Oh, I find this fascinating, especially in light of the previous post.
Nerdeen Kiswani, a Palestinian Muslim New Yorker and activist, said in a social media post that dog poop littered snowdrifts in the city proved that dogs should have no place in society as indoor pets because, she wrote, “like we’ve said all along, they are unclean.”
Responding to this obnoxious assertion of foreign values and priorities over American ones, Representative Randy Fine (R-Fla.) replied, “If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.”
Naturally the Mad Left exploded with horror and indignation, with the usual calls for the insensitive Republican’s resignation and worse. But the truth is, if we are being honest about our own culture and priorities, if every Muslim in the United States joined in a mass ultimatum stating, “This is non-negotiable. Either the United States gives up its dogs as house pets, or we’re leaving!” the overwhelming majority of Americans—including me—would say, “Gee, that’s a shame. Well, bye! Good luck in your future endeavors!”
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I think it’s easy to overlook the premise of Rep. Fine’s statement: “If THEY force us to choose…”. Any friend who tries to tell you who you can be friends with, is no friend at all. Anyone who forces you to choose “them or me?” is on the road to less and less acceptable ultimatums. This is especially true if it comes out as “Yes, I said it was OK last week, but now I’m saying that it’s not OK.” Rep. Fine did NOT say “If it were up to me, I’d choose the dogs.” There’s probably more context to consider, as well.
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
“Like we’ve said all along,” reeks of cultural superiority and chavinism. Why is she here? Has she been sent as a missionary to take over the infidel? That’s interesting. Tell me more. Or maybe, “Fuck off, sweetheart.”
“Tell me more. Or maybe, ‘Fuck off, sweetheart.’ “
I’ll go with the latter, OB!
PWS
I stand with the dogs.
Woof woof, grrr woof whine wooof grrr!
And that’s about all I have to say on the matter.