Posted by
Tzimisce on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 2:30:15 PM
So six imams flying on US Airways flight 300 are trying to sue for
being kicked off their flight. According the stories of the imams, they
were dressed in typical Muslim garb and three of the six men prayed
before getting on the flight. "Islamophobia" is what got them kicked
off. Americans just hate religious minorities (and people with dark
skin shades) and that's why there is this miscarriage of justice.
What the Islamists won't tell you is that once on the flight the
"flying imams" immediately took positions in front of all the emergency
exits. They asked for seat belt extensions (although none of them were
overweight.) They discussed Osama bin Laden and his great work openly.
This is all bad enough, but the fact that *anyone* would take these
people seriously is insane - and yet, that is exactly what is
happening.
These guys were acting suspicious. If you look down a dark alley and
see several tough looking guys playing with knives at the end of it,
would you walk down it? Remember: we shouldn't stereotype and judge
people on the basis of anything anymore. We need to work to get rid of
"-phobia"s.
What is a "-phobia"? It's basically criticising/questioning/assuming
something about whatever is in front of the word "phobia". Thus in the
example above, questioning the actions of someone in Muslim garb
talking about the joys of jihad and wars against the non believer while
sitting on an airplane in a post 9-11 world is "Islamophobia".
We're not supposed to judge people on the basis of culture.
That said, I'm boggled that there is no concept of "Americanophobia".
You think that just assuming that Americans don't like minorities
(religious or otherwise) would mark of it. But no, liberals would scoff
at an idea like "Americanophobia". The same people who are looking for
George Bush's gestapo in every area of our lives can't wrap their minds
around something so obvious that's permeating everything. Our media (of
all things) attacks us for being shallow. College Professors (who
produce nothing and live on government grants) accuse Americans of
being greedy. Rock stars and Hollywood actors accuse us of being
decadent. And it's not just in this country either: China, Iran,
Somalia, North Korea accuse us of being aggressive. And leftists
everywhere criticise everything we do.
If we are truly going to combat "-phobia"s we need to stop "-phobia"ising ourselves.