Lawyer Thanks Don Lemon: Your 'Racist Dumb-Ass Question' Made Me Famous

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Muslim human rights lawyer Arsalan Iftikhar, who was recently asked by CNN anchor Don Lemon whether he supported the Islamic State terrorist group, published an ironic open letter on Monday thanking Lemon for the "patently offensive racist dumb-ass question."

"Now to be completely honest with you, I totally thought that I had misheard him because surely there was no respectable journalist in the world who would ask a Muslim human rights lawyer whether he supports an organization which violates human rights each and every day," Iftikhar wrote in the Islamic Monthly, where he is a senior editor.

"But then I remembered that I was dealing with Don Lemon," he wrote.

Iftikhar — whose last piece for the magazine before Lemon invited him on was "Let’s Call ISIS The Un-Islamic State," slamming the terror group — wrote that "such an obviously absurd question certainly deserves no response."

He closed the letter with a flourish.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/muslim-lawyer-tells-don-lemon-isis-question-dumb-ass-racist

[elias49]

1. Don Lemon is dumb enough. What a moran! nt

[GeorgeGist]

2. Don is warming up to replace Wolf.

[madokie]

3. Back when Don Lemmon first hit the news reading scene

I kind of liked him but somewhere along the way I've come to learn that that was a misplaced like that I had for him.

[Kalidurga]

4. Same here n/t

[MrScorpio]

5. What a great take down...

Lemon's a joke.

[rpannier]

7. Don Lemon the next Tucker Carlson

We'll be jumping from network to network making his stupid comments

[Turbineguy]

8. Maybe we are looking at this the wrong way.

We should be thankful they don't have a real job.

[rpannier]

9. Tucker Carlson neurosurgeon

Lemon Chairman of the CBO

[Turbineguy]

10. For example.

Yes.

[DeSwiss]

11. This is teevee we're talking about.....

...of course it's dumb. That's it's purpose.

- It's a ''wasteland.''

K&R