Re: NPR fires Williams over Muslim fears » GetReligion

On Oct 21, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Karl wrote:

> >"So, if I said "boy those people wearing white sheets on thier  
> heads really make me nervous when I see them in a primarily black  
> neighborhood" that would be exceptable. Because we all know that the  
> KKK has a violent history driven by a twisted religous and race  
> motivated agenda. Of course if I said the same thing about a muslim  
> well that's different because... hey why is that >any different?"
>
> That's a twisted and flawed comparison.  The KKK was a terrorist  
> organization.   If Jaun Williams had said that he gets nervcous when  
> he sees members of Al Queda on a plane?  Well, that would be an apt  
> comparison.  But the comparison of the KKK to Muslims is no more  
> legit than comparing the KKK to "Christians".
> Honestly, what Williams said is closer to "When I see a black man in  
> my neighborhood, I lock the doors!"  And that's still a flawed  
> comparison.
>
> **it’s not as much flawed as it is subjective.  For me, when I walk  
> past a bunch of Mexicans lounging against a library wall I get  
> nervous.  They never did anything to me.  But in high school the  
> guys who lounged there were all Mexicans and when I walked past them  
> I got harassed and beaten.  True story.  So yea, the comparison  
> might be totally valid to the person who has been robbed by blacks  
> enough times to instill a reasonable fear.  Details matter

I don't care how you justify it.  Equating someone wearing middle- 
eastern clothing with terrorists is just plain wrong, and  
unintelligent.  Inflaming people to do so during an election season  
(when you should know better) is even worse.

regards,
-Lance

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