After Debbie was called to account for a most disturbing blog entry in which she dismissed the sexual assault of a peer and referred to all Muslims as savages and animals, she hopped back on her literary soapbox. In the most backhanded assault on common sense I've witnessed, Debbie Schlussel claims that she didn't mean to promote rape but Muslims are dirty bastards and goes on to play the victim.
"*** UPDATE, 02/16/11: The reaction of the left to this article is funny in its predictability.Sooo damn predictable. Of course I don’t support “sexual assault” or violence against Lara Logan, and I said that nowhere here. RIF–Reading Is Fundamental. Your premature articulation is a problem. I did say that it warms my heart when reporters who openly deny that Islam is violent and constantly promote it get the same kinds of threats of violence I get every day from Muslims. Because now they know how it feels. They aren’t so dismissive of the threats when those threats are directed at them, instead of at us little people. And yet they still won’t admit that THIS. IS. ISLAM. Lara Logan was among the chief cheerleaders of this “revolution” by animals. Now she knows what Islamic revolution is really all about."
Now I don't have a law degree like Ms. Schlussel, but from what I know Sooo sounds like a noise a pig makes, and my mother always told me pork wasn't kosher. I digress.
The attacks made by Debbie Schlussel on Muslims are not new- in fact if you replace Indian or Negro (words I would never use myself) for Muslim they sound exactly the same as arguments made by Nathan Bedford and Strom Thurmond when they argued against giving minorities the same civil rights. She outright refers to other human beings as savages and animals, not based on their actions, but based on their perceived religion.
As far as this being a left versus right issue, I assure you that it is not. Debbie Schlussel offended nearly all of my readers, regardless of party affiliation. From granola-eating hippies to raging Tea Partiers, she repelled nearly every person who read her divisive diatribe.
And this is not the first time Debbie Schlussel has taken joy in the pain of another. When aid worker Marla Ruzicka was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq, Ms. Schlussel celebrated it, calling it "poetic justice". In Debbie Schlussel's myopic view of the world, anyone who opposes her hatred; anyone that tries to make the world a better place is deserving of not only verbal derision, but violence.
Let's be clear here- Lara Logan is the victim, not Debbie Schlussel. Ms. Logan was attacked by a nasty group of people with sinister intentions. And just as those men do not speak for the majority of Egyptians, Debbie Schlussel does not speak for most Jews or Americans. Debbie Schlussel revictimized a woman in an attempt to further her hateful ambitions. And now she's pissed off because she was seen for the bigot she is and is being called to account.
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." ~James Baldwin
I do not want to make any specific comment on this post!
ReplyDeleteI had deleted my first response on this topic, giving you the benefit of the doubt, and taking a step back and seeing over my own prejudices. If I were to be critical of this woman for her comments, I would see it for what it is, a bad framing of a sentiment, built on more than an ample platform for those resentments. Don't play Islam as some misunderstood poorly treated minority marginalized for it's radical factions. I don't by that bullshit. This is a religion that manipulates, exploits, extorts, and has not a few Fred Phelps through out it ranks, but the Fred Phelps seem to be the norm for it ranks. What happened to this woman was unfortunate, but not surprising. The people that orchestrated this assault most likely thought this was great impudence that a woman should resist their advances.
ReplyDeleteBut lets be perfectly clear I don't like Islam, I don't like states that perpetuate ignorance, who in an evolving world choose to live in the 5th century. Who within the confines of their own inner circles live lavish bacchanalian lives, while forcing the masses to adhere to primitive rituals and impoverished existences.
under pain of death.
Who have these huge communities throughout the world that decry their association with Muslim terrorist factions and militant groups to the masses,and you fall for it hook line and sinker everytime. Meanwhile they are channeling millions to these groups through the money laundering capabilities of their mosques. And as far as denoucing the actions of these groups, No Allah would never stand for that.
So do I approve of the girls comments? no, actually it was no different that any of the other simple minded blather that comes out of daytime American reportage. But do I understand where the sentiment comes from you betcha.
Given a choice to live out my last few years listen to this bullshit, and you fucktards defending them, or slapping on a uniform and seeing how many of these worthless fucks I could take out. Just point me to the enlistment office I have only one request, just make sure my AK47 comes with a bayonet attachment.
Wanna know the REAL truth about Debbie Schlussel? Go to the website for the Oakland county clerk of courts in Michigan, enter her name in the court explorer page, (Deborah K. Schlussel) and see how many times she was sued and countersued...including one for non-payment of debt. Wonder if she ever mentioned any of that to her state bar's character and fitness department?
ReplyDeleteThen again, seeing as how her attorney (Michael Schwartz) once headed that same department, I guess that really wouldn't matter. Apparently, the Michigan bar's character and fitness board is willing to look the other way if you just know the right people.
oy, what an apt quote Mika ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat journalism Mika..
ReplyDeleteMr Visions; the Canadian Armed Forces does not use Ak-47s. They use a C7, which is basically a more accurate modified M-16. Sorry, you won't get your bayonet, since they haven't been in circulation since the Korean War.
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