Tolerance, Bigotry, Racism, Hatred: Real or Imagined

Posts on tolerance, bigotry, racism, and hatred, real or imagined:

• "Osama bin Laden, Islam, and Religious Freedom"
  (May 6, 2011)
• "Tolerance; Arson; and Corvallis, Oregon"
  (December 4, 2010)
• "Being Offended, Clueless Tolerance, and the Smell of Bacon"
  (October 21, 2010)
• "Actions have Consequences: Burning the Quran"
  (September 7, 2010)
• "'Draw Mohammed Day,' the Sequel"
  (July 13, 2010)
• "'Draw Mohhammed Day?!' Get a Grip!"
  (May 19, 2010)
• "'Everybody Knows' That Americans are Arrogant"
  (February 17, 2010)
• "Haiyang Zhu Pleads Guilty in Decapitation of Xin Yang: Which Goes to Show Something"
  (December 22, 2009)
• "Anti-Islam Porno Posters in St. Cloud, Minnesota: 'Unacceptable'"
  (December 11, 2009)
• "Imperialist American Aggressors Attack Poland?"
  (October 30, 2009)
• "Sudan, Women, Trousers, Culture and Common Sense"
  (September 7, 2009)
• "Hijabs, Myths, and Flashing Flesh"
  (August 12, 2009)
• "Somali-Americans Rally Against Extremism Tomorrow: But Who Cares?"
  (July 2, 2009)
• "Another Minnesotan Dies in Somalia: Not Your Stereotype African"
  (June 7, 2009)
• "'Pope Turns Back on Peace Dialog' - Sort of"
  (May 11, 2009)
• "He's Not Biased: He's Brazilian"
  (March 27, 2009)
• "Carville, Limbaugh, 9/11, Obama, and Objectivity in the News"
  (March 11, 2009)
• "Minnesotans Recruited for Terror?"
  (March 10, 2009)
• "Genocide! Racism! Down With Columbus Day!!"
  (April 8, 2009)
• "CCSU Students Talk About Guns: Naturally, Their Professor Called the Police"
  (March 4, 2009)
• " 'Towelhead,' 'Retard,' and Talking Sense in a Global Society"
  (February 24, 2009)
• "Army Emergency Relief Guilty! Vet Advocates Angry! You Know What the American Military is Like!"
  (February 23, 2009)
• "Honor Killing, Muzzammil Hassan and Aasiya, Protecting Feelings,and Common Sense"
  (February 20, 2009)
• "Islamic Website Called for 'Forest Jihad' - But Still No Evidence in Victoria"
  (February 9, 2009)
• "FBI, CAIR, and Hamas - This is Interesting, but Not News"
  (January 30, 2009)
• "America, Racism, and What Didn't Happen at Virginia Tech"
  (January 22, 2009)
• "Lebanon, Israel, Pakistan, India, and the Lizard People"
  (January 14, 2009)
• " 'Go Back to the Oven'" Message to Jews: Not in the News"
  (January 10, 2009)
• "Look at the Poor, Pulverized, Palestinians!"
  (January 6, 2009)
• "Hamas, Palestine, Israel, and How to Seem Sophisticated"
  (January 3, 2009)
• "Hamas Facing Logical Consequences: And the Jews Are to Blame"
  (January 3, 2009)
• "Woodburn Bank Bombing - Another Arrest, a Few Answers"
  (December 16, 2008)
• "William Felkner vs. College Conformity: Traditional Information Gatekeepers Face Another Challenge"
  (December 16, 2008)
• "Bank Bombing in Woodburn, Oregon: This is No 'Foreigner'"
  (December 15, 2008)
• "Heated Foot Baths for Muslim Prisoners Necessary: Crucifix Verboten
  (December 15, 2008)
• "Arabs Bombed Woodburn Bank? Get a Grip"
  (December 14, 2008)
• "Recruiting for Terror? Somali Minnesotans Missing, One Found Dead"
  (December 4, 2008)
• "Monkey Pirates, Jews, and Zionists? Get a Grip!
  (October 14, 2008)
• "CAIR, Yaser Said, and the FBI: Don't Say "Honor Killing"
  (October 14, 2008)
• "More Academic Freedom, American Style?"
  (September 22, 2008)
• "Indonesia, 'Allah Akbar,' and Muslim Tolerance"
  (August 22, 2008)
• " 'Self-Satisfied Ignorance?' Eucharist, Quran, and Athiest Book Trashed"
  (August 5, 2008)
• "Quran, Eucharist, Atheist Book Nailed by Equal-Opportunity Desecrator"
  (August 4, 2008)
• "Civil Rights Lynched in Seattle!! Profiling Runs Amok!!"
  (May 6, 2008)
• Liberty City Seven / Liberty City 6 (starting March 27, 2008)
  • "Liberty City Seven Minus One: Third Trial"
    April 24, 2008)
  • "Liberty City Seven: Another Mistrial (No Surprise)"
    (April 16, 2008)
  • "The "Liberty City Seven" - American Nitwits and Al Qaeda"
    (March 27, 2008)
    • This is an Outrage, and an Insult to the Muslim Community
    • Get a Grip! "The Whole Muslim Community" isn't Suspect
    • The Liberty City Seven - Victims!
    • Victims! Of World-Class Poor Judgment
• " 'OBAMA OSAMA / HUMM / ARE THEY BROTHERS' Church Sign: Daft or Devious?"
  (April 21, 2008)
• "Tolerance, Opinions, Newspeak, and Today's America"
  (March 13, 2008)
• "A Presidential Candidate Named Hussein? Get a Grip!"
  (February 28, 2008)
• "Of Bias, Veils, and Crucifixes"
  (February 25, 2008)
• "Wal-Mart, a Muslim Woman's Veil, and a Really Rude Clerk"
  (February 20, 2008)
• "WWII and Japanese Americans, the War on Terror and Muslims: Learning the Wrong Lesson"
  (February 15, 2008)
• "Valentine's Day Forbidden: Somehow, I'm Not Surprised"
  (February 14, 2008)
• "Mosque Burned in Tennessee: What Does it Show?"
  (February 13, 2008)
• " 'Liberal Fascism Explained:' This Book Should Get More Attention"
  (February 7, 2008)
• "Sarah and Amina Said:
  Murdered Teens' Father Still Missing"
  (January 16, 2008)
• "Juashaunna Kelly's Track Suit Disqualifies her: Islamophobia, an Official on a Power Trip? or Bureaucratic Cluelessness?"
  (January 16, 2008)
• "Father Kills Daughters, Disappears: Watch This Story"
  (January 4, 2008)
• "America: Intolerant? Uncaring? Reality Check in Chicago"
  (December 30, 2007)
• " 'They’re all Muslims' - This Does Not Help"
  (December 29, 2007)
• "The University of Minnesota and the Never-Ending Battle for Tolerance, Sensitivity, and the Academic Way
  (December 22, 2007)
• "The War on Terror - What It's For, What It's Against"
  (December 3, 2007)
• "Good News for Infidel Teacher: Still No News on Anti-Islamic Teddy Bear"
  (December 3, 2007)
• "Mohammed the Teddy Bear vs Islam: The Saga Continues"
  (December 1, 2007)
• "Sudan Court Defends Islam: Teacher Found Guilty of 'Inciting Religious Hatred' "
  "Inciting Religious Hatred - With a Teddy Bear??!"
  (November 29, 2007)
• "Beyond the Teddy Bear: Sudan, the Darfur Genocide, and Islam"
  (November 29, 2007)
• "Sudan Defends Islam Against Blasphemous Teddy Bear"
  (November 28, 2007)
• "Islam vs. the Blasphemous Teddy Bear"
  (November 27, 2007)
• "Islam, Christianity, Culture, and Kooks"
  (November 26, 2007)
• "It's Arabic, Is It Islamic?"
  (November 21, 2007)
• "Los Angeles Police Department Targets Muslims! Muslim Communities Subject to GESTAPO-STYLE TACTICS!!!!"
  (November 9, 2007)
• "Tolerance Only Goes So Far"
  (October 31, 2007)
• "Does Free Speech Include Disrupting Funerals?"
  (October 26, 2007)
• "Quran to Oklahoma Legislators: Not the Worst Idea"
  (October 25, 2007)
• ""Islamo-Fascism Week" - Neo-Nazis! Commie Haters! Islamophobes! Racists!"
  (October 23, 2007)
• "A Film Not Approved by PBS, Nation of Islam, or the Islamic Society in Denmark"
  (October 21, 2007)
• "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:"
  (October 20, 2007)
  • "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics" - This blogger's introduction (last section of "Muslims, Terrorism, Islam, PBS, and 'Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics'")
  1. "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:" Denmark
  2. "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:" Canada
  3. "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:" Canada - Women
  4. "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:" Chicago
  5. "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:" Michigan
  6. "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:" Arizona
  7. "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:" France
• 'Hitler Was Right,' and Other Wisdom from Iran
  (October 17, 2007)
• A Funny Thing Happened on my Way to the Jihad
  No, But Seriously ...
  (October 17, 2007)
• "Pope attacks Iran at Jewish Congress"
  (October 13, 2007)
• Empire State Building Shines Green for Eid
  (October 13, 2007)
• Muslim Leaders Call For Dialog!
  Pope Told "Survival of World" at Stake!!
  (October 12, 2007)
• القـُدْس - Al Quds - Death to Israel,
  Death to America, and All That
  (October 6, 2007)
• It's What You're Biased About That Counts
  (October 5, 2007)
• Islam: Salafi, Wahhabi, and That's Just a Start
  (October 4, 2007)
• The Middle East, Princess Di, and the Fayeds: a Multicultural Perspective
  (October 3, 2007)
• Common Sense in School! Ramadan Joins Halloween, Christmas
  (October 3, 2007)
• Not All Muslims are Terrorists
  (September 26, 2007)
• Columbia, President Ahmadinejad, and Tolerance
  (September 23, 2007)
• Ay-rabs at NASDAQ! So What?
  (September 21, 2007)
• I'm With the Devout Muslims on This One
  (September 19, 2007)
• Nail Shop Owners Are Not the Enemy
  (September 17, 2007)
• Celebrate Today, or You're a Bigot!
  (September 9, 2007)
• If You Hear Someone Speaking Arabic, GET A GRIP
  (September 1, 2007)
• Beware Hate: From Any Side
  (August 28, 2007)
• Special Consideration Doesn't Help
  (August 27, 2007)
• Jihad Rehab
  (August 22, 2007)
• Muslims Are Not All Alike
  (August 19, 2007)
• More about "Yeh Hum Naheen" / "This is Not Us"
  (August 9, 2007)
• Saudi Arabia: Non-Islamic Religious Items Verboten
  (August 9, 2007)
• Moderate Muslim Video from Pakistan: Very Good News
  (August 7, 2007)
• Rep. Ellison's Misconstrued Reichstag Remarks
  (July 17, 2007)
• There's a New Loon in Minnesota
  (July 16, 2007)
• Another Islamic Voice in the Debate
  (July 16, 2007)
• "Islam is a Peaceful Religion" 2
  (July 15, 2007)
• "Islam is a Peaceful Religion"
  (July 6, 2007)

Why post this list? Up to now, I've put the list at the end of related posts, letting it grow with each new post. By now, it's gotten as long as some of the posts. Starting today I'm putting the list here.

The early 21st century isn't the most serene period in human history. Aside from the usual background of human goofiness, we all live in a world where

• Some Muslims are killing infidels because they think Allah tells them to.
• Other Muslims are quietly stating that Islam doesn't necessarily condone all killing of infidels.
• The American president has repeatedly stated that Islam is a peaceful religion
• The Islamic Republic News agency said "The (Iranian) president said Islam belongs to all generations and Muslims should get ready for global mission of Islam." (cited in another post
• The French Foreign Minister said that France should prepare with war, if Iran gets nuclear weapons.
• The Israeli Air Force may have destroyed a nuclear materials stockpile in Syria.

The list could go on, and on.

One of the best ways to tell what someone is made of is to put the person under stress. Some people demonstrate that they have a will of steel, others that their heads are full of loose nuts. Qualities, good or bad, come to the surface.

Western civilization is being threatened by religious fanatics whose religion is closely identified with a very identifiable part of the world: the Middle East. Inevitably, some people assume that everyone who seems to be from that part of the world are terrorists

And, given the existence of threats and bias, other people assume that any accusation against a Muslim is a case of bigotry and intolerance.

I hope that the American president is right: that Islam is a religion which can tolerate other views without violent outbursts. That is why I've written so many posts about Islam, infidels, and common sense.