I just got an email from Jacque Betz, the head of Code Pink in Gainesville, FL where Terry Jones the pyromaniac preacher of the Dove World Knucklehead Center calls home. Betz writes;<\/p>\n
We are ashamed that he was become the face of Gainesville and we are using this debacle as an opportunity to counter the dangerous explosion of Islamophobia in this country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What dangerous explosion are we talking about? One left wing film student who knifed a cab driver? A preacher threatening to burn a Koran – which is stupid and condemned by everyone who can get to a TV camera from Barack Obama to Sarah Palin? A peaceful protest in New York City against a religious center being built?<\/p>\n
And what has Betz done to build bridges between communities?<\/p>\n
We have also created a Peace Ribbon composed of over 300 panels that pay tribute to the soldiers and civilians victims of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yep, that ought to do it. It’s as useless as burning a Koran – an empty, pathetic, pointless gesture to counter another empty, pathetic, pointless gesture. <\/p>\n
But I want to know where this explosion of Islamaphobia is and why haven’t I been invited? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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