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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy do some people believe Obama is Muslim? Is it because some right-wing
loudmouth on the radio started that?
onecaliberal
(32,878 posts)Iggo
(47,561 posts)...they hate Muslims, they hate democrats, and they hate black people
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Solly Mack
(90,778 posts)They see being a Muslim as a negative thing, and as they hate Obama, anything they see as negative is easily believed when attached to someone they already hate.
And they hate Obama because his very existence as President threatened what they see as their rightful place in society - white, christian and in control.
Oh, and because they are idiots.
lapucelle
(18,297 posts)that there is something bad about being a Muslim.
My critique is not directed at you, Racoon, but rather at those who would "accuse" someone of practicing a particular religion. It's like accusing JFK of being a papist.
Warpy
(111,305 posts)Talk radio haters just reinforced what was already there.
Remember, these are the people who read the headline and think they've read the story.
Lars39
(26,110 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)The righting has worked day and night to tar Obama as something other than an American. They made him out to be strange and suspicious, to be different than "us", to be unworthy and someone with an evil intent. He is one of "them", a black man, an intellectual, a Democrat, a statesman, and all the other attributes they hate, tacking on the charge that he is Muslim is just icing on the cake for them.