By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
The murders of 12 soldiers and one civilian at Fort Hood are horrifying. They show us once again that the casualties of war aren't confined to overseas battlefields.
When I saw the name of the suspected shooter, I said "oh no." So did a lot of other people. The Council on American Islamic Relations cranked out a quick statement condemning "this cowardly attack in the strongest terms possible."
It was a good preventive measure by a group that understands scapegoating. And, sure enough, the blogosphere is lit up today with commentary labeling the mass shootings an act of Islamic terrorism and suggesting that Muslims shouldn't serve in the military.
Pure, hysterical bile. Thousands of Muslims serve the United States bravely and with distinction in the armed forces. And lest we forget, a white soldier killed five comrades at Camp Liberty in Iraq in May.
We scapegoated during World War II, also. Locked up 120,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps. Years later, we apologized and paid reparations. But the lessons of history yield quickly to hysteria.
Sadly, some people can't separate a tragedy from their impulse to place blame on an entire minority group. Truth be told, they'd rather that people with headscarves and Islamic names not live among the rest of us.
These folks were just waiting for a Muslim to validate their prejudices. With Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood gunman, they found their man.
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I'd be happy to never see or hear of another muslim, wouldnt hurt my feeling one bit. It's people like this that need to be shot instead of the one's that were!
No jihad to see here; move along, sez Barb
I wonder if her denial of reality is motivated more by cowardice or political correctness run amok, or if there is any difference.
it's not about being
it's not about being bigoted, etc...when Muslims keep killing Americans you have to look at that aspect or you're an idiot
Who's "we"?
"We scapegoated during World War II, also. Locked up 120,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps."
We didn't scapecoat. FDR, Harold Ickes, and other Democrats enacted that racist policy.
This coming from one who equates Pro Life people to murderers???
HYPOCRITE!!!!!!!!
Evil is
Be very wary of any one who says "God wills it."(Christian) or "God is Great. (Islam)"
That is a clear indication that they have no basis in reality.
Anyone who believes that a supernatural power could (or should) drive their behavior is irrational and should not be left alone with children or guns.
Thanks, WoodyKC
For sure, being aware, being "discriminating" about the conditions we accept ... and those we push back against ... is not only right, it's our responsibility!
Profiling is an excellent tool: we all use it, a great deal. The word should not be treated as an obscenity: like any tool, it can be used, and it can be abused.
Ted
Well thought comment
Ted, much different from the dismissive barb. There are reasons why "profiling" works, this week I noticed a car I did not recognize at the end of the street with an old white man in it that did not like my attention. I let the neighborhood know. I was profiling, because it works, though you must be careful in your response.
I take extra notice of muslims, and I have friends who are muslim. I do the same with people sporting specific tattoos. When I look at how naive the media and the o is with reaction to gangs (be they religious or ethnic), I find myself doing something for the first time, buying a weapon to protect my family.
Be vigilant be fair, don't be stupid, as barb and her ilk have become due to the luxury provided by our nation.
We'd be crazy not to pursue the Islamist angle
Barb Shelly,
One can find anything being said in the blogs.
Actually, the very first mentions of nastiness to Muslims that I saw, were preemptive defensive posts on Huffington Post, and the denouncements you mention by Muslim groups themselves (which HuffPo based their pieces on).
While acknowledging that one can indeed find 'anything' on blogs ... and especially in the comments to blog posts (which are sometimes mistakenly treated as 'the blog' itself), my read of the overall tone of the media handling of the Hasan shootings is that it has been - overall - gratifyingly responsible.
To repeat, there is an enriched source of scurrilous material to be found in blog-comments, but that's not the media itself. (Any more than we point fingers at Voices, for some the comments that show up here.)
Part of the Muslim-problem in the military is that there aren't really enough of them. "Thousands", yes: about 3.
Of those, around 1,700 are in the Army. Spread out, of course, and nowhere enough to be a community in their own right. Many/most military Muslims are quite isolated.
That's a problem, in terms of keeping them healthy & happy. They usually don't have others of their own perspective & interests to interact with. That can be a bad recipe.
Those things said - I think that certainly it is appropriate to investigate/ask, to what degree Maj. Hasan acted out of 'radical' Islamic motives. No: we'd be derelict not to ask such questions.
Getting mean & abusive about it is not necessary, but getting serious about conducting a full & in-depth investigation into the Islamist angle is absolutely necessary.
We'd be crazy not to.
Ted Clayton