On the note of silence. I was at a restauraunt the other day for lunch and someone of obvious Arab-Muslim descent walked in and the entire place became uncomfortably silent for a few, long seconds.
There are a lot of people that won't come out and say it, but are worried.
Thanks Sabertooth for the flag and thanks hawaiian for the post.
Americans plead with no one. We demand with terrorists, and the blood of the innocents of 9/11 allows us to do so freely and without hesitation. Those who are with us in the Muslim community should declare themselves before it is too late.
Not to distract, but why isn't the media following up on leads about terrorists? Where are the "investigative reporters"? Or are they just so in love with themselves and their cushy seats at press conferences and the freebies that they can't bear to go out in the street and ask some "mullahs" some hard-hitting questions?
BTTT
I want to know where every Arab-Muslim in this country stands and I think it is within my right and the right of every true citizen of this country to demand it. A right paid for by the blood of thousands of my brothers and sisters.
I am also worried about our own, such as a President of a national American TV station who states he has no opinion on the WTC bombing. No opinion and your "supposedly " an American ??? Not to mention the spokesman of the Black Muslims gets on national TV and blames " his " own county , the USA for the bombing and will not condemn the terrorists. If you ask me this is what is called TREASON ! I also demand that "they " make their allegiance known PUBLICLY !! Worry ? Yes, I do worry,but not only about the ones mentioned in this article. Like our President said,"your either with us or your with the terrorists".
| The few Arab-Muslim representatives ...are defensive and equivocating. They seem more concerned with making sure the U.S. prove who is responsible before they act, and protecting their own people from any violence directed toward them, here in the U.S. and abroad. |
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No, that would be CNN, PMSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, L'il Katie Couric, Matty Lauer, etc., etc.... |
Good post.
You worry me. I wish you didn't.
Your hatred worries me. I wish that when I walked down the streets of this country that I love and I saw you walking, that I didn't have to worry about who you are blaming today. That I didn't have to worry that when the face of evil attacked our country on Sept 11, you just used it as an excuse to dust off your old prejudices, and promote your political views.
So I notice you now. At a time when we should be supporting the white, black, and brown fire fighters and policemen who gave their lives in the rubble of the WTC, I notice more racial slurs. At a time when we should be supporting both the military and humanitarian aims of our soldiers, I notice folks who oppose the food drops. At a time when we should be joining hands with all the Muslims around the world who have prayed for our families and expressed their support for us, I notice people screaming for the destruction of whole nations full of people who had nothing to do with Osama's gang of murderers.
I notice folks who pretend to be real Americans stating that they don't care how many innocent Afghani civilians are killed in the war, even though most Afghanis don't support the Taliban and still don't even know what happened on Sept 11.
I notice people who pretend to be Bible followers stating that it doesn't matter who gets killed as long as our country gets its revenge.
I notice folks on the Internet who pretend to be patriots exploiting the terror we've experienced - using it to promote their extremist political hatreds by blaming ex-Presidents for the attacks, by encouraging us to dissociate with anyone whose culture or skin color is different from our own, by trying to destroy the first amendment freedoms that make our country so unique.
I wish I knew that you believe in unity, and in this shining city on a hill that is our nation, in this beautiful melting pot of different cultures, and in the ideals that made our country great.
But I'm afraid that isn't always true for you. That you believe the only good American is a white American. That it's okay to ram pickup trucks through the walls of mosques in U.S. cities, or to perform cowardly acts like gathering with your racist friends to beat some Arab American to death. That we shouldn't admit to the truth, that we've made mistakes in the past. I worry that you don't have the courage to act like a real American, to stand up for people who look different than you, to protect the defenseless from angry, anti-American, militia mobs.
I don't want to be worried. I don't want to be consumed by the same rage, hate and prejudice that destroyed the hearts of these Arab terrorists and their American brothers, the murderous militia nuts who want to organize and wipe out their own government, or who want to kill anyone who "betrays their race" by marrying someone of a different color. But I need your help.
I want to know, I demand to know, if you love America. Do you recite the pledge of allegiance? Do you believe in the words "liberty and justice for all," meaning everyone, whether you originally came to America from Ireland, Germany, Israel, Palestine, Africa, Asia, Mexico or Saudi Arabia? Do you believe in the God of "one nation under?" Do you understand that our God loves starving Afghani children as much as He loves American children, or anyone else He created?
Then it's time for you to stand up.
When you hear someone using racial slurs to describe Arabs, it's time to stand up and say that millions of Americans have died for the principle of equality.
When you hear someone tell you that it doesn't matter how many innocent Afghanis are killed, it's time to stand up and say, "We don't sink to the level of terrorist animals. We don't kill innocent people. We're Americans."
When you see elected officials taking away our civil liberties in the name of "security," it's time to stand up and remind them that countless Americans have shed their blood to live in a free society.
When you hear someone using this tragedy as an excuse to bash Clinton OR Bush, or to further some Far Right political aims, or to stir up hatred toward loyal Americans of any ethnicity, it's time to stand up and tell them we believe in unity, and their ignorance is not welcome here.
When you hear some lunatic screaming that anyone who criticizes anything America has ever done is a traitor, it's time to stand up and say that our forefathers died for the right of free speech, and that America is strong BECAUSE we can air our differences, BECAUSE we accept the truth about our past mistakes and then correct them, BECAUSE we are free.
Until then, you worry me.
"Those who trade liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety".
