Page Top

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