Sally Kern: a modern day Nazi

16 03 2008

Quotes“I honestly think [homosexuality]’s the biggest threat even, that our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam, which I think is a big threat. [...] ‘Matter of fact, studies show, that no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted more than, you know, a few decades. So it’s the death knell of this country.” -Sally Kern

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If you aren’t aware, Sally Kern is an Oklahoma State Representative, one of the people that represents the ideals of the American people as is the intent of the U.S.’s representative democratic system. What, what?

If you would like to read the full transcript of Sally Kern’s hate-speech, you can find it here. If your mouth hasn’t already dropped to the floor, then comprehend how she was given a standing ovation after the speech.

I saw the movie American History X recently, in which a family struggles with neo-Nazism involvement. Her speech reads like a speech from that movie. It speaks of “indoctrination,” “infiltration,” and refers to an entire sect of American citizens as a cancer that needs to be wiped out. I have to say it again: She’s a House Representative!?.

To tell you the truth, I could care less about Eliot Spitzer resigning. He’s such big news that news channel helicopters followed his truck as it left his office building. I really don’t understand that. Meanwhile, another political figure essentially threatens American people with death, and the press hardly bats an eye. And wait… police are now sifting through the tens of thousands of mail and e-mail she is receiving for death threats, which naturally are considered criminal. I say she deserves every single death threat she has received after her narrow-minded rant. Why hasn’t she gone to prison yet? Where are the people investigating her plans to destroy America?

She also stated “Not all religions are equal,” which certainly is true, but to a very short extent. Obviously people frown upon those who praise killing others in the name of their religion, but I believe that religions in general should be treated equally. Islam is not a bad religion; in fact, it is a very close neighbor to many forms of Christianity. People who kill in the name of Islam are obviously bad people, but the religion itself is neither destroying America, nor is it beneath Christianity, as Sally Kern has stated.

I’m waiting for the day she loses her job. If that day doesn’t come, I’ll have lost a great deal of faith in the America’s democratic system. Clearly it has been “infiltrated” by fanatics who seek to “indoctrinate” the country with narrow-minded idiocy. She is the worst kind of hypocrite; the kind that accuses other people of doing exactly what she is doing. Please reevaluate who is destroying America, Sally Kern. The American people or you?





No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life than intolerance

13 02 2008

FeaturesTwo Tunisians and a Dane have been arrested in a plot to kill Kurt Westergaard, one of several creators of the widely controversial cartoons featuring depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. This is the second time Danish investigators have foiled a “terrorist” plot since the initial release of the cartoons in 2005. Kurt Westergaard is 73 years old.

There are clearly differing opinions on the depiction of Muhammad. The controversy is based on several writings in Muslim texts, which warn against idolatry. This obviously isn’t a case of religious depiction for worship, however. No devout Muslim would worship a cartoon depicting Muhammad with a bomb strapped to his head. The majority of Muslims tolerate depictions of Muhammad as long as they are meant specifically to honor Muhammad and do not claim to recreate his actual appearance.

This is the cause of the controversy – the cartoonists doing the exact opposite of honoring: dishonoring. (Because I’m just on a roll with the opposites)

Certain Christian sects have similar traditions of not depicting religious figures to avoid idolatry. However, we have not heard outcries from them due to either the widespread disrespect of the image of Christ or the worship of his image rather than his self. Either they have simply given up hope that religious idolatry could be stopped worldwide, or they have learned of something called cultural and religious tolerance. It is fair for Muslims to call the rest of the world out on an issue of disrespect. However, there is a point at which it becomes extreme. The fervor surrounding the release of the cartoons would have suggested a prophet had been assassinated, not simply drawn.

Muslims around the world dislike the fact that the words “terrorism” and “Muslim extremists” are used interchangeably and rightfully so. Only a fraction of terrorists are Muslim, just as a fraction of terrorists are Christians, cultists, atheists, and so on. However, in order for the rest of the world to lose the connotation, many Muslims need to make an effort at tolerance. Islam has not taken control of the entire world yet. One cannot control the path that a man’s pencil takes on paper halfway around the world. The man was 73 years old. If the Muslim texts are literally correct, he will rot in Hell. But why take the time to try and put him there yourself, when all you’ll be doing is adding another blemish to Islam’s image as a religion of extremists?

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Protests in Britain after the initial release of the controversial pictures