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| PBS's Tavis Smiley: Far More Christian Terrorists Than Muslim Ones |
| 2010-05-29 |
| Tavis Smiley has apparently been asleep for the last ten years. That, at least, is the only logical explanation for his claim that Christains engage in terrorism far more often than Muslims. He also thinks the Tea Party is a comparably dangerous force to radical Islam. "There are so many more examples of Christians who do that," Smiley claimed, referring to terrorism, "than you could ever give me examples of Muslims who have done that inside this country where you live and work." He was discussing terrorism with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born writer and former member of the Dutch Parliament. I'm sure everybody remembers when a fanatical Christian butchered Theo van Gogh, and that monseigneur in the Vatican who kept that guy's head in his refrigerator after he chopped it off. Ali claims it is her mission to "inform the West about the danger of Islam," but Smiley was more concerned with the danger posed by Tea Party protesters, who "are being recently arrested for making threats against elected officials, for calling people 'nigger' as they walk into Capitol Hill, for spitting on people." None of those claims are true, but then again the segment was replete with falsehoods. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Any Christian attacks were not done in the name Of God. Any comparison is laughably ignorant. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2010-05-29 22:58 |
| #4 referring to terrorism, "than you could ever give me examples of Muslims who have done that inside this country where you live and work." That's his out. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2010-05-29 20:52 |
| #3 " SMILEY: Yes. Oh, Christians, every day, people walk into post offices, they walk into schools, that's what Columbine is - I could do this all day long. There are so many more examples of Christians - and I happen to be a Christian. That's back to this notion of your idealizing Christianity in my mind, to my read. There are so many more examples, Ayaan, of Christians who do that than you could ever give me examples of Muslims who have done that inside this country, where you live and work." This clown is sniffing glue or something. I can't believe he used Columbine as an example for his BS take on things. |
| Posted by: Jefferson 2010-05-29 19:56 |
| #2 The most amazing thing about this is that somebody actually was watching his show to see it. Better them than me... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-05-29 12:10 |
| #1 So, like, is he going to invite the Reverends Jackson and Sharpton on to point out that blacks kill more blacks by a long margin than white racists and supremacists? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-05-29 08:55 |