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disneydream06Dear Rep. Peter King,
Just wondering if you have picked out sited for the concentration camps yet? Or is Guantanamo big enough for the American Muslim population?
Rep. Peter King: American Muslims Aren't "American"
posted by: Robin Marty
The new Republican controlled House seems fascinated with the idea of launching investigations, if Rep. Darrell Issa is any indication of the group mindset. But what do you get when you combine Issa's love of investigations with the GOP's new found fear-mongering Islamophobia?
You get Republican Congressman Peter King's insistence that Muslim Americans aren't, in fact, American.
Via Think Progress:
Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has promised to launch a series of investigations of Muslim Americans beginning in February. “I’ve made it clear that I’ll focus the committee on counterterrorism and hold hearings on a wide range of issues, including radicalization of the American Muslim community and homegrown terrorism,” he told Newsday. King has repeatedly said that he only wants to single out “Islamic terrorism” in his hearings on domestic security, and has even claimed that there are “too many mosques in this country.”
Joining anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist Frank Gaffney on Gaffney’s radio program last week, King doubled down on his promise to launch a witch-hunt against Muslims. He repeated a falsehood that he stated earlier — that American Muslims never cooperate to combat terrorism. But in addition to this claim, King made the extraordinary smear that American Muslims aren’t “American” when it comes to war. “[W]hen a war begins,” King said, every ethnic and religious group unites as “Americans.” “But in this case,” King continued, referring to Muslims, “this is not the situation. … Whether it’s cultural tradition, whatever, the fact is the Muslim community does not cooperate anywhere near to the extent that it should”
Looks like 2011 is going to be yet another year of fanning the flames of bigotry in order to score political points. So much for the GOP's promise to focus on the economy.
Just wondering if you have picked out sited for the concentration camps yet? Or is Guantanamo big enough for the American Muslim population?
Rep. Peter King: American Muslims Aren't "American"
posted by: Robin Marty
The new Republican controlled House seems fascinated with the idea of launching investigations, if Rep. Darrell Issa is any indication of the group mindset. But what do you get when you combine Issa's love of investigations with the GOP's new found fear-mongering Islamophobia?
You get Republican Congressman Peter King's insistence that Muslim Americans aren't, in fact, American.
Via Think Progress:
Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has promised to launch a series of investigations of Muslim Americans beginning in February. “I’ve made it clear that I’ll focus the committee on counterterrorism and hold hearings on a wide range of issues, including radicalization of the American Muslim community and homegrown terrorism,” he told Newsday. King has repeatedly said that he only wants to single out “Islamic terrorism” in his hearings on domestic security, and has even claimed that there are “too many mosques in this country.”
Joining anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist Frank Gaffney on Gaffney’s radio program last week, King doubled down on his promise to launch a witch-hunt against Muslims. He repeated a falsehood that he stated earlier — that American Muslims never cooperate to combat terrorism. But in addition to this claim, King made the extraordinary smear that American Muslims aren’t “American” when it comes to war. “[W]hen a war begins,” King said, every ethnic and religious group unites as “Americans.” “But in this case,” King continued, referring to Muslims, “this is not the situation. … Whether it’s cultural tradition, whatever, the fact is the Muslim community does not cooperate anywhere near to the extent that it should”
Looks like 2011 is going to be yet another year of fanning the flames of bigotry in order to score political points. So much for the GOP's promise to focus on the economy.
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Date: 2011-01-12 01:13 pm (UTC)What an asshole. I suppose American Muslims in the military don't count.
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Date: 2011-01-12 01:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-12 02:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-12 02:17 pm (UTC)