Right-wing stupidity, thy name is Goode!
Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) felt it necessary to announce that he will not be sworn into office using the Koran.
The guy is a fifth-term Representative, so you would think that he would know that the oath of office is not taken on any holy book at all. But, just maybe, his constituents were afraid that he was a closet Muslim and he felt the need to dispel their fears with this announcement.
Nah, not bloody likely.
We should all look forward to future announcements by this half-wit telling us that Rep. Goode will NOT be celebrating Ramadan this year, nor will he complete the Haj or attend mosque.
Was there one single person is his district that was seriously worried Rep. Goode would be forced into taking his oath of office on the Koran? Did anyone really imagine that Rep. Goode was secretly a Muslim?
If not, then just what purpose does this kind of announcement serve? Rep. Goode says it has nothing to with bigotry, so what is the reason, then?
We keep hearing from Republicans about how they respect people's right to practice their religion, and that they really only oppose the jihadists. The reality seems to be that they have a deep problem with Islam in any form. Just like all other religions beside Christianity, they are fine as long you don't practise them or make your belief in them public. If you hide your belief in Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, etc. and acknowledge your deep shame in rejecting Jesus, then Republicans will good-naturedly let you slide as merely 'inferior', rather than 'dangerous'. At least until now, that is.
Republicans are now so far out of the "Big Tent" that it's sad. Even moderate or nominal Muslims are now a 'threat', a sign of how our immigration policies have failed us. Except that letting in Christian Hipanics is also bad in their minds. Only white Christian evangelicals should be allowed in, or else those weird people who believe in other religions will be elected to office... but no fearmongering, no bigotry, no hatred here in the party of Lincoln. No, sir. It's just time that we "wake up", whatever that means. We keep hearing Republicans telling us to wake up or face some nebulous consequences. Anyone ever a gotten a straight answer as to what "waking up" really entails to these people? It sounds to me like "wake up" is Republican code for "start hating vehemently".
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