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Below The Beltway: Pat Robertson: We Should Treat Muslims The Way We Treated The Communist Party
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The Moderate Voice: Islam is “Not a Religion”; It’s a “Political System”
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Where was ol' Pat when Tim McVeigh blew up a bldg? Are all poor white Christians terrorists? http://bit.ly/4cCwQ4 (via @USRealityCheck) 6 days ago |
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Pat Robertson: We Should Treat Muslims The Way We Treated The Communist Party
Below The Beltway —
Imam Robertson is at it again:
On his 700 Club TV show yesterday, Pat Robertson claimed that Islam is “not a religion,” but “a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination”
Video:
ROBERTSON: That is the ultimate aim. And they talk about infidels and all this, but the truth is that’s what the game is. So you are dealing with not a religion. You’re dealing with a political system. And ...
Christianist Watch
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... "[W]orld domination ... is the ultimate aim. And they talk about infidels and all this, but the truth is that’s what the game is. So you are dealing with not a religion. You’re dealing with a political system. And I think we should treat it as such and treat its adherences as such as we would members of the Communist Party or members of some fascist group," - Pat Robertson, on Islam. ...
Islam is “Not a Religion”; It’s a “Political System”
The Moderate Voice —
Dear, sweet Pat Robertson. Such a gentle, kindly Christian gentleman: ...
Asleep On Watch
Taylor Marsh —
... via Think Progress
Since news started to rise about Hasan’s Muslim faith, right-wingers immediately went off without the facts or substance behind his story. The latest from Juston ...
Pat Robertson: Treat Muslims Like Communists or Fascists
Blue Virginia —
Yes, it's none other than Bob McDonnell's #1 mentor, Pat Robertson! ROBERTSON: That is the ultimate aim. And they talk about infidels and all this, but the truth is that’s what the game is. So you are dealing with not a religion. You’re dealing with a political system. And I think we should treat it as such and treat its adherences as such as we would members of the Communist Party or members of some fascist group. Well, it’s a tragedy. Our hearts go out to the families who suffered. But those in the Army should be held on account for the ...
David Brooks Courageously Embraces War Against Islam
Firedoglake —
... with Islam — and that war is the “central feature of American foreign policy.” And that’s exactly what Rush Limbaugh, the neocons, the religious right in America and Fox News want Americans to embrace.
I propose that Brooks lead the whole bunch of America’s religious zealots and let them have their religious war . . . only take it to Mars and leave the rest of us Earthlings out of their collective insanity.
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Think Progress, Pat Robertson Says Islam is not a religion and Muslims should be treated as fascists
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Quote of the Day
Shakesville —
"I think we should treat [Islam] as [a political system] and treat its adherents as such as we would members of the Communist Party or members of some fascist group."—Pat Robertson, cynically using the shootings in Fort Hood as an excuse to engage in his usual brand of hateful, bigoted blame-gaming in which an entire group is scapegoated for the actions of one (or a few, a hurricane, or whatever else he can use to unleash a torrent of his typical mouth-diarrhea). ...
Obama’s Forest Hood Massacre Speech: His Best Ever?
The Moderate Voice —
... over which intelligence agency seemingly dropped the ball on the warning signs that Hasan was a potential security threat. Some are now fanning the flames of resentment and against all Muslims (personal note: with a name like G-a-n-d-e-l-m-a-n spare me the silly emails suggesting that I am a Muslim, OK?). One conservative Christian group is now ...
Today's Ignorant Dolt - Pat Robertson
The Garlic —
... Pat Robertson on Ft. Hood: Islam is ‘not a religion’ and Muslims should be treated like ‘some fascist group.’ ...
Pat Robertson says Islam "not a religion," calls for Muslims to be treated like Communists
The Reaction —
... about the Fort Hood massacre, I noted the bigoted reaction of many on the right, and, in Robertson, we have one of the most explicit expressions of that bigotry. At Think Progress, Matt Corley delves into it: ...
Keeping Extremisms Out of the U.S. Military
Crooks and Liars —
... against patriotic American Muslims predictably called for by the usual suspects, the Fort Hood bloodbath should remind Americans that extremisms of all stripes have no place in the armed forces of the United States. ...
Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell refuses to disavow Pat Robertson?s anti-Islam comments.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... right-wing evangelist Pat Robertson told his audience that Islam is “not a religion, it’s a political system. It’s a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination .” Yesterday, a reporter asked Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell (R) — who ...
