Sorry, one more. But this one is important I think. George sent me this article this morning. It seems to be an article about how the Islamic American community overwhelmingly voted for Obama, but that's just the intro to the more important topic: the treatment of Islam during the campaign. I.e. how dirty of a word "Muslim" is, so much so that it was used to defame Obama's character. It's horrifying to hear what some of my fellow Americans have been saying in regards to this. This is what I mean about the ugliness and prejudice that we're showing the world. How can the Middle East ever trust us or be interested in any kind of peace process when our president has his citizens behind him saying that Islam is necessarily evil and absolutely tied to terrorism?
Did any of you receive the DVD insert in the newspaper (mentioned in the article) that repeatedly shows juxtaposed images of Nazis and Muslims? I'm sick to my stomach! And how sad that Muslim Americans had to hide their support lest they destroy Obama's chances at the White House! How can we end this ignorance? And how can we hide all the evidence of it until we do? I guess I could start by not posting it on my blog, huh?
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We don't get the paper so I don't think we got that. It sounds pretty appalling.
I didn't hear anything as bold as that DVD, but for a while the GOP and its supporters kept harping on Obama's middle name. Some of the tv ads would say his full name like "...Barack HUSSEIN Obama..." with emphasis on Hussein as if it's this horrible horrible thing that he could possibly be Muslim.
What was harped on a lot was Obama's supposed ties to terrorists both domestic and international. I think that most Americans saw past the ridiculousness. Those who didn't probably wouldn't have voted for him anyway, lol.
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