‘Tea party’s Judson Phillips defends essay attacking congressman for being Muslim’
28th October 2010
Well, of course, he didn’t ‘attack’ the Congressman for being a Muslim; he urged that the Congressman not be re-elected because he is a Muslim, which is a perfectly reasonable position for anybody who has, you know, actually read the Koran … which I suspect that nobody at the Washington Post has actually done.
But, of course, that’s an invincible blind-spot on the part of those who are psychologically committed to the position that Islam is ‘just a religion’ and hence ought to be excluded from any debate on public policy–despite the fact that Islam is not just a religion but a totalitarian ideology based on religion, and despite the fact that those who write for (and read?) the Washington Post wouldn’t give any religion other than Islam the respect that they would give, say, a convicted murderer.
Especially amusing is the accompanying photograph, showing Muslims engaged in their customary ‘hate speech’ with the caption ‘Muslims begin education campaign to counter U.S. backlash’ (a ‘backlash’ for which there is absolutely no evidence, unlike the daily evidence that all the hate is on the part of Muslims–as this photograph makes plain).
Really, you can’t make this stuff up.