re: #46 lawhawk

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So I guess he’s going to speak out against the Islamophobes who want to limit Muslim rights in the US in 3…2…1..

Oh wait…

The anti-Muslim hate machine is in overdrive right now. I’m getting far more Google Alerts than I can keep up with. They were obviously prepared for just such an occurrence as what happened in Paris.

I just spent an hour and a half listening to a conference at the National Press Club—it was on C-SPan (they tweeted it). It was filled with the most disgusting, deceitful fear mongering you can imagine, courtesy of Frank Gaffney’s Center for Security Policy. Apart form Gaffney, the speakers included David Yerushalmi, Clare Lopez, and Admiral James A. “Ace” Lyons, among others. That retired wingnut general William G. “Jerry” Boykin was also supposed to be there, but for some reason he didn’t show up. Here’s the full line-up: donotlink.com (direct link is here).

These people are truly loathsome. The worst part is that if you’re not familiar with their background & alliances they can come across as quite rational, especially since many of them have held important government positions in the past that lend them credibility.