Not to be
confused with archaeologist R. Joe Brandon, who is behind A Scientific Support for Darwinism,
the Joe Brandon at hand is the attorney representing the anti-mosque crowd in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, when they filed a lawsuit to prevent the building of a new mosque in that town. The case? According to
Brandon ”It is a federal crime to fund terrorism, and at this point we
are confident that we can show a direct connection between members of the ICM
and Hamas.” When presenting the case in court, Brandon attempted to argue that
the Muslims weren’t really protected by the First Amendment, because Islam is
not a real religion but instead actually a political movement,
but the Court wasn’t particularly impressed with that argument. They also got Frank Gaffney down there to testify.
Gaffney will be covered later.
Kevin Fisher was the charming ringleader of the mosque
opponents. When the local newspaper attempted to interview both him and his
opponents, he couldn’t take it: “All I heard was this socialist garbage being
spewed by the pro Mosque crowd. It was too much. The things that they represent
offend me. I walked out and went to talk to citizens.” Apparently he doesn’t
quite get the idea that the Taliban aren’t socialists – I mean, obviously the
Taliban is evil, socialism is evil, so the Taliban is socialist, right?
Moreover, both Taliban and socialism offend Fisher, so they must be the same
and there is forbidden by the Constitution.
Diagnosis:
Fairly typical befuddled bigotry. As with most biases, one will attempt to drum
up whatever one can to support one’s deeply held opinions, and when the idea to
be defended is idiotic, the defense will consist of the most garbled nonsense.
Predictable and common.
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