re: #6 Bob Levin

There may not have been hearings on “un-American activities” yet, but that’s essentially what Bachmann is proposing.

There have, however, been Peter King’s two “radicalization” hearings, numerous high profile conservatives making outright bigoted anti-Muslim statements, the ongoing anti-mosque hysteria that started in the summer of 2010, and—thanks in no small part to David Yerushalmi—dozens of states that have considered anti-Sharia laws (though only a few actually passed) . Some of the proposed laws were so draconian that they would have effectively made it a crime to practice Islam.

If the same things were happening but the target was Jewish Americans, synagogues, and Halacha, you and a lot of other people would (rightfully) be screaming at the top of your lungs that it come to an immediate stop, you wouldn’t be saying, “Oh, well, let’s just wait and see.”