I honestly don't have the time or patience to give this post any satirical or analytical context. Hell, I can't even garner enough to give it a bit of snark... One day, when I finally update my thesis on white racialists in popular culture, maybe I'll give it a go... but right now, I'll just say, WTF?! Crazy Lady!!!! SOOOOOOOOOOO TOTALLY WRONG! It is because of Muslims—who are the biggest contributor to the worldwide rise in anti-Semitism to Holocaust-eve levels—that neo-Nazis feel comfortable—far more comfortable!—manifesting their views about Jews. Until 9/11 and our resulting new tolerance for Islam, the neo-Nazi types were marginalized and howling at the wind. We know who has been targeting Jewish museums and centers affiliated with Jews in recent years. And it hasn't been, in general, 89-year-old White guys. Mr. Von Brunn has been on this planet for 89 years, and he didn't feel comfortable shooting up a Holocaust museum until now—this new era of "tolerance," in which we must tolerate the most extremist Muslim behaviors and sentiments. It's, in general, not 89-year-old White guys telling people at churches worldwide and in religious schools that the Jews are the devil incarnate, a filthy tribe, the sons of pigs and monkeys, subhuman, etc. No, it's guys with names like Mohammed and Ahmed on our own American streets who make Mr. Von Brunn far more at ease in 2009 than he was even in 1999 to attack places associated with the Jews. They created the comfort zone for James W. Brunn to engage in today's shooting. Moreover, not only do White supremacists and neo-Nazis work with Muslims in many, many documented cases and investigations. But they are basically one and the same. The only difference is that one guy is named James and the other guy is named Ahmed. And the former only has a few thousand discredited, marginalized compatriots. Whereas the latter has over a billion followers and a U.S. President kissing their collective ass.
Sigh.
Here's Debbie Schlussel's internet trollumnist take on the tragedy yesterday at the US Holocaust Museum:
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Um, what!?
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yeah, there's not much you can say about debbie other than crazy lady. the price we pay for the 1st amendment!! still worth it.
I know! I totally agree that the 1st amendment rocks and should protect her comments... but I can't help it--this woman (and other "subtle" racists like her) raise my blood pressure in about 2 seconds. You don't necessarily have to bring the gun into the museum to be a part of the chain of violence... And I just wish that more Americans had a better grip on "nuance".
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