tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post5287772623481199387..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Washington Post: "The fascinating history of how Jefferson and other Founding Fathers defended Muslim rights"Brad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-43800878964877046342015-12-16T14:48:13.262-07:002015-12-16T14:48:13.262-07:00rantrantTom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-18500886126154813762015-12-16T13:50:06.687-07:002015-12-16T13:50:06.687-07:00I’m assuming that you’re referring to points like ...I’m assuming that you’re referring to points like fear, resentment, intolerance, rage, and paranoia. <br /><br />Maybe you’re referring to policy points like overthrowing the government that they tirelessly work to delegitimize - the second amendment solution which would, of course, require killing fellow citizens, shooting down Russian planes and punching Putin in the nose (I believe that someone referred to this as starting WW III), and terrorizing women’s health- and abortion-clinics?<br /><br />Maybe you mean leadership points like calling for a strong leader unconstrained by constitutional authority and international norms and agreements, one that will restore a mythical past and make America strong again by rounding up a class of people, building yooge walls, and murdering the families of unindicted terrorists, or maybe one that would bomb foreign soil until the sand glowed*, or maybe one that proposes to use the Department of Education to monitor and police University speech?<br /><br />Yes, those certainly are points.<br /><br />*it should be pointed out that conventional munitions will not make the sand glow but nuclear munitions will, however briefly. Just sayin’<br />jimmiraybobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-16453326189172758832015-12-16T00:10:33.350-07:002015-12-16T00:10:33.350-07:00At least when right-wingers rant, there's a po...At least when right-wingers rant, there's a point.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-74863899870560988942015-12-14T18:02:26.523-07:002015-12-14T18:02:26.523-07:00"blahblahblah"
Brilliant! Time well sp...<i>"blahblahblah"</i><br /><br />Brilliant! Time well spent. You go my little culture warrior, you've almost got America saved.jimmiraybobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-48097397223930018002015-12-12T18:51:26.883-07:002015-12-12T18:51:26.883-07:00blahblahblahblahblahblahTom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-55386435797734444582015-12-11T20:28:32.951-07:002015-12-11T20:28:32.951-07:00Well Tom, maybe you could spend some time conferen...Well Tom, maybe you could spend some time conferencing with your conservative brethren about threats of and actual violence against Muslims or those they perceive as Muslim (such as Sikhs and random mysterious swarthy others). <br /><br />Not to mention the constant conservative ragegasms about and calls for barring/banning Mosques and the Quran - you know, talk up that whole religious freedom thingy that you all with the big ideas are so gushy about (as long as its a proper Christian Sectarian thing).<br /><br />Go ahead now and insult away my righteous conservative buddy.jimmiraybobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-89667203796974625052015-12-11T14:34:53.953-07:002015-12-11T14:34:53.953-07:00Defended Muslim rights in the abstract. Not really...Defended Muslim rights in the abstract. Not really relevant to the current crisis. Typical left-wing academics bending history on the op-ed page of a left-wing newspaper with an ominous-sounding but ultimately non-existent argument.<br /><br />No Muslim rights are being abridged. That an immigration policy lacking the proper competence to tell the good guys from the bad guys is foolhardy should be controversial only to idiots and demagogues.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com