A Christmas War with a twist
"Muslim helps Jews attacked on NY subway"
Here's a story about a subway beating motivated by crude, unvarnished anti-Semitism, which could've been motivated by backwards rightwing varnished politicians. The same pols who are so deeply shocked when they see religious and racial hatred without the nice suit of clothes on.
And a lone Muslim guy who did the right thing.
The attackers apparently yelled "Merry Christmas" at the group of Jews, who responded with a resounding "Happy Chanukah"...then they jumped them.
"NEW YORK, New York, Dec. 12, 2007 (NBC) -- New York police have arrested 10 people following a vicious subway attack that began with a Christmas greeting.
Witnesses say the group of young men and women wished everyone on board a "merry Christmas".
When four Jewish subway riders responded by adding their own "Happy Hanukkah" they were pelted with anti-Semitic remarks before being beaten, police and prosecutors said.
...Faced with a knife, Adler said he started looking around for help but only one person came to their aid: Hassan Askari, a Muslim student from Bangladesh who is now nursing wounds of his own.[..]"
I saw on TV that one of the thugs arrested will soon to be spending 6 months in jail after pleading guilty to beating the crap out of four black guys in Brooklyn two years ago.
The media is having a field day with the Muslim-Jew-thug trifecta, and I love that. We need a kind heart to balance the cruel hearts right now, between Hanukkah and Christmas. It's nice to know that most of the time people can be counted on to do the right thing and just be good people without first thinking about tribalism.
But, <sigh> “This is a Christian nation!” is spouted by some of our lawmakers too, not just subway thugs...though subway thugs surely gather courage from crap like this:
I saw Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Fox News decrying an “assault on Christmas" ...frothing about people who want to “eradicate Christ from Christmas" ...spouting on about his resolution to "honor Christmas" and declare that the US is a "Christian nation"...
"Rep. Steve King Upset ...
FOX News - The foundation of this nation and this culture is Christian. ... I think there's an assault on Christianity in America," King said in a release Wednesday. [..]"
FOX News - The foundation of this nation and this culture is Christian. ... I think there's an assault on Christianity in America," King said in a release Wednesday. [..]"
Anyone can see what this War on Christmas shit is really about....
How long will it be until more exclusive resolutions AND laws about religion are passed?
Do the rabid religious right, and anti-Semitism go hand in hand? They try hard to hide it, but back at the local bar they open up and talk about the “ACL-Jew.”
My theory is that the hatred and the violence kicked up a notch with conservative talk radio.
And, if you support anti-terrorism laws, you have to recognize that hate crimes are just a sub-species of terrorism...
