An Absolute Mosque-ry of My Intelligence

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/pat-condell-on-ground-zero-mosque-is-it-possible-to-be-astonished-but-not-surprised.html

Check this out. Without doubt, unless you live on Mars and are tuning in on Martian FM, you will have heard about President Obama's plans to open a mosque just a few hundred yards from the site of the 9/11 attacks.

In this video, a numpty named Pat Condell claims the usual reactionary banter about Islam being a religion of evil. If you haven't clicked the link already, I'd do so now or else the following is going to seem a little bit nonsensical...

I’m sorry, but I feel that I have to argue this case. Mr Condell is clearly a very intelligent man, and clearly also a man with a much skewed opinion. I mean for Christ’s sake – you just have to take one glance at the web URL to work that out, this is posted on a site called “jihadwatch”, which doesn’t quite suggest an impartiality of opinion.

This is also coming from the man who claimed that, "Muslim women in Britain who cover their faces are mentally ill". Oh dear.

As for claiming Islam to be a religion of intolerance and hatred, I interpret this as quite the hypocritical statement as in the video he’s proven himself to be little more than a bottom-feeding racist, using multiplicity of language in a poor effort to come across as intelligent. Mr Pot, meet Mr Condell – or should I say Mr Kettle?

And as for the claim that Islam is a bigger threat to our world than Nazism ever was, is that really believable? Especially as the more I watched that video the more I became convinced that Mr Condell himself is probably wearing underpants emblazoned with swastikas. I was genuinely surprised when he didn’t end the video with a “Sieg Heil!”.

I also love the way he appeals to the conscience of the great American people. Yet isn’t the very last line of the American Pledge of Allegiance as follows,“...with liberty and justice for all”? And that, in my opinion is exactly what this boils down to – a matter of liberty.

It’s not “diversity” as he claims, it’s freedom. The right to exist. And yet he seemingly wants to deny this basic human right and obliterate every and all form of Islam. Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler?

Who is this man to denigrate Islamic culture and religion, who is he to judge and to tar Muslim people with the same brush, and who is he to tell them where to build their “offensive” mosques? Really? Anybody with half a brain should surely recognise this language as nothing but utterly, utterly disgusting.

Don’t get me wrong of course, I’m not saying that they absolutely should build a mosque at Ground Zero – of course that’s a terrible move to make, but to use it as an excuse to scatter filth of the faith of millions of fellow human beings?

Don’t the words “Love thy neighbour” mean anything to this man, or to anyone who has a similar opinion? Take note that it’s “Love thy neighbour”, not “Love thy neighbour unless he’s a dirty Muslim, in which case you’re more than free to shit all over him.”

As far as answering his question, yes I think it is possible to be astonished, but not surprised. Astonished at the sheer narrow-mindedness some people harbour, but I’d have to have my head stuck in the sand for a LONG time to be surprised; this attitude is hardly anything new. If this is the attitude of the “civilised world”, then I do not want to be a part of it.

Please don’t feel the need to quote this post or even to pay any attention to it, as I’m sure it’ll do nothing to change the opinion of those who already have their own formulate opinions on the matter. This is not a post in support of Islam or anything of the sort, it’s simply me addressing the need I feel to combat the warped opinions of fraudsters like Pat Condell.

Peace out, Elvis has left the building.