Car That Killed Muslim Teen Had Bumper Sticker Reading ‘Islam Is Worse Than Ebola’
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Pistol-Packing AKA "Susie" December 7th, 2014 at 9:40 am
Whooooppppssss…. I guess because the culprit doesnt fit the narrative of being they typical white male-KKK card carrying, white supremacist – Right wing Terrorist. So, lets just say that his actions do…. SMH.
Anomaly 100 December 7th, 2014 at 10:01 am
Right wing terrorist perhaps.
granpa.usthai December 7th, 2014 at 1:25 pm
typical behavior of the republican teabaggers for sure. Remember the guy in TN who went after the little girl with his SUV?
Carla Akins December 7th, 2014 at 11:14 am
He’s a Christian convert. Racism is racism regardless of the skin color, it’s just those born in privilege (w/white skin) are looked at more favorably / given the benefit over those with dark skin. Nothing new about that, but hopefully it’s more easily recognized by those starting life on third base.
I am not crazy about the practice of traveling into other countries to convert people. The arrogance of it is mind-boggling.
Pistol-Packing AKA "Susie" December 7th, 2014 at 11:59 am
The thought of “Converting” people is certainly nothing new to history.
granpa.usthai December 7th, 2014 at 1:22 pm
neither is the use of deadly violence as a tool for conversion.
Anomaly 100 December 7th, 2014 at 1:29 pm
I hate that whole, “Our God is the one true God’ type stuff. It never played out well in the past.
Carla Akins December 7th, 2014 at 1:45 pm
True, I don’t like the fact it happened hundreds and thousands of years ago either.
granpa.usthai December 7th, 2014 at 1:21 pm
christianity is an extremely violent religion, history AND the piles of corpses stacked up through time prove it. (not to mention the rantings of some of the white racist christian leaders over the past 6+ years).
RK Johnston December 7th, 2014 at 7:09 pm
The newly converted tend to be the worst when it comes to zealotry.
When Saul Of Tarsis became Paul, he went from persecuting Christians to persecuting non-Christians…and with the same zeal.
And sometimes, the “missionaries” doing the “converting” can be rather crude about how they describe their “new Babes In Christ,” often using derogatory terms about the culture-and-people they were sent to for “witnessing In The Name Of The Lord.”
All in all–not a good thing, really.
–RKJ
R.J. Carter December 8th, 2014 at 4:33 pm
Arrogance is all in the attitude of the actor. If I’m passing by a burning building, and I’m carrying a ladder, should I think it arrogant of me to use it to bring those people inside to my world outside of their environment?
Carla Akins December 8th, 2014 at 6:33 pm
Gee RJ, did you hurt yourself making that stretch?
R.J. Carter December 9th, 2014 at 9:32 am
Not really. Penn Jillette (noted atheist, of course) recognizes that aspect of the Christian mindset and respects it.
granpa.usthai December 7th, 2014 at 1:15 pm
I think most people figured that out when the first reports said the police pursed him. If, on the other hand, the first reports said the police just up and walked away – or his badge had fallen off while changing on the run, then most people might have gone with your whiny ‘poor little white boy’ shtick routine.
Spirit of America December 7th, 2014 at 1:50 pm
A lot of people jumped the gun because they sooooo wanted it to be someone they already hate. Some of the comments before facts came out show it very well:
“.is he white, is he a cop, is he a christian?”
“How much you wanna bet this guy is a god-fearin’ bible thumpin’ follower of Jesus.”
“Racism is out of control”
“The racist right-wing piece of “human” garbage”
“… what the rightwingnuts advocate..”
“Look to the right when that hatred escalates to violence”
All before any real info came out.
Carla Akins December 7th, 2014 at 11:20 am
Although the intent is the same, it wasn’t a bumper sticker and that’s not what it said.
Foundryman December 8th, 2014 at 8:52 pm
Woreste…lol…..That is so home school!!!
Spirit of America December 7th, 2014 at 12:06 pm
Somalia is well known for it’s persecution of christians. This ‘gent’ probably has had some bad events in his or family’s life because of it and is reacting violently against it, anger feeding anger.
al-Shabaab is very active in persecuting christians there and the gov often makes statements about ‘there is no room for christians’ in that country.
This is a classic case of revenge, inappropriately aimed. That child did nothing to nobody pertaining to the subject. Nada.
Bunya December 7th, 2014 at 1:43 pm
I have no sympathy for terrorists, regardless of how many bad events he’s encountered in his life. Deliberately killing someone because he doesn’t share the same religious beliefs is truly asinine and isn’t welcomed in civilized society.
Spirit of America December 7th, 2014 at 1:51 pm
Which is roughly what I said.
Bunya December 7th, 2014 at 2:30 pm
IMO, it sounded like a thinly veiled attempt to justify this killing, while at the same time, condemning it.
Spirit of America December 7th, 2014 at 3:42 pm
Giving a reason for the why of something is not justifying, two totally different things.
If I would have said “he has every right to kill because of…”, then, yes, you’d be correct.
But, not only didn’t I say anything close, my last sentence makes it clear this was wrong. Very clear.
Bunya December 7th, 2014 at 11:56 pm
You first had to mention the persecution this poor fellow had to suffer before you condemned his actions. It doesn’t matter what happened in Somalia. He’s in the U.S. now, and we don’t condone retaliatory actions.
Spirit of America December 8th, 2014 at 12:14 am
Oh good lord, sorry it seems I typed something in the wrong order, and sorry you don’t care what happens any where in the world but here and sorry that stating what he did was wrong, period, 2 other times wasn’t good enough, so here goes the third and final time…
He done did wrong.
Bunya December 8th, 2014 at 11:08 am
You’re right. I live in the U.S. and have no interest on how other countries run their governments.
Now stop being so touchy!
Spirit of America December 8th, 2014 at 11:17 am
Stop being so combative for no other reason than to be so. I was clear at first, then cleared it even more; you put thoughts into my post that wasn’t there. And I noticed you just couldn’t bring yourself to to point out, after 3 clear explanations, that maybe you jumped the gun w/your insinuation.
Now stop being so obstinate!
Bunya December 8th, 2014 at 11:22 am
Yeah okay. Whatever you say.
Spirit of America December 8th, 2014 at 11:24 am
Close enough, thank you.
🙂
(in the parlance of the young, ‘we all good now’?)
tracey marie December 8th, 2014 at 4:17 pm
victimhood is your second line of defense
Spirit of America December 8th, 2014 at 8:18 pm
I won’t know that until I go through my first line. However, lying is your consistent line.
http://www.alan.com/2014/12/08/graffiti-artist-in-critical-condition-after-being-run-over-by-police-for-tagging-a-building/#comment-1732096455
tracey marie December 8th, 2014 at 4:17 pm
that is what he does, thinly veil hate and then play victim when he is called on his words.
Spirit of America December 8th, 2014 at 8:15 pm
And lying and then leaving when called on it and then moving on and lying again is what you do, again.
http://www.alan.com/2014/12/08/graffiti-artist-in-critical-condition-after-being-run-over-by-police-for-tagging-a-building/#comment-1732096455
You still didn’t answer why you lied about me.
tracey marie December 8th, 2014 at 8:17 pm
stop being such a whiny stalker
Spirit of America December 8th, 2014 at 8:34 pm
And still won’t.(SMH)
It is simple, quit lying, and I’ll quit calling you on it.
tracey marie December 8th, 2014 at 4:16 pm
defending a killer once again…
Spirit of America December 8th, 2014 at 8:17 pm
I didn’t defend anyone.
You are becoming very redundant with the lying:
http://www.alan.com/2014/12/08/graffiti-artist-in-critical-condition-after-being-run-over-by-police-for-tagging-a-building/#comment-1732096455
Obewon December 8th, 2014 at 8:55 pm
Exactly! Who but SoA refers to a homicidal Racist as a ” ‘gent’ ”
“This ‘gent’ probably has had some bad events in his or family’s life because of it and is reacting violently against it”-SoA on xenophobe excuses for hate criminal murderers.
tracey marie December 8th, 2014 at 8:56 pm
he is now stalking me here and at C&L. creepy little guy
Obewon December 8th, 2014 at 8:59 pm
He’s always been a creepy RWNJ flailing about in denial ‘both sides do it too! The tea klan will rise again. You’l see I’m right…’
tracey marie December 8th, 2014 at 9:06 pm
I tried to be nice to him and have discussions…it is not worth it
Spirit of America December 9th, 2014 at 4:15 am
No I’m not and you know it. You lied about me and got caught on it. What is C&L btw?
Spirit of America December 9th, 2014 at 4:14 am
LOL, who but Obewon is too stupid to understand that ‘gent’ in quotes like that is being sarcastic?
EDIT: oltwpa
Obewon December 9th, 2014 at 4:15 am
You’re not funny trying to absolve racist xenopobic killers for their Vehicular homicides. That’s 2/2 in less than 1 day!
Spirit of America December 9th, 2014 at 4:16 am
Liar.
R J December 7th, 2014 at 2:50 pm
And yet the so-called mainstream media fails to connect these actions with the hate that is spewed by the right wing media,leaders,etc
Jones December 7th, 2014 at 3:05 pm
I was happy when I found the Americans Against the Tea Party site. Then I found that they are like a leftwing version of Brietbart. Their facts are not accurate and their headlines are misleading and inflammatory. There is nothing to substantiate the claim he was “right wing”.
mea_mark December 7th, 2014 at 3:31 pm
The sources for the story are …
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/car-used-to-kill-muslim-teen-in-missouri-had-islam-is-worse-than-ebola-bumper-sticker-police/
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KANSAS_CITY_BOY_SLAIN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-12-06-18-25-46
‘Islam Is Worse Than Ebola’ is a right-wing meme. Having a bumper sticker on your vehicle like that is like waving around a flag saying I am a right-winger.
Jones December 7th, 2014 at 3:38 pm
I tend to think of right and left as political affiliations, not religious. As an atheist I think all religions are viruses. I’v visited several related articles and there is evidence that people in the community thought he was mental, not political.
mea_mark December 7th, 2014 at 3:46 pm
My guess is, is that it is a combination of both. Still though, the bumper sticker really stands out. It may not indicate what it looks like but for most it seems obvious.
Jones December 7th, 2014 at 4:07 pm
Writing headlines based on assumptions may not be the best thing to do. Look at Carla’s post, one wrong fact…it wasn’t a bumper sticker. I would need to know his political affiliations before concluding he was a right-winger. My impression is that he is more likely a religious nut, but I would not announce it as the truth without more evidence than a slogan on his car.
Spirit of America December 7th, 2014 at 3:43 pm
‘Islam Is Worse Than Ebola’ is a right-wing meme.
I have never seen that phrase until now, could you show where the ‘right-wing’ has been using it as a meme?
Obewon December 8th, 2014 at 9:04 pm
Forgive me but you’re not exactly a shining example of honesty in admitting Limbaugh & FNC’s diatribe, calling xenophobes to kill!
Mephistophiles December 7th, 2014 at 3:55 pm
Even though this may be a ‘right-wing meme’, and is in fact not found on a bumper sticker, the statement ‘Islam Is worse than ebola’ is an empirically true statement in the context in which it is used.
You could also replace the word ‘Islam’ in that statement with any other major religion.