Quote:
Originally Posted by Dagger
This is absolute nonsense. This is another case of pandering to Islam, and everyone who stood against that man is wrong.
|
How on Earth can you possibly know that? Much less be so angry and certain about it? There is no information in that story. For all we know he said that "all them muslim sand n****** should be put on an island somewhere and all right-thinking white folk should be blowing up mosques" or some similar nonsense. We have no idea. You could of course be right, but it doesn't appear that anyone knows what happened.
Quote:
|
I don't agree with his views in any way, shape or form, but the message from this is simple: covering your face is ok, but only if we agree with what you're covering it with. Anyone offended by a person covering their face with a niqab is a bigot, yet a man can't express his views by wearing a confederate flag.
|
This is clearly false and in this situation the confederate flag wearer would be immediately vindicated by a court, if that's all that happened.
Quote:
|
The Liberal candidate standing in front of the camera pleading the victim card and talking about bigotry needs to have a good look in the mirror. This is shameful.
|
She apparently said this:
Quote:
She said the man has a right to wear the flag and voice his concerns, but it's the alleged threats that worry her, as well as the tone of the political discourse at this point the election campaign.
"We need to stop these polarizing issues," Naidoo said. "It's whipping people up into a frenzy. It's making people think they have to choose a side."
|
I agree with all of that and I think you'd have to be nuts not to, it's pretty obviously correct.