Our forefathers must be spinning in their graves
The Ft. Hood shootings will bring another Muslim witch hunt. Like the one after 9/11. Like the one after the Oklahoma City bombing when they thought it was done by "A-rabs. Many innocent Arab-Americans and Muslims had been beaten and harassed by the time Timothy McVeigh was caught.
The further we get from "freedom of religion"...the less tolerance we have for others who don't share "our" religion in this country, the closer we get to radical right-wing xenophobic zealotry.
It spreads to Congress: "Myrick wants to focus on Muslims in the military"
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - U.S. Congressional representative Sue Myrick (R-NC) is weighing in about Muslims in the military after a shooting at Fort Hood left 13 dead and nearly 30 hurt.
Charged in the case is a life-long Muslim, Army Major Nadil Malik Hassan, who was said to have opposed the war in Iraq and Afghanistan before allegedly going on the shooting spree.
Myrick, in her words, believes it's time to stop being politically correct, because she's worried about Muslims infiltrating the military.
[T]he Associated Press reported that an imam from a mosque Hasan regularly attended said Hasan, a lifelong Muslim, was a committed soldier, gave no sign of extremist beliefs and regularly wore his uniform at prayers.[..]"~~~
Notice that Myrick wrote the foreword to "Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that's Conspiring to Islamize America"...the author calls President Obama a "Muslim" and questions the loyalty of two Muslim members of Congress.
Myrick has a seat on the Intelligence Committee and has promised to investigate Muslim "spies" on Capitol Hill.
How long before this kind of hysteria causes us to round them all up and put them behind barbed wire in internment camps?
Sooo...if you happen to be Christian and beat a man to death because he's gay, or shoot up a church because the members are too liberal, it's not a hate crime and it has nothing to do with your religion.
But, if you happen to be Muslim and go berserk and shoot a bunch of people, it's a hate crime and has everything to do with your religion.
Never mind that there are several million moderate Muslims in America...many who serve in the military and are highly valued because of the way they can work with locals.
I think that Hasan just went on a typical American-style killing spree...we call it "Going Postal." We've had quite a lot of them, and most of them have to do with workplace anger or school harassment. We all remember Columbine, and there was a workplace one just yesterday in Orlando.
