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In reply to the discussion: Texas GOP rep. asks Muslim visitors Declare allegiance to the United States and “renounce Islamic te [View all]Violet_Crumble
(36,476 posts)29. Molly White is a very ugly person on so many levels...
From another article:
This was not the first time White has aired her concerns about Muslims on Facebook.
In June, she took to the social network to pledge that "finding Jihadists in Texas and arresting them" and purging the state "of all Muslim, military training camps including Imam's who promote, assist and encourage Jihad" would be among her top priorities as a legislator.
In the comments on that post, she warned her followers that "Muslims cannot be trusted no matter how peaceful they appear."
http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/29/rep-staff-ask-muslim-visitors-pledge-allegiance/
In June, she took to the social network to pledge that "finding Jihadists in Texas and arresting them" and purging the state "of all Muslim, military training camps including Imam's who promote, assist and encourage Jihad" would be among her top priorities as a legislator.
In the comments on that post, she warned her followers that "Muslims cannot be trusted no matter how peaceful they appear."
http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/29/rep-staff-ask-muslim-visitors-pledge-allegiance/
An elected politician openly discriminating against a minority group is really ugly and dangerous. I hope she's forced to resign. And not only has she discriminated against Muslims, she's used the Israeli flag as a banner for her hatred and bigotry. I suspect given what I've read of her craziness that she'd not be too fond of Israel if she ever finds out that Israel has things like universal health care, religious courts for civil matters (Rabbinical and Sharia), and strict gun control laws. Forcing individual American Muslims to swear allegiance to the US using an Israeli flag is just bizarre. Apart from the nasty discrimination against Muslims, shouldn't swearing allegiance to the US be done using an American flag and not a foreign one?
I just got through reading lots of comments on her FB page and it's good to see so many Americans posting there telling her how vile she's being. I saw American Muslims and Jews amongst the commenters banding together and speaking out against her. While she showed the ugly side of the US, those commenters showed the good side. Molly wasn't getting the memo, though. I saw her threaten to delete the posts of 'anti-American extremists' who were supposedly throwing hatred and insults at her. So much for freedom of speech. What an idiot...
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Texas GOP rep. asks Muslim visitors Declare allegiance to the United States and “renounce Islamic te [View all]
TomCADem
Jan 2015
OP
Too often, Israel and Jews are conflated. Too often, Muslims and terrorists are conflated.
merrily
Jan 2015
#20
I'm stumped. I tend to stay out of groups that are even more intense than GD, so I have not
merrily
Jan 2015
#24
A state singling out one religion, whether it is for honor or for persecution, is unconstitutional,
merrily
Jan 2015
#21
Does Texas realize there is a separation between Church in State in this country?
mackerel
Jan 2015
#17
I suspect that she's exactly like so many of her fellow like-minded evangelicals
kentauros
Jan 2015
#32