Wednesday, September 08, 2010
A few observations on the proposed burning of the Quran (some politically incorrect).
Ok, here are a few observations on this controversy.
1. This story exploded after General P made his comments on it. Before then this was mainly a beltway story. If he hadn't commented and the State Dept and other religious leaders would this have been the big news that it is? I simply look at the kooks that protest outside military funerals. Wouldn't this have been the same deal...religious kooks not worthy of attention?
2. This can't be good for Democrats. Have you noticed the one person that hasn't touched this story? President Obama is laying low. As a matter of fact even the State Dept waited until General P made his comment before piping up.
I wonder if they're sensitive about his administrations Islamic outreach.
3. Have you noticed that outside of the cultural elite in D.C. and New York, this story isn't exactly stoking the imagination of the public? Much like the outrage in those places over opposition to the Mosque at Ground Zero, the public and the elite seem to be in two different places on this issue (I could be wrong but in the South, it seems that people really don't care).
4. Did you notice that with this controversy, the FBI has announced that they would increase investigations of hate crimes against Muslims? Perhaps there is actually an increase in threats and crimes but the announcement seems strangely coincidental.
5. When Berg and other Americans/Europeans have been beheaded in Iraq and Afghanistan did you see the same religious leaders that are speaking out now speak out then? I didn't.
I make these observations without a dog in this fight. To be honest I don't care, but my observations of the mood of the people in flyover country leads me to believe that the so called uptick in Muslim "hatred" is really just a weariness with the demands being placed on us by those countries and there peoples.
We are asked to accept the building of a Mosque at a place where 3000 civilians lost there lives...we're asked to condemn the burning of the Quran when the burning of bibles and flags is ignored and considered protected....the Dems and the elite are really barking up the wrong tree.
I really think that they've mishandled this and elevated it to a level that could have been avoided.
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