Hilary is Evil

By Daniel Miessler on April 5th, 2008: Tagged as Politics
  • Jason Powell

    Remove the word “Muslim” and insert something else, like “cheeseburger.” I mean, they’re basically having a discussion about something innocuous, but implying that it’s evil.

    “So, you think there’s no reason to think Obama eats cheesburgers?”

    “No, I don’t believe the rumors that he eats cheeseburgers.”

    The problem, I think, isn’t whether Obama is a Muslim. The problem is that someone’s worried about the possibility at all.

  • Jason Powell

    Remove the word “Muslim” and insert something else, like “cheeseburger.” I mean, they’re basically having a discussion about something innocuous, but implying that it’s evil.

    “So, you think there’s no reason to think Obama eats cheesburgers?”

    “No, I don’t believe the rumors that he eats cheeseburgers.”

    The problem, I think, isn’t whether Obama is a Muslim. The problem is that someone’s worried about the possibility at all.

  • Carl M

    Yeah, I’ve seen this before .. “As far as I know” .. inexcusable.

    I agree with Jason that A problem is that people are worried about the possibility that he’s a Muslim, but I think that there’s ANOTHER problem too — that there are (apparently MANY) people who are willing to believe it. I have a theory that such people are grasping at straws. They don’t want to be perceived as racist (and perhaps don’t even believe that they are racist), so they grab at something else. And they’ll tell you that it isn’t that he’s a Muslim that worries them .. it’s that he is lying about being a Christian. It’s really quite amazing that such stupidity can exist in the 21st century.

  • Carl M

    Yeah, I’ve seen this before .. “As far as I know” .. inexcusable.

    I agree with Jason that A problem is that people are worried about the possibility that he’s a Muslim, but I think that there’s ANOTHER problem too — that there are (apparently MANY) people who are willing to believe it. I have a theory that such people are grasping at straws. They don’t want to be perceived as racist (and perhaps don’t even believe that they are racist), so they grab at something else. And they’ll tell you that it isn’t that he’s a Muslim that worries them .. it’s that he is lying about being a Christian. It’s really quite amazing that such stupidity can exist in the 21st century.


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