American Culture?
So, I stumbled on this article today, and I wonder if some people ever went to 10th grade.There is a Dennis Prager quote in there that is particularly mystifying. A muslim elected to congress wants to take his oath on the Koran instead of a Bible, and here's what Prager had to say about it.
He should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American civilization.American civilization, muslims are a part of American civilization you dumbass, as is the Koran and the idea of religious freedom, so I fail to see how this does anything but affirm American civilization.
First, it is an act of hubris that perfectly exemplifies multiculturalist activism -- my culture trumps America's culture. What Ellison and his Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is that it is of no consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all that matters is what any individual holds to be his holiest book. ...I don't even understand this idea of multicultural activism and trumping american culture, these people are in fact American, they are American culture, they can't trump their own culture, this makes no sense to me. What is this idea of America's holiest book, last time I checked we weren't a religious state, meaning we have no holiest book. Ellison is right, what the individual hold holy is all that matters, because it's that person taking the oath, if he takes the oath with something he would just as well use as toilet paper it doesn't mean anything.
Devotees of multiculturalism and political correctness who do not see how damaging to the fabric of American civilization it is to allow Ellison to choose his own book need only imagine a racist elected to Congress. Would they allow him to choose Hitler's "Mein Kampf," the Nazis' bible, for his oath? And if not, why not? On what grounds will those defending Ellison's right to choose his favorite book deny that same right to a racist who is elected to public office?Ok, first of all this is stupid because it assumes a racist could even get elected to public office. That aside, personally, I wouldn't deny the racist the right to use whatever book he wanted, and I feel the need to liken this to free speech. In order preserve our own freedom of speech, we have to accept the fact that others may not agree with them. If we are to deny Ellison his right to take the oath on the Koran, what is to prevent us from later denying people from using the Bible to take an oath. Didn't we all learn this in 10th grade when we had to do ill prepared debates on free speech and other constitutional freedoms?
posted by Ben @ 7:13 AM
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