Im not the fringe YOU ARE!

[Bong30]

Radio Hoax Exposes Anti-Muslim Sentiment in U.S.

By Bernd Debusmann, Reuters

WASHINGTON (Dec. 1) -- When radio host Jerry Klein suggested that all Muslims in the United States should be identified with a crescent-shape tattoo or a distinctive arm band, the phone lines jammed instantly.

Like the president of Iran said, about christains, and he ment it


The first caller to the station in Washington said that Klein must be "off his rocker." The second congratulated him and added: "Not only do you tattoo them in the middle of their forehead but you ship them out of this country ... they are here to kill us."


Another said that tattoos, armbands and other identifying markers such as crescent marks on driver's licenses, passports and birth certificates did not go far enough. "What good is identifying them?" he asked. "You have to set up encampments like during World War Two with the Japanese and Germans."

At the end of the one-hour show, rich with arguments on why visual identification of "the threat in our midst" would alleviate the public's fears, Klein revealed that he had staged a hoax. It drew out reactions that are not uncommon in post-9/11 America.


"I can't believe any of you are sick enough to have agreed for one second with anything I said," he told his audience on the AM station 630 WMAL, which covers Washington, Northern Virginia and Maryland.

"For me to suggest to tattoo marks on people's bodies, have them wear armbands, put a crescent moon on their driver's license on their passport or birth certificate is disgusting. It's beyond disgusting.

"Because basically what you just did was show me how the German people allowed what happened to the Jews to happen ... We need to separate them, we need to tattoo their arms, we need to make them wear the yellow Star of David, we need to put them in concentration camps, we basically just need to kill them all because they are dangerous."

The show aired on November 26, the Sunday after the Thanksgiving holiday, and Klein said in an interview afterwards he had been surprised by the response.

"The switchboard went from empty to totally jammed within minutes," said Klein. "There were plenty of callers angry with me, but there were plenty who agreed."

Those in agreement are not a fringe minority.





Tell your Muslim Freinds to stand against the radicals....till then there is no Moderate.

Bong30 Reviewed by Bong30 on 12-04-2006. Im not the fringe YOU ARE! Radio Hoax Exposes Anti-Muslim Sentiment in U.S. By Bernd Debusmann, Reuters WASHINGTON (Dec. 1) -- When radio host Jerry Klein suggested that all Muslims in the United States should be identified with a crescent-shape tattoo or a distinctive arm band, the phone lines jammed instantly. Like the president of Iran said, about christains, and he ment it The first caller to the station in Washington said that Klein must be "off his rocker." The second congratulated him and added: "Not Rating: 5

[andruejaysin]

You of all people can't be surprized by this. You are living proof how easy it is to frighten people into accepting the most repressive measures.

[Bong30]

when he says he wants to kill the Jews....

I believe him......


you are just a head in your ass....ooppps head in the sand Lib......

[andruejaysin]

when he says he wants to kill the Jews....

I believe him......


you are just a head in your ass....ooppps head in the sand Lib......

I believe him, too. I just don't give a shit.

[Bong30]

See this is how you need to be gone......

I give a shit...


you dont care about america being Nuked...( im sure you would kill americans if you could, cause you are the enemy within) Look up long range missle and get back to me when you know what you are talking about.....

[darkside]

you are crazy if you think iran will actually use nukes on the us or its allies. the president of Iran may talk a lot but he is not looking to get vaporized. even if they could build a few nukes, we have thousands of them. if they used one, we would wipe them off the map, and they know this.

[Fengzi]

Damn Bong, I've noticed you've gotten a bit more feisty over the last few weeks. Could it have something to do with that savage beating the GOP took in the polls last month? And did you hear, Bolton is out. Looks like somebody somewhere figured out that a diplomat needs to know the meaning of the word "diplomacy"

Anyhow, to suggest that all Muslims are bad people intent on our distruction is ridiculous. I know a number of Muslims and they are all prety decent people. Like the folks who live next to my parents and (you may want to sit down before reading this Bong) come by every Christmas Eve to wish our family Merry Christmas even though it's not their holiday.

I agree with you on one point though, they do need to police their own. You always hear about fringe groups who have been recruiting people at the local mosques. Surely they can't be that secret. You'd think that some of the good Muslims would report this type of thing to the authorities. Until the Muslims themselves do more to demonstrate that the terrorists are just the minority in their religion, people will continue to put them all into one group.

[Bong30]

Fengzi....

as far as the GOP... I just want someone to address No voter fraud when dems win, but when repubs do...VOTER FRAUD!!!! part of the disorder.....



Im sure your Friends that come over are great people.....seriuosly,

But,

was she wearing a full berka?

Do they stand aginst the radicals? In masque?

Do they believe the holocaust happened?

do they believe Jews are apes and pigs?


I would ask them....if they go..... "well i think that Hitler was missunderstood."


see ya.......they need to be gone.

If they are like... yes it is Bullshit, Isreal should be able to exist... Im down with them

[Bong30]

you are crazy if you think iran will actually use nukes on the us or its allies. the president of Iran may talk a lot but he is not looking to get vaporized. even if they could build a few nukes, we have thousands of them. if they used one, we would wipe them off the map, and they know this.

The leaders dont understand MAD you dont even understand

They nuke Isreal

we nuke them...


the 12th Imam is out of the well, they think...............( so far above your head you think IM dumb)

[Fengzi]

Fengzi....

as far as the GOP... I just want someone to address No voter fraud when dems win, but when repubs do...VOTER FRAUD!!!! part of the disorder.....



Im sure your Friends that come over are great people.....seriuosly,

But,

was she wearing a full berka?

Do they stand aginst the radicals? In masque?

Do they believe the holocaust happened?

do they believe Jews are apes and pigs?


I would ask them....if they go..... "well i think that Hitler was missunderstood."


see ya.......they need to be gone.

If they are like... yes it is Bullshit, Isreal should be able to exist... Im down with them

I take it you don't live in an area with a lot of Muslims. The San Fran Bay Area does have a pretty large Muslim population and I can say that very, very few women wear the full burkah (although I have seen some and will admit the last time I was in a store and saw one with the full Taliban style, even covering the eyes, burkah I made myself scarce pretty quickly). Most will wear the head scarf at most, but a lot don't even wear that. Maybe they're just liberated Muslims, if that's possible.

I don't have any that are close friends and haven't really spent a lot of time discussing issues with my parents neighbors. I do know that after 9/11 they made a point of going around, to the folks they knew in the neighborhood, to let people knew that they condemned the act and also know that they supported our going after the Taliban and Al Qeada in Afghanistan.

As for voter fraud, I never thought it was voter fraud when Bush got elected. Just part of our fucked up electoral system. Ya gotta admit though, having the decision come down to a few votes in a state where the "winner's" brother is the governer is bound to raise a few eyebrows.