O...M...G... ... W...T...F... Are you fucking serious???

"For four days in Denver, the Democrats were afraid to use the words 'Islamic Terrorism'. I imagine they believe it is politically incorrect to say it. I think they believe it will insult someone. Please tell me who are they insulting if they say 'Islamic Terrorism'. They are insulting terrorists!" (cheers, applause, laughter from the crowd)

- Rudy Giuliani

Holy crap. This is serious.

I haven't been watching the R.N.C.... but I don't have cable yet so I'm not watching anything. But I read on another website that the former NYC mayor said this in his speech Wednesday night. This is one of the most ridiculous, offensive, and blatantly discriminatory statements I have ever heard. Giuliani, in attacking Obama's ideas on international relations, is saying that being a Muslim is worse than being a terrorist.

Yes. He's really saying bullshit like that... and being cheered by a crowd.

I don't even know what else to say. Rudy Giuliani is viewed by many as a "moderate" Republican, but here he portrays himself, and dedicated party supporters, as extremely ignorant concerning the Islamic faith and relations among people in general.

"Terrorist" is a broadly defined term, but simply reading Wikipedia articles about terrorism reveals that Europeans and Euro-Americans have often committed acts that could be described as terrorism (see the Crusades, the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, Indian "removal" in the 19th century, the Holocaust, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Charles Manson, Timothy McVeigh, Columbine, etc.)

What Giuliani is essentially saying is that all of the people responsible for the acts mentioned above are BETTER than ANY person who subscribes to the Islamic faith. He's saying that men like Thomas Jefferson (lifetime slave-owner), Andrew Jackson (lifetime racist), and Adolf Hitler (come on now...) should be offended at being categorized with Muslims.

As upsetting as it is that a "prominent" American politician can go on TV and say this proudly, It is even more troubling that he is applauded by a crowd that represents AT LEAST one-third of the U.S. population.



This shit is ridiculous.