From this article in the New York Times comes today’s installment of The Continuing Idiocy Of CAIR. Those of you that are regular readers of this site know that I correspond with CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, quite regularly. Or rather, I used to do so. Recently, however, I caught them in a lie, so now they’ve called me a bigot and stopped communicating. Typical.

Anyway, they put out a press release agreeing with a leftist asshat from the NYT that compared the cartoon riots to the Civil Rights movement in America in the 60’s.

Yeah, RIGHT!!!!!

I took them to task for that, not really expecting a reply, so I was quite amused when I got a reply. More about that reply later.

Please read the article before you comment, otherwise you will be ridiculed for moronic trollish behavior when you display your idiocy.
My words are italicized, quotes from the article are in bold.

Are you seriously agreeing that the violence by muslims in response to the cartoons is the equivalent of the American civil rights movement?
That is what this editorial tries to imply. Civil rights was about giving equal treatment to a group of people that weren’t always treated the same.

The cartoon riots are a group of people asking not only for special treatment, but for the world to accept a hypocritical double standard. Unfortunately, most Americans are stupid enough to believe your drivel.

When Americans protest, it is a rarity when violence breaks out, but when muslims protest it is almost a given. Print a cartoon of Christ with a crown of TNT for thorns and let’s see how many embassies get burnt down.

The answer to that, by the way, is exactly NONE!!!!!!

“Apparently refraining from obvious offense to religious sensibilities won’t be enough.”

Then what? What will be enough? An offical U.S. Government holiday in honor of the prophet? Sharia law in America? What would be enough?

“What isn’t a big difference is the Muslim demand for self-censorship by major media outlets. That kind of self-censorship is not just an American tradition, but a tradition that has helped make America one of the most harmonious multiethnic and multireligious societies in the history of the world.”

No. The tradition that has made America one of the most harmonious multiethnic and multireligious societies in the world are twofold. One; Assimilation. Two; Respect for, and the peaceful tolerance of that which offends you. Why does it seem that so many people have such a hard time understanding those simple facts?

“…if you publish things that gratuitously offend ethnic or religious groups, you will earn the scorn of enlightened people everywhere”.

Scorn, to be perfectly clear, (because, let’s face it, your definition of “scorn” may be vastly different from mine), does not mean kill people and burn down buildings.

“Of course, it’s a two-way street. As Westerners try to attune themselves to the sensitivities of Muslims, Muslims need to respect the sensitivities of, for example, Jews.”

I have yet to see this from the muslim community. For example, do YOU think Israel has a right to exist? There is a vast difference, by the way, between respecting the sensitivities of a group, which Israel seems better at than arabs in general, as evidenced by the fact that Israel doesn’t burn down embassies over cartoons, and say, for example, calling for someone’s country to be wiped from the face of the earth. Can you see and respect that “chasm”?

“Most Americans tread lightly in discussing ethnicity and religion, and we do it so habitually that it’s nearly unconscious.”

This is called “political correctness” and it is the scourge of our times. Self-censoring because some people are not secure enough in their beliefs and practices is the absolute pinnacle of an idea that is so anti-American at it’s core as to be almost, but not quite, beyond comprehension. Unfortunately it is reality, so it is not beyond comprehension, and it has been brought about by think skinned groups seeking special privileges and protections.

“Sometimes it feels uncomfortable, but worse things are imaginable.”

Yes, worse things are imaginable. A world dominated by islam under sharia law is much worse to imagine than a world without a religion that exhorts it’s adherents to kill the infidels where ever they are found.

After asking CAIR if they would care to respond to these questions, I received the following reply, which left me staggering, agog at the audacity and inanity that someone could actually, in today’s reality and political climate, call someone an “anti-semite” AND an “islamophobe” in the VERY SAME SENTENCE while exercising the self control necessary to leave out the equally specious charge of “white supremacist”.

My words are italicized, CAIRs are in bold

do you have anything to say to this?

I refuse to have a dialogue with anti-Semites and Islamophobes

That’s rich. Me an anti-semite? Standing as I do, firmly WITH Israel and the right of Israel to exist places me outside of the “anti-semite” category. As for being an “islamophobe”, let me set the record straight. You can look at this article here: ( http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/005950.php ) for a definition that shows why “islamophobia” as a tool of definition is absolutely useless. However, if one is to take the term to mean: “a reasonable person who has a rational opposition to an irrational belief system” then yes, I am an islamaphobe, and a proud one at that.

Islam, with it’s ingrained hatred of Jews, it’s wretched treatment of women, and it’s historical propensity for “dhimmitude”, (the antithesis if Freedom by the way), is completely irrational. The alleged majority of muslims that stand against the radicals in islam is rare to make an appearance, and I have yet to see one counter demonstration at a large gathering of muslims on a rampage protesting against the angry muslims that burn flags and call for the death of the U.S, Israel and whatever other country has angered them that particular day.

Face it, you are losing the PR battle, your religion has been hijacked by people following the rules in the koran, and it seems that this alleged “majority” is either too scared to actively and loudly counter the radicals or they secretly agree with them, which would make them conspirators.

You never did answer the question as to whether you think Israel has a right to exist or not….what’s the matter? Did I paint you into another corner?

There you have it. CAIR won’t answer the question of Israel’s right to exist, and they won’t because they don’t believe Israel has that right.

One last thought on “islamophobe”. Someone that is “phobic” has an irrational fear of something. My fears regarding islam are rational and well founded. Perhaps muslims are “Freedomphobic”.

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