Welcome to Conservative America.

While these hate crimes do obviously happen , I am very hesitant to believe everything I hear in the early days of the investigation, after these alledged hate crimes are reported. I remember hearing several false stories and allegations of hate crimes after 9/11, that ended up being completely fabricated and false . Consider me skeptical , not to say it didn’t happen .
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Sounds like a Hate Crime!

WHY WASN’T THE TARGETING & KILLING OF INNOCENT WHITES IN CONN. BY A DERANGED BLACK MAN CONSIDERED A HATE CRIME, AS WELL????

Professional Left —- SELECTIVE RACIAL HYPOCRITES!

If the assailant was black, the Professional Left would consider that a RACIST PROVOCATION on the part of the cab driver!!!

Bad time to be a Sikh in America.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100824/NEWS01/8240366/Police-say-it-s-very-possible-attacks-near-fairgrounds-had-racial-overtones

Isn’t it a bad time to be white with all the black hate out there, Rachel?

How many other people were stabbed by a lunatic that night in NYC? But, from the left-wing propagandists that control the media, this will turn into the story of the century.

You’re attempt to blame this on conservatives or the mosque controversy is shameful. I’m not sure why but I thought you were better than that. Apparently, I was wrong. You’re just another far-left carpet bomber.

Did the NYTimes report on “Beat a whitey” day in Iowa?

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100824/NEWS01/8240366/1002/

It’s all about what fits the narrative. The cab driver story does; the Iowa story does not.

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lonestar77 said:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100824/NEWS01/8240366/Police-say-it-s-very-possible-attacks-near-fairgrounds-had-racial-overtones Isn’t it a bad time to be white with all the black hate out there, Rachel? How many other people were stabbed by a lunatic that night in NYC? But, from the left-wing propagandists that control the media, this will turn into the story of the century. You’re attempt to blame this on conservatives or the mosque controversy is shameful. I’m not sure why but I thought you were better than that. Apparently, I was wrong. You’re just another far-left carpet bomber.

Beat me to it. Drudge is reporting the story, but a google search indicates not many mainstream outlets are picking it up. It’d be nice to see Fox show some balls and report on this. Heaven knows this would be a national story if the races were reversed. Frank Rich would positively wet himself.

Publius219 said:
Bad time to be a Sikh in America.

That’s a bit of a non sequitur considering the cab driver was a muslim. Sikhs are usually quite adamant about the fact that they are most definitely NOT muslims.

lonestar77 said:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100824/NEWS01/8240366/Police-say-it-s-very-possible-attacks-near-fairgrounds-had-racial-overtones Isn’t it a bad time to be white with all the black hate out there, Rachel? How many other people were stabbed by a lunatic that night in NYC? But, from the left-wing propagandists that control the media, this will turn into the story of the century. You’re attempt to blame this on conservatives or the mosque controversy is shameful. I’m not sure why but I thought you were better than that. Apparently, I was wrong. You’re just another far-left carpet bomber.

Are you kidding? This chick’s a third-string hack.

Sean68 says:
August 25, 2010 at 11:09 am (Quote)
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“Are you kidding? This chick’s a third-string hack.”

No. A member of the WH press corps (that I respect) once told me Ms. Sklar wasn’t an ideologue. But, what I’ve read from her on this site indicates otherwise.

lonestar77 said:
Sean68 says:August 25, 2010 at 11:09 am (Quote)0 0 “Are you kidding? This chick’s a third-string hack.” No. A member of the WH press corps (that I respect) once told me Ms. Sklar wasn’t an ideologue. But, what I’ve read from her on this site indicates otherwise.

Yeah, well, all I’ve had to go on is what she writes about here and how she chooses to write about it. I’ll bet mediamatters is her home page.

From that San Diego story:

Police arrested a transient, Daniel Jacobs, on charges of assault and hate crimes.

“This is the first time in a long time, since 9/11,” says Edgar Hopida, who heads the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Yes, boys and girls, America is riddled with crazy, hatey homeless people. Who aren’t terribly consistent or motivated. Be very afraid.

What is that word the left loves throwing around so much? Ah, yes: Fearmongering.

Sean68 said:
It’d be nice to see Fox show some balls and report on this.

But…but…but…when Fox reports stuff like that it’s race baiting!

And how many Muslims bash gays? Welcome to liberal America.
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/4307/religion-of-peace-muslim-illegal-aliens-brutally-attack-gay-georgetown-med-students-finally-fox-outlet-says-it-they-are-muslim/

Oh no! White people be very, very afraid! First they’re coming to taunt you, then they’ll steal your women and children and turn them all into Muslims. Hurry, get your guns…THE SKY IS FALLING!!!

So, to sum up. There are 4 or 5 radical anti-islamists out there who have attacked 4 or 5 cab drivers over the last 10 years. Of course, this equals “scary”. Oh, and it’s the fault of widespread bigotry. It’s the American population’s fault. The protesting of an islamic center so close to ground zero is the cause of the latest incident. The imam in the middle of the controversy says that American policies were an accessory to 9/11, so obviously we are partly to blame for that. Basically, no matter what happens, whether radical jihadists kill thousands of Americans or a few nuts beat up a few muslims, it’s our fault. Ok, got it. Reading this hit piece by Ms. Sklar, you’d think that crimes against muslims are a huge problem. She even recounts the story of some anonymous person who had bad things said about him. That equals evil. Yet, when MSNBC hosts get on TV everyday and call conservatives racists, nazi’s, murderers, etc. that’s the fault of conservatives too. Saying bad things ON A DAILY BASIS about them is A-Ok. Methinks Ms. Sklar should put things into perspective. This hit piece is an absolute travesty.

Wow, it sure sounds like the muslim’s plans to build the mosque has created quite a backlash- if the MSM has taught us anything its that you avoid backlashes by an means necessary. Guess they’ll have to not build it rather than to incite a backlash.

NORBIT said:
Sounds like a Hate Crime! WHY WASN’T THE TARGETING & KILLING OF INNOCENT WHITES IN CONN. BY A DERANGED BLACK MAN CONSIDERED A HATE CRIME, AS WELL???? Professional Left —- SELECTIVE RACIAL HYPOCRITES!

My God, you are a pathetic idiot. Your attempts to be clever may work on racist blogs like AtlasShrugged, but they just make you look uninformed and like a stupid liar when you post them in intelligent forums.

I find it interesting you stop repsonding once someone has put you in your place using intelligent facts, rahter than your sweeping (and often wrong) generalization about blacks, whites, Republicans, Democrats, Chritains, or Muslims.

Thank you for the lunch time humor. Now go back to buying Glenn Beck gold.

VW said:
Wow, it sure sounds like the muslim’s plans to build the mosque has created quite a backlash- if the MSM has taught us anything its that you avoid backlashes by an means necessary. Guess they’ll have to not build it rather than to incite a backlash.

No, the racists and idiots have made this into an issue, mostly by fla tout lying. Smart people know the difference and you will see when the community center is built and GOP does not win Congress.

Go vote for Palin in 2012 and see where that gets you…We are laughing the whole time up until then, and will be long after.

3rdsun says:
August 25, 2010 at 1:03 pm (Quote)
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“No, the racists and idiots have made this into an issue, ”

Yeah, 70%of the country are “racists & idiots”. I meen wut wud we do if it wudn’t for inlightend & smarty smart peeple like you and Rachl Sklar?

The left-wing = the largest hate group in the history of this country.

3rdsun.

so the right discusses and it’s “being made an issue, divisively”

When the left discusses its it’s “being principled and brave”

Its unfortunate that you are so ideologically driven that you can only resort to name calling and blanket calls of bigotry. It is precisely those reasons that reasonable independents are fleeing the democrats in droves. You’re with that the GOP will not win Congress may make you sleep better at night but is nearly a unanimous belief that the Democrats will face a drubbing in November. Partly due to the ease that the Democrats have found it to insult so many Americans who raise legitimate questions.

Muslims have been killing people for many years now. There are no tolerant muslims. The so-called tolerant ones just make it easier for the radicals in their midst to do their evil work. I grew up in Nigeria. Go and read up on the news about how muslims kill Christians there. Every other yr, they go on a rampage, and burn churches and kill thousands of Christians. Their argument is that there shouldn’t be any churches in their neighborhoods. Google it if you don’t believe me.

I have seen the scourge of Islam. I have lost a cousin to these mullahs, and I sincerely believe that there are very few good muslims. They can claim otherwise, but fundamentally, they are all ready to kill or extend support to the killers in their midst in the name of Allah.

“How many other people were stabbed by a lunatic that night in NYC?”

Ix-nay on the NYC bashing. Remember, the new narrative is that we Texans and Midwesterners love us some NYC if we can use it as a hot-button issue. After the Mosque thing blows over we can go back to hating on those crime-ridden NYC elitists who send us most of their tax dollars.

lonestar77 said:
3rdsun says:
August 25, 2010 at 1:03 pm (Quote)
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“No, the racists and idiots have made this into an issue, ”

Yeah, 70%of the country are “racists & idiots”. I meen wut wud we do if it wudn’t for inlightend & smarty smart peeple like you and Rachl Sklar?

The left-wing = the largest hate group in the history of this country.

Nice to see that no one here is engaging in overheated rhetoric, absurdly broad generalizations, or flat-out asinine declarations displaying thought and reason normally associated with a two year-old.

I bet Pamela Gellar is real proud of this hateful maniac. Now she has blood on her hands and should be called out for it.

Chudi says: “Muslims have been killing people for many years now. There are no tolerant muslims….”

You make extremists like Geller and Glenn Beck proud with your ignorant, false claim. My god, Fox and the Internet has dumbed people down.

lonestar77 said:
How many other people were stabbed by a lunatic that night in NYC?

Not many, I can assure you. NYC, despite being the largest city, ranks 174th in violent crimes in the nation.

NORBIT said:
Sounds like a Hate Crime!

Yeah, it does, given that the man explicitly asked if the driver was a Muslim before he attacked.

NORBIT said:
WHY WASN’T THE TARGETING & KILLING OF INNOCENT WHITES IN CONN. BY A DERANGED BLACK MAN CONSIDERED A HATE CRIME, AS WELL????

I’m not familiar with this instance. Was there evidence that the people were killed because they were white? Or did they just happen to be white and he happened to be black?

On a personal note, this stabbing happened less than a block from my home. Kinda crazy to see one half of the intersection you live off of mentioned in national media.

Steven Hogan

Are you joking about the CT office shooting? if you don’t pay attention the news, don’t bother chiming in.

It’s interesting that according to the FBI, anti-Semitic attacks outpace anti-Islamic attacks by about 6 to 1 and yet there doesn’t seem to be the same kind of national attention to that detail; also interesting that anti-Muslim attacks are actually decreasing from a high in 2001. In fact, they are about 25% of what they were that year.

cant believe nobody mentioned this.
the 43 year old was the (asian) cab driver. Michael Enright was the 21 year old passenger.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/cabbie-attacked/

I just hope that Christians will be a little sensitive and not hail cabs there. At least not so close to where the incident took place. Sure they have the right to hail cabs, but is it really the right thing to do?

Thelonious Funk said:
I just hope that Christians will be a little sensitive and not hail cabs there. At least not so close to where the incident took place. Sure they have the right to hail cabs, but is it really the right thing to do?

i’m offended by your attempt to make a moral equivalence. You can post on the internet but just not this website please. It’s too close to where I had to read your lame joke.

If Muslims are so peaceful how come Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Salman Rushie need bodyguards 24/7? I don’t see the liberal christian haters and anti-semites walking around with bodyguards.

greg454 said:
If Muslims are so peaceful how come Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Salman Rushie need bodyguards 24/7? I don’t see the liberal christian haters and anti-semites walking around with bodyguards.

whaaaaaaat

on that note, i am OUT

VW said:
Steven Hogan

Are you joking about the CT office shooting? if you don’t pay attention the news, don’t bother chiming in.

Pardon me. I should have clarified that I know of the event but I’m unaware of the specifics. I try to refrain from commenting on things of which I am ignorant.

And please, my name is Stephen, not Steven.

GlennBeckReview said:
Chudi says: “Muslims have been killing people for many years now. There are no tolerant muslims….”

You make extremists like Geller and Glenn Beck proud with your ignorant, false claim. My god, Fox and the Internet has dumbed people down.

You are an imbecile. Why don’t you freaking read my post, before you start running your dirty mouth. I talk from experience. You can stay here and talk crap about how tolerant you are, until you live it. Then I will like to see how you are. I posted what i think. Google it, and come back and tell me if I was wrong.

Liberal idiots like you are just dumb.

AndyZNYer says:
August 25, 2010 at 1:36 pm (Quote)
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“It’s interesting that according to the FBI, anti-Semitic attacks outpace anti-Islamic attacks by about 6 to 1 and yet there doesn’t seem to be the same kind of national attention to that detail; also interesting that anti-Muslim attacks are actually decreasing from a high in 2001. In fact, they are about 25% of what they were that year.”

Yeah, but that’s not fair to point out. Jewish people typically look more white than muslims. Therefore, it’s okay to attack them. In the minds of lefties like Ms. Sklar, it’s the color of the victim, not the crime nor the number of crimes that matter. Well, except for black on black crime. That’s also ok, because it’s not being committed by whitey. At least not directly by whitey. I would assume that Ms. Sklar somehow thinks “the man” is responsible in some way.

GlennBeckReview said:
I bet Pamela Gellar is real proud of this hateful maniac. Now she has blood on her hands and should be called out for it.

I hear Glenn Beck is just waiting for you to snap.

It’s a bit of a stretch to state that someone has blood on their hands for the actions of one individual. Just like alcohol could be made a scapegoat since apparently the man was “very drunk” when he stabbed the cab driver. Let’s not absolve the perpetrator here. He is solely responsible.

I just perused “GlennBeckReview” (a.k.a.) Victor’s face book page & methinks he has a borderline psychotic obsession with Glenn Beck. If Glenn Beck turns up dead, I think we’ll all know where to direct the police because this guy is just a wee bit crrrraaaaaaaazzzzzzyyy.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he has Glenn Beck pictures with devil faces drawn on them thumbtacked to the walls of his basement.

Facebook page for the alleged attacker

https://ssl.facebook.com/profile.php?id=546564905

It states he is employed by some religious organization.

http://www.intersectionsinternational.org/

VW said:
i’m offended by your attempt to make a moral equivalence. You can post on the internet but just not this website please. It’s too close to where I had to read your lame joke.

I’m offended that you’re offended!

Thelonius Funk is ON POINT! Way to go!

Please lay this digusting hate-crime at the feet of the Vampire King… Rupert Murdock… who profits from hate, fear and the destruction of the American people, the degradation of our citizenship and honor and the crumbling of our ability to support and protect ALL Americans, regardless of our differences.

Hate breeds violence, end of story.

The more hatred and intolerance you push, the more violence will occur.

For context, read this:

- An abortion provider who had been a frequent target of Fox News’ bloviator Bill O’Reilly was gunned down during a church service in Kansas

- a mentally disturbed man who believed the “tea-bagging” movement’s contention that the Obama administration is destroying the American economy — and who reportedly owned a number of firearms — withdrew $85,000 from his bank account, said he was part of a plot to assassinate the president and disappeared (he was later captured in Las Vegas)

- and this week, a white supremacist who was deeply steeped in far-right conspiracism entered the U.S. Holocaust Museum and opened fire, killing a guard before being shot and wounded by security personnel.

The three incidents share a common feature: All of these men thought they were serving a higher moral purpose, that is, defending their country from an insidious “enemy within” as defined by the far right — a “baby-killer,” the Jews who secretly control the world and a president who’s been accused of being a Manchurian Candidate-style foreign agent bent on nothing less than the destruction of the American Way.

You reap what you sow…these are people listening to outrageous FAUX news commentators (they’re not even journalists).

So should we put all of Christianity into the same boat…just like you bloviators treat the Muslims?

That is the difference between the far-right and the far-left…the far-right WILL lump all Muslims as terrorists, but they will not treat their own the same…the far-left knows these are just crazy people and doesn’t blame the entire religion for the act of the crazies.

However, fanning the flames of hatred will create more of these situations.

But where does personal responsibility factor into the equation? Does this also mean that it’s a valid excuse for someone to say they hurt or killed someone else because they saw it in a movie or TV show?

paulmdoro said:
But where does personal responsibility factor into the equation? Does this also mean that it’s a valid excuse for someone to say they hurt or killed someone else because they saw it in a movie or TV show?

Nobody is saying that, quit the strawman arguments and stick to the topic please.

SpineCrusher said:
Nobody is saying that, quit the strawman arguments and stick to the topic please.

The topic being Bill O’Reilly’s partial responsibility for what Scott Roeder did in Kansas? Listen, I’m sympathetic to some of your arguments (the far-right WILL lump all Muslims as terrorists, but they will not treat their own the same…the far-left knows these are just crazy people and doesn’t blame the entire religion for the act of the crazies) but isn’t it a stretch to suggest that a news channel, partisan as it may be, is partly culpable for the actions of others?

paulmdoro said:
The topic being Bill O’Reilly’s partial responsibility for what Scott Roeder did in Kansas? Listen, I’m sympathetic to some of your arguments (the far-right WILL lump all Muslims as terrorists, but they will not treat their own the same…the far-left knows these are just crazy people and doesn’t blame the entire religion for the act of the crazies) but isn’t it a stretch to suggest that a news channel, partisan as it may be, is partly culpable for the actions of others?

It’s not about culpability, it’s about causality.

You can’t directly hold media responsible for the actions that individuals take, but mature people can see the causal relationship between the act of spreading hatred and intolerance, via the media, and individuals acting upon the emotions they are having due to the media spin.

I’m not saying that the media is promoting violence either, they are only attempting to gain as many viewers as they possibly can because advertising dollars make their world go round. They know that hot-button issues will make viewers tune in, they also understand the causality behind what they are doing and the fact that they cannot be held responsible for the actions of individuals who take the raging emotions provided to them by the media and act upon them.

Their concern is not for society at large, they have a job to do and being a civic steward is not one of them…garnishing higher ratings is…which is what they do best.

That’s also why you will find that most “news” programs no longer use journalists as they are bound to a moralistic oath, instead they use commentators and analysts who have no requirement to speak truth or assist with educating the public with unbiased news.

I certainly agree that it’s all about ratings and ad dollars these days. Everything is shouted and simplified.

GlennBeckReview said:
Chudi says: “Muslims have been killing people for many years now. There are no tolerant muslims….” You make extremists like Geller and Glenn Beck proud with your ignorant, false claim. My god, Fox and the Internet has dumbed people down.

Coming to a store near you – Glenn Beck Six Degrees of Seperation (made possible by glennbeckreviewstalkerobsessor)

Example – this story

Cab Driver + Muslim + Police + NY City + 9/11 + mental illness = Glenn Beck!! You win

Thank you Imam Rauf and the leftist supporters of the Ground Zero mosque. You now have blood on your hands. I hope you are proud.

http://blog.eyeblast.tv/2010/08/warning-strong-language-holocaust-survivor-cursed-out-by-ground-zero-mosque-supporter/

paulmdoro said:
It’s a bit of a stretch to state that someone has blood on their hands for the actions of one individual. Just like alcohol could be made a scapegoat since apparently the man was “very drunk” when he stabbed the cab driver. Let’s not absolve the perpetrator here. He is solely responsible.

Why does this always come out of righties mouths after one of them goes off the hinges? But they’ll sit there the other 23 1/2 hours of the day bashing Islam as a whole for the actions of a few.

Nothing to see here folks….just typical right wing hypocrisy….next showing in 3 minutes…..

Jackie_Treehorn said:
Why does this always come out of righties mouths after one of them goes off the hinges? But they’ll sit there the other 23 1/2 hours of the day bashing Islam as a whole for the actions of a few. Nothing to see here folks….just typical right wing hypocrisy….next showing in 3 minutes…..

Hey Paul, what about that? You’ve been outed as a “rightie”

*****More hate crimes against Jews & Christians than Muslims****

According to the latest hate crime statistics available, there were 1,606 hate crime offenses motivated by religious bias in 2008. A closer look: 65.7 percent of them were committed against Jews. Against Muslims? 7.7 percent.

Another interesting data point: 4.7 percent of hate crimes in 2008 were motivated by anti-Catholic bias. Another 3.7 percent were anti-Protestant. So from a raw numbers perspective, there were more hate crimes against Christians in America in 2008 than there were against Muslims..

http://bit.ly/9XaL7k

You can almost hear the mainstream panting over this. We got one! We got one! (maybe)

Jackie_Treehorn said:
Why does this always come out of righties mouths after one of them goes off the hinges? But they’ll sit there the other 23 1/2 hours of the day bashing Islam as a whole for the actions of a few. Nothing to see here folks….just typical right wing hypocrisy….next showing in 3 minutes…..

Whites/Men/Heterosexuals/Christians have “the power”. So….no hate crime.

Sean68 said:
Whites/Men/Heterosexuals/Christians have “the power”. So….no hate crime.

That was meant as a reply to murf, not mr big lebowski.

Sorry but I gotta love my Murf. He’s got the cajones to openly state his real name. A man of honor, however I might disagree with his perspective. It takes character to stand by what you believe and attach your real identity to it.

Sean68 said:
Whites/Men/Heterosexuals/Christians have “the power”. So….no hate crime.

Yeah… gotta agree. For now though… It’s almost old school. These folks you mention have the cash but not for long. I hate it that my faith has b come the roost of hate-mongers and bigots. Take back the church.

Well, well, well. Let’s have a look at our nasty right wing slasher:

The man accused of stabbing a Muslim NYC cab driver hardly has the background one might expect from someone charged with a hate crime committed in a drunken rage.

Michael Enright is a film student at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and has been working with the Intersection International, an interfaith and multicultural effort which seeks to promote justice and peace. The project’s website is strongly supportive of the Cordoba House project in lower Manhattan and videos of its leader, Imam Faisel Rauf, are posted on their website.

This is great stuff, Rachel:

Okay so: Anyone else sadly not surprised at a Muslim hate crime in New York City these days? The anger that flared up at the anti-Mosque protest on Sunday sure looked like it could have led to something scary.

What I like about that is how it’s so uniting, and doesn’t demonize anyone based on stereotypes. It really strives for cultural understanding.

paulmdoro says: “… isn’t it a stretch to suggest that a news channel, partisan as it may be, is partly culpable for the actions of others?”

No. The wing nut in CA, who shot it out with the police, was going after a liberal organization that only Fox and Glenn Beck had mentioned. Beck has this guy’s blood on his hands, but of course, Beck is in denial.

greg454 said:
If Muslims are so peaceful how come Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Salman Rushie need bodyguards 24/7? I don’t see the liberal christian haters and anti-semites walking around with bodyguards.

Well, I’m not sure what you define as “liberal Christian haters,” but I do know that many people in this country have security forces employed to protect them against ultra-fundamentalists from any or all religious groups.

Doctors who perform abortions, for one.

I remember years ago when the pastor at my church (which was also my school at the time) was president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and you can BELIEVE we had to nearly triple the amount of armed security guards on campus.

Why? Our students and congregations were threatened and harassed daily by groups of ultra-fundamentalists who vehemently spewed hatred and aggression at us for what they viewed as corrupting God’s truth. They could be easily spotted around our campus and church property, wearing their distinctive conservative garb – all the women required to cover their bodies from toes to face – screaming that we were all “worshippers of Satan,” that our daughters, sisters and mothers were “whores” for not concealing themselves.

They are called Pentecostals.

alanreese said:
Well, I’m not sure what you define as “liberal Christian haters,” but I do know that many people in this country have security forces employed to protect them against ultra-fundamentalists from any or all religious groups. Doctors who perform abortions, for one. I remember years ago when the pastor at my church (which was also my school at the time) was president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and you can BELIEVE we had to nearly triple the amount of armed security guards on campus. Why? Our students and congregations were threatened and harassed daily by groups of ultra-fundamentalists who vehemently spewed hatred and aggression at us for what they viewed as corrupting God’s truth. They could be easily spotted around our campus and church property, wearing their distinctive conservative garb – all the women required to cover their bodies from toes to face – screaming that we were all “worshippers of Satan,” that our daughters, sisters and mothers were “whores” for not concealing themselves. They are called Pentecostals.

Alan thanks for your posting. It is so good to find another Christian here who can retain his faith while pointing out the severe and sometimes deadly shortcomings of our brothers and sisters in Christ. Those self-appointed arbiters of decency who persecute God’s children for living differently than they do. Those who bring nothing into this world but self-righteousness, hate and fear. Unfortunately, while my faith is very important to me it’s common knowledge that religious fundamentalist extremist (of any faith) have and always will hate and murder people who disagree with their perspective. Whitewashed sepulchers, patting themselves on the back for their efforts to harm others, spending money on a nice Easter sunday hat so they look “nice”… but every time they open their hateful mouths we are overwhelmed by the stench of death and corruption.

I have met some good people who are Pentecostals who don’t do these things, so I think we can assume that there are both decent and terrible people in all religions and denominations. Any ideas on how we can take back the church from hate mongers and maybe let the rest of the world know that being a Christian isn’t synonymous with being a bigot?