Comments on: It Depends On Who’s Being Killed

By: Tony Shucraft

Tony Shucraft — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:57:16 +0000

Yeah, were we not supposed to see this build up and get worse? Momney probably would have won the Republican nomination if he wasn’t a Mormon.

How many Muslims have died during all of this directly or closely to this war? And then look at WWII, how many Jews died at the hands of Hitler and the Nazis? I don’t think we are there yet. But with things going the way they are it could get there.

I mean the public opinion of them, at least here in the States, is getting bad enough to where you could say we are gullible enough.

By: revisited

revisited — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:51:45 +0000

But… but… if Obama’s Muslim, he’s a terrorist! Or worse, a Manchurian Candidate (which I have actually heard suggested).

(Mind you, the fact that McCain was captured and detained for years makes him a much more likely fit for that scenario, but whatever…)

By: mr gonzo

mr gonzo — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:24:52 +0000

This kind of crap always makes me think of a little piece I’ve read by Hunter Thompson about the 64 Presedential race. It was what amounts to the beginning of professional shit-slinging in Presidential Campaign’s. One of Lyndon Johnson’s factotum’s game up with the idea of accusing Johnson’s opponent of having had sexual relations with a pig. Johnson said no one would believe it, to which the aid replied “Yeah sure they won’t, but let’s make him deny it anyways!” And so they did.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

Keep their heads spinning with the minutae. The masses will neglect to notice the trully important.

See: John Edwards for more on this.

As to Islam being vilified, anyone remember the “Red Menace”? Ducking under desks at school in case of nuclear attack? Evil Russian Empire?

Same shit, different pile…

By: P. Martini

P. Martini — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:34:02 +0000

This is shaping up to be lots of fun.

And, I can’t say anything about taking your deceased pet to the cemetery on public transportation, even if he is stowed in a suitcase, but here’s Bigfoot in a cooler from the Washington Post. It’s that liberal news media at it again . . . .

By: Patrick Pitt

Patrick Pitt — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:45:53 +0000

Ali is beloved by Americans - I always wonder how he’d fair now.

He’s got the credentials of a great president. Well spoken, motivated, charismatic, a womanizer. But he’s Muslim.

By: Rachel Lavrisa

Rachel Lavrisa — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:20:04 +0000

In her book, Violence, Mourning, Politics (2004), Judith Butler asks: “Who counts as human? Whose lives count as lives? What makes for a grievable life” (20)? Butler’s argument bring about the realization that “certain lives will be highly protected… [while] other lives will not find such fast and furious support and will not even qualify as ‘grievable’… A hierarchy of grief” is thus established (32).

An excellent book for those interested..

By: KET

KET — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:21:19 +0000

The Obama thing is strange. Denying the false accusation in a way further solidifies the accusers’ implication that Muslim = bad. You want to set the record straight, but saying “No, it’s a lie, he’s not Muslim!” makes it sound as if it’s a horrible thing for him to be mistaken for one. It’s like the old Seinfeld episode where Jerry keeps denying he’s gay: “Not that there’s anything wrong with that…”

As for the Western world being more concerned with Caucasians dying or being displaced… there is probably an ugly element of truth to that, but I tend to think it’s more that the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and Darfur have been going on so long that people are just numb to it now, it doesn’t register, because it’s become just an accepted part of our lives. People become accustomed to horrible situations fairly easily, which I think is part survival mechanism. Were the conflict in Georgia to drag out for six years, you can bet that it would merit just a blurb on page A10 of the daily paper.

By: Jane Smith

Jane Smith — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:12:27 +0000

“that’s longer than the Second World War for those of you playing along at home. ”
Boy you sure know how to bring things into perspective Matt. Fuck me, if I had my way, everyone would live in a tent on the beach. Sorry if this sounds flippant; it’s not meant to be for sure.

By: PharmingForDissidence

PharmingForDissidence — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:33:00 +0000

sigh…this is why i prefer to stay an open-minded agnostic…doesnt mean agnostics are untouchable in the media, etc. but none of us agnostics are starting wars over our lack of faith and whos more hardcore about it…

forget Islam, what about fucking Scientology?!!! L. Ron Hubbard would have made a horrible president…but given the current situation in the white house and who occupies it, maybe horrible isnt the word..

By: Becca Steps

Becca Steps — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:27:30 +0000

Agreed.

Considering, here in the West, we commend ourselves on being free of prejudices and racism…it just goes to show that were not all free thinking and understanding as our governments would like to make it out that we are. The unfortunate part, it’s the government that produces more racism and prejudices while the rest of society is learning to move forward…oxymoron(s) anyone?