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Hussein said he was in disbelief that he was told to convert or leave — for the first time in his life — at a Republican convention with the tagline, “Unity drives victory.”

That slogan, touted by the governor on press releases, placards, lanyards and even the elephant he procured to march through the convention hall, became a rallying cry for the state’s leaders and party nominees heading into November. If fractured, they warned, the party could lose the state to Democrats and their U.S. Senate nominee, Austin state Rep. James Talarico.

But in spite of that warning, members were willing to lose the support of Muslim conservatives.

...

Hussein attended a panel from the Judeo-Christian Caucus moderated by Dr. Rick Scarborough, a former Southern Baptist pastor and the president of Recover America, an organization to engage ministers and pastors in politics.

Speakers told the audience that immigrants who don’t believe in Judeo-Christian values will erode those values and create problems for America. Scarborough accused Muslims of lying to win political power.

“You’re going to find Muslims that aren’t being antagonistic or mean, at least not publicly. But I’ll guarantee, if they get power, they’ll cut your head off as believers of Christ,” he said.

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[–] dektep@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago

leopards ate my sajjadah

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is genuinely fucking hilarious

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago

"They rejected me, called me racist slurs, and demand I get out of their country before.. but surely this time, THIS TIME, they'll accept me!"

[–] NM_Gringo@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Probably thought they were cool after Trump picked Kash Patel to head the FBI.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Nope, but he's brown and from that same general direction so I guess they thought they were okay.

According to Wikipedia Patel was raised in the Hindu faith. All these idiots are pick-me white worshipers.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 134 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hussein sounds like a dumbass.

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 99 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well yea, he’s a fucking republican

[–] phar@lemmy.world 106 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have a hard time wrapping my mind around how stupid some people are

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Radical Muslims have a lot in common with conservatives.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 8 points 1 day ago

If you read osama bin ladens 911 manifesto you can see that conservatives adopted every last one of his beliefs except for the anti-ursury stuff.

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

The commonality is how much they believe in the fervor of their religion and hate you for yours.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 83 points 1 day ago

Halabi, a teacher, declined to say how she would vote in November, but said that she is a Republican and always votes.

They're still voting. Are you?

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What a fucking idiot. The GOP has been brazenly anti Muslim for almost 30 years, they've always been xenophobic.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Literally what carried them to popularity after 9/11 was they siezed the chance to make the public irrationally terrified of an (all things considered) benign and innocuous minority. Their whole platform FOR THE ENTIRE 21ST CENTURY has been, "Fuck anybody who isn't us, and that goes double for Muslims."

But you see he thinks he is one of the good ones. Surely he will be accepted as the in group.

They’re just house slaves vs the field slaves to the republicans. Just as disposable, but somehow they think they aren’t viewed the same.

[–] droopy4096@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 day ago

first party cleansing... more will follow: blacks, asians anyone looking different and once that has been dealt with anyone who deviates one iota from party line... where did we see that? Oh right Nazi, USSR, China... funny thing their biggest scare is "communism" yet they follow the same playbook

[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did he just sleep through years of, "Barack HUSSEIN Obama"? The fuck, bro, they put a stank on your name like that one canned fish that should be opened underwater.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Surströmming out here catching strays.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They shoulda took the hint from how the log cabin republicans were treated.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 9 points 19 hours ago

They were on the other side with the others mocking the log cabin republicans.

"They came for the gays, but I didn't stand up because I wasn't gay and I didn't like them either because my shitty bigoted Islam and their shitty bigoted Christianity told us to hate the gays, so it was okay, but the bigotry against ME is where I draw the line"

[–] echo@lemmy.today 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In what should be a surprise to absolutely nobody...

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every time I hear the term "Log Cabin Republicans" or "Blacks for Trump" or "Hispanics for Trump" or about these Muslims going to GOP things, or about trad wives....all I hear is:

Jews for Hitler

...which was a real thing. People have not only not learned history, they absolutely refuse to learn from it even if they know some of these things.

[–] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehi_%28militant_group%29

Lehi split from the Irgun militant group in 1940 in order to continue fighting the British during World War II. It initially sought an alliance with Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.[20] Believing that Nazi Germany was a lesser enemy of the Jews than Britain, Lehi twice attempted to form an alliance with the Nazis, proposing a Jewish state based on "nationalist and totalitarian principles, and linked to the German Reich by an alliance".[20][21]

Read the whole article. It's fills in a lot of the gaps.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, right there's that, but I was talking about this specifically:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National_Jews

The "fuck around" phase:

The Association of German National Jews (German: Verband nationaldeutscher Juden, VnJ) was an assimilationist and nationalist German Jewish organization which was formed during the early years of the rule of the Weimar Republic and during the early years of the rule of Nazi Germany, that eventually came out in support of Adolf Hitler.

The "find out" phase:

Despite the extreme nationalism of Naumann and his colleagues, the Nazi regime did not accept the Association of German National Jews as a legitimate intermediary. Following the passage of the Nuremberg Laws, the VnJ was declared illegal and dissolved on 18 November 1935. Naumann was arrested by the Gestapo the same day, and imprisoned at the Columbia concentration camp. He was released after a few weeks, and died of cancer in May 1939.[1] Most other members and their families were murdered in the Holocaust.[17]

[–] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 18 hours ago

Wow. I did not know that!

[–] echo@lemmy.today 1 points 19 hours ago
[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

There is 'ein volk' and Muslims are not in it.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“Unity drives victory.”

Yeah, they like unity, not diversity.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago

Uniformity.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

"Sheep 4 Wolves" party stunned as...

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Leopards and faces.

I mean, really, do these guys not understand just what the Republican party truly is? Same for the conservative "movement"?

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My neighborhood has a lot of Bhutani and Nepali immigrants and when I was canvassing last year a surprising number of houses had the older generation as Republicans and the younger generation as Democrats.

[–] wagesj45@fedia.io 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seems like a lot of people don't recognize that they aren't "in on it" until it's too late.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It was just weird to me. I’m wondering how someone with limited English would make that kind of decision. What were their criteria? What did they base it on?

At the end of the day I blamed it on what I blame everything on: Reagan. These were Boomer age folks who remember the gilded 80s in US pop culture.

But I would love to explore it more deeply. Is being conservative common with immigrant parents?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 11 points 1 day ago

I'm wondering how someone with limited English would make that kind of decision. What were their criteria? What did they base it on?

"Family values", opposing abortion, limiting women's rights....

You know. Conservative.

At the end of the day I blamed it on what I blame everything on: Reagan. These were Boomer age folks who remember the gilded 80s in US pop culture.

Don't forget Marget Thatcher and the rest of 80s Conservative Ghouls.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Hey - I know Rick Scarborough.

He's a bastard.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 10 points 1 day ago

Fun fact: I really had to search for this, academic websites are erasing a key line and I didn't bother with .gov, the reasons should be obvious.

http://www.paganlibrary.com/reference/treaty_of_tripoli.php

Article 11

[–] DeepThought42@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Did the leopard eat your face again?

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

So grand, this old party...

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

This has to be some sort of masochism, right?

[–] Erusset@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

Even if he converted it probably wouldn't be enough

[–] adarza@piefed.ca 6 points 1 day ago

the "unity" they want is just for themselves to 'unite' against everyone else. if they splinter, they would lose.

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