re: #258 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

“The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam.” - President Barack Obama

Sounds like a clear-cut carte blanche to slaughter all those who offend the Prophet.

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Wingnuts love this fragment of a quote, but they discard the other parts:

The future must not belong to those who target Coptic Christians in Egypt — it must be claimed by those in Tahrir Square who chanted, “Muslims, Christians, we are one.” The future must not belong to those who bully women — it must be shaped by girls who go to school, and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.

The future must not belong to those corrupt few who steal a country’s resources — it must be won by the students and entrepreneurs, the workers and business owners who seek a broader prosperity for all people. Those are the women and men that America stands with; theirs is the vision we will support.

The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam. But to be credible, those who condemn that slander must also condemn the hate we see in the images of Jesus Christ that are desecrated, or churches that are destroyed, or the Holocaust that is denied.

Full speech here.