Posted on 09/23/2016 2:59:27 AM PDT by rickmichaels
Now we know why Ahmad Khan Rahami had packed on a few pounds: it wasnt the fried chicken he was peddling pre-jihad, it was Islamophobia.
Goleen Samari is a postdoctoral research fellow at The University of Texas at Austin, and one wonders if they accept this level of scholarship from her. Here the Dallas Morning News gives her space to claim, without a shred of evidence, that Islamophobia which Samari represents as irrational hatred of and discrimination against Muslims leads to paranoia, psychological distress and reduced happiness as well as high cholesterol, obesity and other health problems, including depression and even cancer.
Well, she is right about the paranoia.
Americans, she claims, are exposed to political campaigns, news coverage and movies that portray Muslims as outsiders and villains. One study found that the coverage of Islam and Muslims in The New York Times was more negative than the coverage of cancer, alcohol and cocaine. Structural forms of discrimination, forms such as media coverage or political campaigns that call for a ban on Muslims, help normalize discriminatory attitudes and create the institutional system of discrimination.
Goleen Samari, like all Islamophobia victimhood-mongers, presents this narrative of victimization of Muslims, as dubious as it is, as the result of bigotry and, of course, racism. She never entertains, even long enough to dismiss, the truth: any suspicion that Americans may have of Islam or Muslims stems not from political campaigns, news coverage and movies, but from acts of jihad terror. Ahmad Khan Rahami, with his bombs in New York and New Jersey, is a much more effective purveyor of Islamophobia than I could ever be, even if I were the hate-filled gargoyle of the Islamophobia victimhood industrys fantasy.
(Excerpt) Read more at jihadwatch.org ...
But it’s nothing to lose your head over.
Hatred of Islam is not irrational, it is Biblical: “Love the sinner hate the sin”. Having islam in your heart is beyond any doubt a grave sin.
Don’t forget erectile dysfunction, halitosis and zits.
Liberalism leads to insanity.
It almost seems unjust that anyone can spend a lot of time studying frivolous subjects and be awarded a doctorate and the same right to be called "Dr." as someone who devotes their life to studying difficult and rigorous subjects like science and math. I should take comfort in the fact that a PhD in "womyn's studies" will almost certainly not be employable, while those who study the rigorous subjects are almost always employed.
ROTFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cry me a river and then go home.
Stephen Coughlin, the Pentagon advisor who was pushed out by the Muslim Brotherhood because he was getting too close to the truth, has explained that the MB watched the Liberal method for years.
Liberals used terms like bigot, racist, misogynist, homophobe for years shut down any discussion of their agenda.
Coughlin explains that one of the clever devices used by the MB is to simply add the term Islamophobe to the Liberal list of "phobes" to shut down any discussion of islam.
Liberals jumped all over it...and it was game on (or game off...depending on your POV).
And don’t forget a longer life and the ability to live as you please.
So does eating bacon and beer. What is point this article is attempting to make?
UT Austin? Need say nothing further. Headshake.
Texas taxpayers paid for (subsidized) this doctorate.
Now _that_ is something to get stressed out about!
DMN? Endorsed Hillary? Circulation dropping? DIE
Islamophobia leads to high cholesterol, obesity, and cancer
Huh, and while that may or may not be true radical Islam always kills immediately...so, yeah, I guess we got that going for us.
You can either profile now or die later...seems reasonable.
The news editor must think their in New York or San Francisco, not Texas,
IF you are not ‘Islamophobic’ then you do not know enough about Islam.
If being afraid of Islam is this dangerous, we should definatly be getting rid of Islam!
Islamo Terrorists take stance against gays!
Orlando Iman tells his rabid Islamofascists, All gays must die! 50 were then slaughtered by one of his Islamic believers on 6/12/16!
http://pamelageller.com/2016/06/video-imam-at-orlando-mosque-april-2016-all-gays-must-die.html/
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