*sigh*

[paedraggaidin]

Is it bad that the first thing I thought of when I heard the Ft. Hood shooter's name is, "oh great, another backlash against Muslims and Middle Easterners is imminent?"

Just waiting for the "let's purge all Muslims, and especially converts, from the military!!" comments on conservative blogs.

Comments

[rhodric]

let's purge all muslims and especially converts, from the military.

You know, I actually don't know, what does "...a devout muslim" do to people of middle eastern descent?

[paedraggaidin]

It scares us, because it singles us out as mean, bad, un-American people who do un-American things like terrorist acts or jihad or some such media/neocon-fueled bullshit

[jesterjoker]

Yow, man, have I ever said how much I appreciate these posts? Particularly from your heritage perspective because I only just knew that!

That, and a need to say something about the 'point out Syria on a map'. Some people really are that clueless, and it boggles me.