And All The Little Minds Remained Locked Shut
Eric Allen Bell posts about Islam and Loonwatch.com at the Daily Kos, supporting his reasoning in both the post and the comments, and persuading no one. (The facts don't matter in the face of what people prefer to believe.) An excerpt (including the bold-facing he did in his original):
Let me just come right out by saying that the vast majority of the estimated 1.67 billion Muslims around the world are clearly not terrorists. The newly coined term "Islamophobia" describes an irrational fear of Islam. But for LoonWatch.com any criticism of the Koran or of violent Jihad - even those criticisms that might have some legitimacy to them - even of radical Islam, are branded as Islamophobia and anyone who dares to raise questions about the nearly constant acts of Jihad going on increasingly around the world today is labeled a "Loon" - thus the title of their blog, LoonWatch.com.It seems that Loonwatch is pretty much exclusively concerned with exposing the perceived enemies of Islam, including a compulsive and obsessive tit for tat over anything that Robert Spencer, of JihadWatch.com had to say. Unlike Pamela Geller or that nut in Florida who was preoccupied with burning the Koran, Spencer, whom I don't see eye to eye with either (I feel he might also be religiously motivated), presents himself in a rather rational, sober and scholarly fashion and I might add that neither he nor the other "Loons" have bombs strapped to them - only words. Something we cannot say for so many, many defenders of Islam.
Anyone can take a short stroll through YouTube and find numerous videos translated into English of Islamic clerics from many parts of the world calling for the death of all Jews, the Islamic takeover of the world, applauding the actions of Islamic terrorists and defending the practice of beating women, forcing young girls to marry grown men and promoting the most radical forms of Sharia (Islamic) Law. Surely Loonwatch.com has noticed this, but they have nothing to say on the subject - only criticism and attacks on anyone who dare suggest that within the Islamic world there might be room for improvement.
The comments section is one long, steady refusal to take anything he says in, no matter how well he supports it.








"Islamaphobia" is only irrational if the feared outcome is few and far between.
Oh, wait it isn't few and far between, it's often and routine? when can we call it a rational fear?
I R A Darth Aggie at February 7, 2013 6:17 AM
"The comments section is one long, steady refusal to take anything he says in, no matter how well he supports it."
That's how you know when you're on the right track. Especially at Kos.
Cousin Dave at February 7, 2013 10:45 AM
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