First of all, let me refer anyone who skipped past the top of the rec list to marabout40's diary about the Muslim taxi driver stabbing. It's an excellent diary that got up on DKos well before the New York Times.
A few days ago I started a blog, Unbridled Bigotry, to document the horrific things commenters have been saying since the Cordoba House/Park 51 debate went national. I thought the bigots might take the morning off after the horrific taxi driver stabbing, but then I thought again. The bigot spigot never rests.
Below are just the few hours of comments, I have no doubt that many of their ilk will follow. To be clear, this is from the Daily News, which has a far more tolerant reader base than its rival, the New York Post. The comments below were loudly shouted down by other commenters. We'll see if that pattern holds true as right wing outlets report on this breaking story.
Documenting this bigotry is important for a couple reasons. First, the Cordoba House controversy has displayed a wide breadth of anti-Muslim hostility that usually lurks in the shadows. It is deep, it is national, and it's strong even in the diverse melting pot of New York City. The behavior of the American people since this controversy began strongly rebuts the notion that we have moved past racism as a country.
Here's to wishing Mr. Sharif a speedy recovery!
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kilplingsburden... 12:30 PM: These things happen all the time, these things happen all the time, these things happen all the time... Hatred is OK as long as it’s against European Christianity- New York City Schools teach it so it must be true.
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heloodali 12.33pm: this will continue as long as that mosque is built near Ground Zero. Move the damn thing away from there its not that difficult. now its become a standoff. Muslims want it right there because we dont. what important – to have it anywhere or to have it right there. This will get worse
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Houstonlive 12:47pm: In a war there are always civilian casualties, unless you are so young you would not remember Bin laden laughing and telling his buddies to hold their laughter because there was more to come, Bin laden said that the civilians that where being slaughtered where casualties of war, the Muslims are at war with us. You can be in denial if you want but a declaration of war is not the only thing you need to tell you that you are at war. This cabbie is a victim and a casualty of a war period.
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soupy 1:01pm: Yep, all we have is the word of a NYC cabbie (perhaps the most shiftless, dishonest people in the city) and the New York Daily LibNews is splashing "hate crime" all over the headlines. In the words of Oblahblah, Let Me Be Clear. This is quite possibly bullsh*t.
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I could have made a whole post solely out of this asshole’s comments.
Houstonlive 1:54pm: Its not just the brown middle east Muslim, its the black Muslim, the asian Muslim, the Indian Muslim, the pakistani Muslims, its their ideology of all infidel must die that troubles me and their quest to make the whole world one religion of Muslims that troubles me.
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