Fewer than half of Americans
By on Aug 10th, 2006 at 1:34 pm
Fewer than half of Americans
believe Muslims are loyal to the U.S., a Gallup poll shows. “Almost four in ten, 39%, advocate that Muslims here should carry special I.D. That same number admit that they do hold some ‘prejudice’ against Muslims.”
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This is just sad.
You think we would have learned something from WWII…apparently not. How long before all the Muslims get moved to ‘internment camps’?
Wake the hell up, America. Your own government is gaming you, and you’re letting them do it. For God’s sake, turn off FOX News and WAKE UP!
August 10th, 2006 at 1:39 pmAlmost four in ten, 39%, advocate that Muslims here should carry special I.D – - I’m guessing the vast majority of flatlined Americans confused “IDs” with “IEDs”.
August 10th, 2006 at 1:40 pmNo, no, it’s cool, they’ll get to wear this neat armband with a crescent on it!
August 10th, 2006 at 1:41 pmAnd then you wonder why things are so messed up in this country…. Collectively we get what we deserve. The dumbing down continues…
August 10th, 2006 at 1:41 pmI’m ashamed, but not surprised.
Better yet, how about those 39% having to carry ID’s stating: BEWARE, CARD CARRYING IDIOT, REMAIN AT LEAST 30 FEET AWAY. DO NOT LISTEN TO OR SPEAK TO ANY CARD CARRYING IDIOT.
August 10th, 2006 at 1:44 pmWhy limit this to just Muslims? Why not add Mexicans, Columbians, Cubans, Canadians, Jews, Athiests, Catholics, Poor Folk, Blacks, and Vietnamese to the list? They are all suspect, aren’t they?
Gol’darn! We want White Folk, just like Granddaddy Prescott Bush wanted it!!!
[off sarcasm]
August 10th, 2006 at 1:46 pm#3
August 10th, 2006 at 1:47 pmAnd we could paint a crescent on their shops. Just so, ya know, we know.
They are most likely the same people who still think the President is doing a good job.
August 10th, 2006 at 1:48 pmSo true so true maybe they can get a civil rights bill like Blacks have and if possible it would be signed every 25 years if the President feels like it. America has to solve America’s problems first. We are a country of many cultures yet not all are equal and some look for the freedoms and democracy Bush always talks about.
August 10th, 2006 at 1:49 pm“Why limit this to just Muslims? Why not add Mexicans, Columbians, Cubans, Canadians, Jews, Athiests, Catholics, Poor Folk, Blacks, and Vietnamese to the list? They are all suspect, aren’t they?
Gol’darn! We want White Folk, just like Granddaddy Prescott Bush wanted it!!!”
You forgot Liberals.
August 10th, 2006 at 1:49 pm39%, advocate that Muslims here should carry special I.D. That same number admit that they do hold some ‘prejudice’ against Muslims.â€
… and the same number that support Bush… hmmmmmmm?
August 10th, 2006 at 1:55 pmThat’s a pretty low number in my opinion. Good news.
August 10th, 2006 at 1:56 pmA higher percentage of Texans believe the Democrats are “too left”, despite the actions of the DLC.
August 10th, 2006 at 1:58 pmSheer stupidity. Can’t those 39% find a more direct way to piss off the the millions of migrant muslims in this country? Simple branding like with cattle perhaps? I mean there is no “proven” relationship between the number of people we anger in america (or the middle east) and the number of suspected terrorists that exist.
August 10th, 2006 at 1:58 pmAsk American Jews the following multiple choice question :
Whicjh country are you more loyal to ?
A. Israel
B. USA
C. Greece
How do you think in percentiles the responses would be split ?
August 10th, 2006 at 2:01 pm#11 – exactly the first thing i thought.
August 10th, 2006 at 2:02 pm39%, advocate that Muslims here should carry special I.D. That same number admit that they do hold some ‘prejudice’ against Muslims.â€
… and the same number that support Bush… hmmmmmmm?
Chilling. The clear link should be relentlessly referenced, hard core republicans are now almost indistinguishable from full blown fascists.
August 10th, 2006 at 2:07 pmOne question. Why Muslims have to be loyal to America?
August 10th, 2006 at 2:12 pmThe question is vague…. What does it mean, “Be loyal to the USA?” The question could have been, “Do you think all Muslims want to kill Americans?” The next survey will ask, “Do those who oppose bush/cheney hate America?”
August 10th, 2006 at 2:18 pmWell of course, silly! How are they going to be sorted out for the camps if they don’t have a special ID? I recommend they be required to wear a yellow flannel star in public.
August 10th, 2006 at 2:19 pmSpecial I.D. cards? What in the Hell for? To make discrimination easier? Discrimination, based on religion is illegal. It is a Civil Rights violation and it is wrong. Why should a group of people be forced to contend with the ignorance, and the fear it creates, of another group of people? Their fear is their problem. Maybe they should have special I.D. cards, so that everyone knows they are bigots and racists. I fear them .
August 10th, 2006 at 2:21 pmMuslims here should carry special I.D.
This idea is unsettling and shows bigotry remains unabated in the US.
What kind of “special ID” are these people thinking about? Something plainly visible, as in a tag on their clothes?
Shame, shame….
August 10th, 2006 at 2:21 pmWhy don’t people trust Muslims? It’s ridiculous. There are no terrorists here. They’re all in Iraq. Our president keeps telling us that.
August 10th, 2006 at 2:24 pmThis racist tragedy has been fomented to a considerable degree by the cynical fascists in the Bush adminstration. These fascists should burn in hell.
August 10th, 2006 at 2:27 pmHow many people now the subtleties between say Pentecostals and Lutherans? Isn’t this the whole point? How can people, especially Americans, decipher Islam? Sunni, Shia, Sufi, etc, see attached link, I think it’s up to Muslims to help correct any perception problems. Racists are very simple minded and until the stereotypes they accept are countered they have no reason to believe otherwise. unfortunately the burden is on the Muslim community. I understand it’s a complex issue and hold no bigoted views, but bubba, that’s another story. Like Ron White says You cant fix stupid.
August 10th, 2006 at 2:41 pmhttp://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/blfaq_islam_sects.htm
You dont even need a sepcial ID to be identified as an “evil doer” any more.
The color of your skin is your ID to evil doing
Just go to an airport, or get stopped by a police officer. If you are anything other than white, then get ready for the latex gloves.
August 10th, 2006 at 2:44 pmBetter yet, maybe the 70%, or so, of americans who think GWB is doing a lousy job should wear t-shirts proclaiming it.
August 10th, 2006 at 2:49 pmAn ID card just is not visisble enough. And not all Muslims are Arab nor do they appear to be Arab so they can not easily be picked out in a crowd. To remedy this I suggest they be made to wear a yellow crescent similar to the yellow Star of David worn by Jews in Nazi Germany. And what kind of activity would be apropos as a Muslim Kristalnacht?
August 10th, 2006 at 2:52 pmWe could copy the Israelis by bulldozing their homes and forcing them across the border into Canada. We can start with Dearborn, Michigan. Or we can pull a Sharon and allow the Christians to massacre them at night. Ve have vays to handle them. What has Bush’s Dream Team done to our country? Everything changed after 9/11, because we let it happen through fear and ignorance. The same factors apply to the racist responses to the survey.
August 10th, 2006 at 2:57 pmI know…..how about we make them sew yellow Star of David’s to the fron of their jackets and all their shirts!
What? That one’s been tried before?!?
Well, I’m stumped….
August 10th, 2006 at 2:57 pmSomeelse earlier alluded to this: This very same question should be asked of the Jewish people then — particularly those in Bush’s Administration and their connections to AIPAC, RNJC should be exposed. If more people were aware of how deeply ingrained into our government the radical Jewish connections and allegiances are they would be scared, but it does put the motivations of the Bushit Administration in a very different light.
August 10th, 2006 at 3:16 pmI was tongue in cheek joking, using historical Nazi actions to show my point.
You can take the metaphor from there….
August 10th, 2006 at 3:18 pmSee, the germans weren’t so different after all. It’s easy to hate when you are on the side of, ‘right’.
August 10th, 2006 at 3:23 pmMost Americans would not know a Muslim if they saw one. And so, most Americans are bigoted by their ignorance.
August 10th, 2006 at 3:34 pm[...] http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/10/fewer-than-half-of-americans/ “Fewer than half of Americans believe Muslims are loyal to the U.S., a Gallup poll shows. “Almost four in ten, 39%, advocate that Muslims here should carry special I.D. That same number admit that they do hold some ‘prejudice’ against Muslims.— [...]
August 10th, 2006 at 3:37 pmAre we this worthless as a nation???
August 10th, 2006 at 3:39 pmCan we get some sort of internment camps and provide special ed for some of our ignorant lot??? Life is too short for so much hate and fear!!! Ignorance is not bliss!!! UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We can also start sending them to GITMO and other secret CIA prison camps to have a final solution for the Muslim problem
Only then can we win the war on Terror
August 10th, 2006 at 3:45 pm1 Muslim has more enlightenment than 20 american morons , look at the dross from the right wing your goverment are worse than The Iranian President on racism
Q.what do you call an American with an IQ of 1 hundred
August 10th, 2006 at 3:53 pmA. A Village
As an black american I appreciate some other race being racially profiled.
August 10th, 2006 at 4:30 pm# 40 and when does allah-oomph give you your 100 virgins?? this idiot shows why we need racial profiling.
August 10th, 2006 at 5:41 pmin the end it is not bigotry that wil destroy us it is the moronic liberal idea of (forced) diversity and tolerance that will.
August 10th, 2006 at 5:43 pm“Fewer than half of Americans believe Muslims are loyal to the U.S., a Gallup poll shows”
But once the Christians who AREN’T LOYAL to the U.S. either are factored out, it’s a draw.
Oh, and Rapepublicans? Not enough clothesline in the world to give them all their day in the sun.
August 10th, 2006 at 6:52 pmJust Demonize The Muslims and killing Them becomes Easy.The USA And Canada Turned thier Backs On Jews Fleeing Europe During WWII Back Then The Jews were Demonized Thier Dying Was Easy For “Us”.You Can’t get Me to believe that when the Survivors of the Death Camps said “NEVER AGAIN” they Meant It Only for Jews.We Should Guard Against Letting Politicans Brainwash Us into Thinking that the Muslims Are “EVIL”.We have No Excuses to Hide behind for We Know that What’s Happening in the middle East Is Just WRONG.I’m So Hopeful For America after the CT Election .I Just had to Keep My Faith in the People for You’re What Makes America Great and That Election Spoke VOLUMES to The World and you Got Back a little Respect.There are Alot of Voters On Both Sides that Are Pissed Off at Bush and that’s What’s Scaring the Republicans.They will always have thier Base But They Will Lose because of the Moderates in both Parties.Moderate Republicans Are Pissed At Bush That’s What Scares them the Most.”Kick All the BUMS Out”
August 10th, 2006 at 8:42 pmThe great thing about the War on Terror is that it gives everybody an excuse to dump their values.
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August 12th, 2006 at 9:17 amThis 39% figure is very disturbing, I’m embarrassed that these are my fellow countrymen.
August 12th, 2006 at 10:30 amFour out of ten Americans are also assholes.
December 6th, 2006 at 4:02 pm