It’s all about Fear
Huffington Post reports on Zaytuna College, the first Muslim college in the United States. It was opened recently in the San Francisco Bay area. The school’s opening was also reported on some conservative blogs as being the first part of an invasion of Islam. Now we have a Florida minister planning to burn copies of the Koran on September 11 because he fears an invasion. We hear conservative members of Congress and conservative candidates asking for investigations of congressional members to determine if they are anti-American. There is something very disturbing about this call to concern. This is a country that holds freedom of religion and speech very dear. Those two freedoms are articulated in the first amendment to our Constitution. This is a hysterical call to fear that reminds me of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
You may recall that Senator Joseph McCarthy held hearings that were in search of communists in America. Everyone he called to give testimony was implied to be a communist with the intent of over throwing the United States government. He destroyed the reputation and lives of many people in Hollywood, the government, and elsewhere with various innuendos.
Is that what we want now in 2010?
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