{"id":4320,"date":"2010-08-25T13:51:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T20:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=4320"},"modified":"2010-08-26T22:51:33","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T05:51:33","slug":"eye-rollers-part-ii-islam-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=4320","title":{"rendered":"Eye Rollers (Part II: Islam Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4321\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkette.com\/417619\/dumb-hick-mosque-haters-cant-even-spell-ground-zero\" target=\"blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4321 \" title=\"groud zero mosque\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/groud-zero-mosque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/groud-zero-mosque.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/groud-zero-mosque-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for story<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Certain words and phrases indicate a person&#8217;s inability or unwillingness to engage in honest conversion.\u00a0 I call them <a href=\"..\/?p=2897\" target=\"_self\">eye-rollers<\/a>.\u00a0 When you hear them, you know you&#8217;ve hit a brick wall: whether it&#8217;s stupidity or willful close-mindedness, the person who utters them is not listening.\u00a0 Roll your eyes and find someone else to talk to.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ground Zero Mosque*<\/li>\n<li>Terror Mosque<\/li>\n<li>Obama Mosque (oh yeah, some are beginning to call it that)<\/li>\n<li>Islamic Niketown (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/opinion\/commentary\/la-oe-0824-goldberg-islamophobia-20100824,0,6090115.column\" target=\"_blank\">WTF?<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Terror Imam<\/li>\n<li>Sharia Law (in the context of Muslims imposing same on Christians)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">You can&#8217;t instantly assume someone who repeats the phrase &#8220;ground zero mosque&#8221; is a Stupid.\u00a0 Low-information\/Fox News types may not know it&#8217;s  neither a mosque nor at Ground Zero.\u00a0 But if you explain the facts and  they persist in using the phrase, it&#8217;s time to move  on.\u00a0 They&#8217;ve embraced Teh Stupid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Update (8\/26\/10):<\/em><\/span> That last bullet isn&#8217;t right.\u00a0 Yes, the scardey-cats like to talk about shraria law, making it out to be some kind of threat.\u00a0 But the US constitution not only gives Muslims the right to build mosques and worship in them, it separates church and state, preventing Muslims from imposing religious law on any American, including Christians, Jews, non-believers, Buddhists, and &#8212; yes &#8212; Americans who are Muslim.\u00a0 We mess with that precious document at our peril.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certain words and phrases indicate a person&#8217;s inability or unwillingness to engage in honest conversion.\u00a0 I call them eye-rollers.\u00a0 When you hear them, you know you&#8217;ve hit a brick wall: whether it&#8217;s stupidity or willful close-mindedness, the person who utters them is not listening.\u00a0 Roll your eyes and find someone else to talk to. 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