Radio Hoax Exposes Anti-Muslim Sentiment in U.S.

Reuters on AOL News ^ | December 1, 2006 | Bernd Debusmann

[rightwingintelligentsia]

WASHINGTON (Dec. 1) -- When radio host Jerry Klein suggested that all Muslims in the United States should be identified with a crescent-shape tattoo or a distinctive arm band, the phone lines jammed instantly.

The first caller to the station in Washington said that Klein must be "off his rocker." The second congratulated him and added: "Not only do you tattoo them in the middle of their forehead but you ship them out of this country ... they are here to kill us."

Another said that tattoos, armbands and other identifying markers such as crescent marks on driver's licenses, passports and birth certificates did not go far enough. "What good is identifying them?" he asked. "You have to set up encampments like during World War Two with the Japanese and Germans."

At the end of the one-hour show, rich with arguments on why visual identification of "the threat in our midst" would alleviate the public's fears, Klein revealed that he had staged a hoax. It drew out reactions that are not uncommon in post-9/11 America.

"I can't believe any of you are sick enough to have agreed for one second with anything I said," he told his audience on the AM station 630 WMAL (http://www.wmal.com/), which covers Washington, Northern Virginia and Maryland

[RoyStevens]

Kelin sounds like a liar. He has to create a story in order to incite tensions between Americans and muslims as if they were not bad enough. Muslims are largely resposible for the fact that Americans don't trust them, and they should be thankful they are in America. What would happen if Arab Christians killed 3,000 muslims in a muslim nation?

[Allegra]

No. I just don't appreciate blow hards bragging about their pedigrees, like I'm supposed to bow the knee to you or something because you have an ancestor who was President of the US. My ancestors came here a long time ago to get away from that kind of thing.

(Sigh.) Again (what is it with you people?), go back and READ what I was responding to. Why do you people always assume the worst?

Keep humming the insults if it makes you feel good about yourself. I'm just thankful that I don't have to do that sort of thing to validate myself.

Knock yourself out. Make lots of assumptions, too. I hear that makes some people feel better about themselves, too. Have at it.

[Ike]

I just saw this thread. C'mon guys (not just you Tamar, the others, too!) - you obviously haven't been on the countless other threads where Allegra has posted, or you wouldn't be attacking her like this!
She has kept all of us well informed about what's REALLY going on over there, and she's a sweetheart - a patriotic one!
Get off it, already!

[CPT Clay]

Is that pic in the green zone?

[Allegra]

Is that pic in the green zone?

Yep. It was taken Saturday.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

At the end of the one-hour show, rich with arguments on why visual identification of "the threat in our midst" would alleviate the public's fears, Klein revealed that he had staged a hoax.

The hoax is that he's calling it a hoax. All he did was raise a question in order to create a stir in the radio audience. It's called 'playing the devil's advocate'. Taking a position to see what kind of reaction you get. It's done all the time. If he's calling it a hoax, he's deluding himself or he just doesn't know the term 'playing the devil's advocate'.

[OKIEDOC]

Notice how the left media always come to the aid of those who would like to see us dead.

[mamelukesabre]

Cool rifle.

Is that a 308 caliber or a 223?

[muawiyah]

The Japanese giant submarine could carry one more bomber than could any of ours at the time. Obviously not much, but enough.

Now for the atom bomb design the Japanese were using, it was very likely a two stage device similar to one we now have under development.

Although it looked to be quite feasible back in the early 1940s it proved to be a "dud" ~ rather like the device the North Koreans recently tried to get to work. In fact, it's dollars to doughnuts that the NK device IS a refurbished Japanese WWII device, or a device based on their design.

Our plutonium and uranium bombs were very heavy and difficult to build. Big difference between our bombs and the Japanese bombs was that ours worked.

BTW, with the Japanese bomber launched from just offshore from one of their giant submarines, they probably could have dropped half a dozen atom bombs (of their, not our design) and really upset us.

[Allegra]

It's a 9 mm. It's really fun to shoot.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

You gotta a weight for these devices?

[muawiyah]

No doubt we need a weight for the Japanese design. "Young Leader" might well have it ~ ask him. On the other hand the new American design provides lighter bombs with more power at substantially less cost.