Fox Nation’s Inflammatory And Inaccurate Headline Foments Anti Islamic Bigotry
Not only is the headline “Queen’s Medal of Honor Scrapped To Appease Muslims,” inaccurate; but it provides the good “Christians” at Fox Nation (which, like the mythical America that Fox Nation has seceded from, is a “Christian Nation") a chance to spew some rather un-Christian hatred and bigotry. If the Fox Nation is a place for the American Dream, then this American Dream is one in which hatred is a “family value.” As such, the Fox writers know their demographic quite well and certainly seem to be pandering to it. The Notre Dame "controversy" provides lot of opportunity for the “nation” to talk about Obama as a “baby killer” and even the anti-Christ. The Miss California threads are chock full of homophobia. But this latest thread has brought out some really nasty bigotry and paranoia. If the writers of the Fox Nation deliberately pick these stories, knowing the response, they truly have no shame.
The inflammatory headline is linked to a report that a medal, established by Queen Elizabeth II, awarded to residents of Trinidad and Tobago, has been withdrawn because “groups representing the Caribbean islands' Muslim and Hindu communities - which account for around a third of their 1.3million-strong population - had argued that the words 'Trinity' and 'Cross' were 'overtly Christian'. They also said the use of a cross insignia was offensive.Five British law lords, all members of the Privy Council, have ruled that the honour breached the right to equality and the right to freedom of conscience and belief.” So that’s it then – a matter pertaining to Britain. But this is red meat for the pitchfork crowd whose love of Jesus seems to go hand in hand with hatred of Muslims.
Paranoia - “Did this medal cause millions of muslims to consider their religion inferior to Christianity?! What is the objection? Soon churches will be barred from dislaying crosses on their lawns, rooftops and doors because it "offends" muslims. Aren't the peaceful and loving muslims able to accept anyone or anything that is different from them? No ccompromise with these people- it is their way or no way.”
Some requisite Obama hatred – “sharia law is coming soon in England, then America with the help of obama.”
The inflammatory headline is linked to a report that a medal, established by Queen Elizabeth II, awarded to residents of Trinidad and Tobago, has been withdrawn because “groups representing the Caribbean islands' Muslim and Hindu communities - which account for around a third of their 1.3million-strong population - had argued that the words 'Trinity' and 'Cross' were 'overtly Christian'. They also said the use of a cross insignia was offensive.Five British law lords, all members of the Privy Council, have ruled that the honour breached the right to equality and the right to freedom of conscience and belief.” So that’s it then – a matter pertaining to Britain. But this is red meat for the pitchfork crowd whose love of Jesus seems to go hand in hand with hatred of Muslims.
Paranoia - “Did this medal cause millions of muslims to consider their religion inferior to Christianity?! What is the objection? Soon churches will be barred from dislaying crosses on their lawns, rooftops and doors because it "offends" muslims. Aren't the peaceful and loving muslims able to accept anyone or anything that is different from them? No ccompromise with these people- it is their way or no way.”
Some requisite Obama hatred – “sharia law is coming soon in England, then America with the help of obama.”
posted by temporal at 5/11/2009
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