Posted on 06/22/2015 8:35:26 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) waded into the debate over the flying of the Confederate battle flag on the grounds of South Carolina’s state capitol, saying it “should be relegated to the dustbin of history along with the Nazi swastika, burning crosses and ‘whites only’ signs.”
“We should not grant legitimacy to disingenuous claims that the flag is a symbol of ‘heritage,’ not hate,” CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said in a statement Sunday, four days after a white man shot dead nine people in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.
“Removal of the flag from the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol, and from all other places of honor in our nation, would be a fitting memorial to those slain in one of America’s deadliest acts of racist violence,” Awad said. …
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How about consigning all of the mussie flags to the dust bin of history as well?
Start with the black one.
Also for consignment to the dust bin of history: The Democrat Party.
Wasn’t Arafat a Nazi sympathizer?
Cair is a a terrorist origination that the fbi classifies as a unindicted co-conspirator to terrorism
Yeah, the hell with the 1st Amendment!
Besides, it only applies to left-wing speech anyway, anything else is hate speech and evil.
Islam and Nazis were allies in WWII against the Jewish people
How about the Crescent and the star flags?
The biggest hate group I know of today appears to be muslim terrorists. No group is more brutal and violent.
Let’s ban muslim symbols too.
Let’s consign islam to the dust bin of history!
Funny thing is, when you list symbols associated with mass murder, the Quran is right up there with the swastika and the hammer and sickle.
If you can justify banning a flag that offends you then surely banning books that offend people is not far behind.
Confederate flags are Democrat banners.
Crescent moons are very offensive symbols of bigotry.
So says Nihad Awad...
The guy on the same side as a one time member of the Hungarian Hitler Youth and terror financier neonazi/muslim convert Ahmed Huber.
So says Nihad Awad...
The guy on the same side as a one time member of the Hungarian Hitler Youth and also a terror financier neonazi/muslim convert Ahmed Huber.
CAIR makes people want to serve under the Rebel Flag.
How about all the muzzles instead?
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