The Sharia Meme
Sharron Angle is running for U.S. Senate. In this article she is quoted as saying Islamic Sharia is taking hold in Dearborn, MI. Dearborn, MI! She talks as if we can't just go there and see that it isn't so. How do these wackos get this far? How can someone this far removed from reality actually be a viable candidate for the U.S. Senate. What does this tell us about the Repub party right now? It tells us that they will tolerate complete wackos. But in this case I am not talking about the leadership so much as Repub voters. What the heck are they thinking? But this Sharia meme seems to be gaining steam with virtually no reality behind it. If people thought for two seconds they would realize it isn't and can't be a problem. Muslims would have to be a majority in the U.S. and there would have to be a Constitutional convention. I don't see a Muslim majority anytime soon, so this Sharia fear comes from somewhere else, probably a general fear of Muslims. Of course, there are also the Newt Gingrich's of the world who know better, but still push this blatant nonsense. But what Newt knows is that fear works for the Repubs. It is well-established that fear works to make memes powerful, and the Repubs are the best at running with the fear meme. Maybe that is why Repubs are so into heroes: it is because they are filled with so much fear themselves that they have a hard time imagining someone actually having a little courage.
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