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Politics. Bedfellows. Strange.
Such a great and unusual story:
See? Idiots don't have to be assholes.
Such a great and unusual story:
Coley began doing Tea Party outreach in Florida in 2009. He started as an ordinary Tea Party activist, concerned about economics and allegedly growing government power.
But his concern at what he saw as the emergence of Islamophobia in the Tea Party movement spurred him to act.
"I was watching the neocon takeover happen," says Coley. "Literally overnight I saw groups devoted to economics and constitutional limits turn into something else. Suddenly there were invites to see anti-Islam speakers. This crazy anti-Islam message was taking over."
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The sudden announcement in the press of anti-sharia legislation in the Tennessee House and Senate changed everything.
"[We] changed the format of the Islam Awareness lectures at the library. Since sharia had become the issue, we decided to devote each week to covering a different area or aspect of sharia," says Coley. "We invited two Tea Party groups. One cursed at me, called me names and said I was Muslim and therefore they had no interest in speaking to me or hearing anything my 'lying mouth' had to say. The other invited other Tea Party groups."
"After the lectures, these Tea Party groups took our information home with them. We offered paper, pens, and wrote notes on the board. Then there was a meeting of all the East Tennessee tea party groups, fourteen in all, and they had a vote. 12/2 was the vote, to abandon attacking Islam as a tactic."
See? Idiots don't have to be assholes.
Shomer fucking shabbos
Mar. 6th, 2012 01:15 pmYou may have dimly heard a story about a basketball team from an Orthodox school that was going to have to default in the semifinals, since the championship game was set for the Sabbath. And then the schedule got changed, and they went on to win. Yay!
The NYT dug deeper, and what it found wasn't pretty. The organization involved is TAPPS, the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. For one thing, TAPPS only changed the date when lawyers representing some of the Jewish students "filed a complaint and an application for a temporary restraining order."
But the even uglier thing was how TAPPS treated Muslim schools that wanted to join:
The NYT dug deeper, and what it found wasn't pretty. The organization involved is TAPPS, the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. For one thing, TAPPS only changed the date when lawyers representing some of the Jewish students "filed a complaint and an application for a temporary restraining order."
But the even uglier thing was how TAPPS treated Muslim schools that wanted to join:
In addition to an application form, Iman Academy SW was given a questionnaire. Among the questions:
“It is our understanding that the Koran tells you not to mix with (and even eliminate) the infidels. Christians and Jews fall into that category. Why do you wish to join an organization whose membership is in disagreement with your religious beliefs?”
...
At least two other Islamic schools were given similar questionnaires; they declined to fill them out.
Iman Academy SW did fill out the application and questionnaire and was denied membership. It did not challenge the association’s decision.
Cutting up the Lowe's Card
Dec. 17th, 2011 07:45 amDr. Pookie posted it to Lowe's FB page, but it got baleted within seconds. At the same time, pretty awful comments survived... a bit longer before getting deleted, possibly due to Dr. Pookie and others pointing at them. But still, paging back through the 'debate', you can find things like "Lots of Koranimals on here tonight! WOW..."
It's amazing that all of this is due to a lone asshole "with a poorly made Web site". And apparently he's lied about many other advertisers pulling ads, and the companies are having to release statements denying they've dropped ads:
Green Mountain Coffee has sent out a twitter @GreenMtnCoffee: We didn’t modify our advertising. We do not discriminate and welcome different opinions with mutual respect.
Campbell Soup: “We certainly support diversity and inclusion,” he added, “and we market to everybody here in the United States, including Dearborn, Michigan.”
Sears: "Sears Holdings is proud to serve a diverse customer base which represents a true cross-section of America.”
ETA: Oh! Oh! A chance to use my newest icon.
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