How to talk to a Muslim extremist

townhall ^ | Mar 15, 2006 | Mike S. Adams

[ncountylee]

Well, I guess it had to happen. Several weeks after writing my “Queer Muhammad” column, I finally got a call from a Muslim extremist – one who mostly shouted at me over the phone in broken English.

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MF: You are Mike Adams? You are Mike Adams?

ME: Yes, give me another sentence. I have to go to class in ten minutes. What can I do for you?

MF: You write the column on the “Queer Muhammad.”

ME: Yes, that’s me. Did you enjoy the “Queer Muhammad”?

MF: No. No. I did not enjoy it.

ME: Well, that’s too bad. Did you read it on the internet?

MF: No. It was in the paper I read it. The Boston paper.

ME: I see. They’re running my column in Massachusetts. Now, that’s progress. Maybe it’ll run in Cuba before long.

MF: You are an educated man. Surely, you know Muhammad was not queer. How could a man with education write such a disgusting column? Disgusting! Muhammad is a great prophet. He has over billion followers around the world.

ME: Well, sir, did you actually read the column? I didn’t say that Muhammad was a queer.

MF: Yes. I read it. I read it. Disgusting column!

ME: Well, first let me warn you that you are speaking to me on an American university telephone. If you keep yelling, someone might overhear you and charge you with a hate crime. Your suggestion that being a queer is disgusting is actually offensive to most American professors. How long have you been in the country?

MF: You call Muhammad queer. You have no right. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!

ME: Well, no sir, I didn’t say that. Could you please try to control your emotions? You aren’t queer by any chance, are you?

MF: (YELLING INDISCERNABLY).

[ncountylee]

Shame there is no recording. This is a hoot.

[Michael Goldsberry]

(YELLING INDISCERNABLY)

Hilarious!

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I'm going to finish reading this in a sec...but I must first say, The Queer Mohammad was a brilliant column. LOL! A must read, must send to all your friends column.

[null and void]

[snarks_when_bored]

How to talk to a Muslim extremist

[Billthedrill]

"Howdy, Achmed! Name's Drill. These are my friends Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson..."

[snarks_when_bored]

I chose a different weapon at the last moment...otherwise, pal,...! (laugh)

[Armed Civilian]

This is how you talk to them, Hostile down!

[edcoil]

"How to talk to a Muslim extremist"

Don't waste your time.

[Gay State Conservative]

I agree with the caller.There's no way that I'd believe any of the stories about Mohammed being queer.

The stories I've heard about his fondness for goats and pigs aren't so easy to dismiss,however.

[eyespysomething]

Is the ME and MF intentional? I mean, to me I saw "me" and, well, "m***** f***** "

Or my mind is permanently stuck in the gutter.

[DoctorMichael]

".......Contrast my method with that of the administrators in the UNC system. After 911, they dealt with Muslim extremism by requiring freshman students to read a Muslim prayer book called “Approaching the Koran” – one that omits the references to killing Christians and Jews in favor of the more “approachable” verses. And, recently, a Muslim student returned the favor. He did it by driving his SUV into a student gathering in an attempt to kill nine innocent “infidels.”........"

I had completely forgotten about this. Highly ironical.

[festus]

I thought you were supposed to say "Hold on while I reload."

[ncountylee]

Muslim Fundamentalist (hereafter MF): Mike Adams? May I speak to Mike Adams?

Methodist Editorialist (hereafter ME): Yes, this is Mike Adams

[eyespysomething]

No, I get that, but it made me think of the other, and I wonder if it was a 'hidden' joke (as it does fit, right?)

[absolootezer0]

[ncountylee]

Don't think so but could easily be wrong and I wouldn't be offended.