re: #48 Lidane

What could possibly go wrong?

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You just reminded me of this, which I saw this weekend:

Analysts, militia groups weigh in on Wichita mosque controversy

When a Wichita mosque canceled a speaker’s appearance last month after fearing an armed protest, some people wanted to know why some protesters planned to show up with guns at a place of worship.

Daryl Johnson says he has an idea of what might be behind it. It involves the world of home-grown militias or “security forces” and a Facebook message that sounds to him like a domestic terrorist threat against Muslims in Kansas.

“WE need to keep an eye on muslim buildings. and ready to strike,” part of the message, posted on the Kansas Patriots Network, says.

The reaction against the Wichita mosque speaker appears to be part of a new trend by anti-government militia groups of targeting Muslims, Johnson said. He is a former senior domestic terrorism analyst with the Department of Homeland Security who has testified to Congress. […]

http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article70927597.html

This kind of crap is one of the reasons I got grumpy yesterday over having someone shake their finger at me over my upding of a frickin’ pun that didn’t intend any malice or ridicule anyone. There are people out there who want to kill us just because we’re Muslim, and there are candidates of a major political party mainstreaming anti-Muslim bigotry & hatred.