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McCain supporters confront religious intolerance at rally

From Santosh On 20 October 2008 View Comments

Video footage of volunteers, including some Muslims and a (presumably desi) McCain campaign manager at a McCain rally confronting and driving away people handing out “Obama for Change” stickers with Islamic symbols. [Huffington Post] (link Karthik via email)

These recent events come on the heels of Powell’s rebuke of Islamophobia among some Republican supporters. [UD]

The stickers they were handing out also had the Communist sickle and hammer along with the Islamic crescent. I’m guessing the purported message was: “Obama is a socialist, hence by extension, communist, with ties to radical Islam, hence by extension, also a terrorist”. Besides the blatant Islamophobia, these idiots are also guilty of trying to confuse potential voters by packaging too much information.

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  • Gill
    There is nothing wrong with criticizing Islam. We have the freedom of speech in the US and we have the rights to use it.

    He was not encouraging violence against Muslims. Being critical of Islam has nothing to do with being racist. Islam is a religion, it's not a race.

    If the person was there propagating violence and killings of Muslims then that would be a hate speech. He was just practicing his rights and letting everyone know his point of view.

    Islamophobia is a fancy term coined by some radical "Muslims" to shut down the voice that question Islam. In the US, you are welcome to question Christianity, you can question Judaism and you can question whatever other religion but whenever you question Islam, you become an Islamophobe. I think that's a beautiful double standard. What's more pathetic is that the media is going with it!

    For the first time in the modern history, the freedom of speech of Americans have been jeopardized.

    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Beatrice Hall
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