re: #69 Lidane

Our last three exchanges:

Oh well. So much for that.

I’m quite sure if it had been a group of Mexican immigrants or Muslims or whatever at that ranch, he’d be be screaming in outrage that the BLM wasn’t going in guns blazing.

Example: What if it had been this? Back in mid-February the wingnuts had their fainting couches out over a Clarion Project article I first heard about via my Google alerts, Exclusive: Islamist Terror Enclave Discovered in Texas (WebCite link as I’d rather not give Clarion any traffic). As is typical, it was full of very ominous sounding “proof” and was accompanied by a photo of empty bullet shells found “in the area” (not at all difficult in TX):

A Clarion Project investigation has discovered a jihadist enclave in Texas where a deadly shooting took place in 2002. Declassified FBI documents obtained by Clarion confirm the find and show the U.S. government’s concern about its links to terrorism. The investigation was completed with help from ACT! For America Houston.

The enclave belongs to the network of Muslims of the Americas, a radical group linked to a Pakistani militant group called Jamaat ul-Fuqra. Its members are devoted followers of Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani, an extremist cleric in Pakistan. […]

Yeah, so I see “Clarion Project investigation” and how they were assisted by ACT! For America Houston and I know this is pure bullshit. Naturally, Fox News and all the wingnut blogs dutifully started hyperventilating. Here are the 88,900 results Google returns for a search of the article title. Never one to pass up an opportunity, Geller, via WND, claims that Texas police are doubling as their militia (link to Google search results). Yes, really. Police. In Texas. Let that sink in for a minute.

What Islamophobia? No such thing.

So I wait.

Sure enough, around three weeks later, on March 10, KHOU in Houston publishes a short article debunking the whole thing after the police chief from nearby Freeport goes out there to take a look:

Small Muslim community struggles with ‘terrorist’ rumors

“The best description would be just a trailer park in the country,” he said. […]

The view from the road, however, is underwhelming. Kids can be seen playing, chickens roam free, and nothing appears to be out of sorts.

Neighbors say the Muslims have lived there for years without any problems:

“They help us, we help them,” neighbor Charlotte Broussard said. “I just don’t understand why people want to start crap like that.”

The alleged FBI documents? According to Chief Pennington:

“We’ve spoken with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. There’s just nothing out there,” he said. “They tell us that there’s no credible information about that site in terrorism.”

But…

Still, officials in Sweeny are acknowledging the concern by providing links to the articles in question on the city’s website.

And people wonder why I look askance at that Honor Diaries film & its participants when Clarion is one of the main organizations pimping it.

Yeah, I probably should’ve made this a Page. Maybe I will. It’s just that I track so much of this bullshit on a daily basis, that I often just flag it and store it away for later reference. *sigh*