First a small bit of context for the first one: I was simply gobsmacked by this Huffington Post story (pointed out by Jack Cluth) that twigged out something that went unreported in the “20% of Americans think Obama is a Muslim” story from last week: 52% of Republicans believe that Osama “probably or definitely” wants to impose Islamic Sharia law on the United States. I will let you ponder the rank stupidity of that while you look at this Venn diagram (via Scott Underwood)
Graphic #2 is, as I say, only marginally related, as it is more specifically about the Iraq War, but considering the lame bit of political theater from Obama last night, it’s worth recalling:
Make of these data points what you will, my friends.
Here’s a neat party trick: ask your guests to define “Sharia”. Once you get past the “deer in the headlight” blank stares, I think you’ll find that few, if any, of your guests will be able to provide you with an accurate answer. ‘Course, that’s not going to stop anyone from living in mortal fear of Sharia.
Just like “socialism”. They wouldn’t know a socialist if one bit them on the nose.
It remains my opinion that all of this hullabaloo about “Muslims” and “sharia” and such is just code for “nigger”. The brouhaha with Dr. Laura a couple of weeks ago was really a sort of test to see how much public push-back there would be if they just started using the term outright (because, hey, those rap singers do it all the time), and when it blew up in her face the drumbeat over “Muslims” suddenly got that much louder.