As a rule, I tend to dismiss those who rave about the Dangerous Muslims Among Us as… well… a bit unhinged.
It looks as if this attitude isn’t as “fringe” as I thought. I wrote about it here.
Tattoos and armbands
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Truly frightening and disheartening.
Today I can blame the bags under my eyes on you, I guess.
By all means, blame it on me. I’m used to taking responsibility for all problems (AC gives me lots of input on this!!!).
Seriously, though — I was stunned when I read that Reuters piece. If, as one of the commenters said at TMV, this is just the most recent bogeyman for some folks, then I’ve been amazingly lucky in my life to have not encountered them.
They seem to reside online, though, in great numbers.
Why do you think we have the Bill of Rights in a democratic form of government? In part to protect us from when the majority of people have a dumb idea.
I think educated people tend to isolate themselves inside a bubble somehow and just forget about how most people go about their day and how much news they spend time absorbing.