Tag Archives: anti-Muslim violence

Asked, “Do you consider white supremacy as a threat?,” Donald Trump responds, “I don’t really.”

By Mark | March 17, 2019

On Friday, a 28 year old Australian white supremacist by the name of Brenton Harrison Tarrant, seen above flashing a “white power” hand sign in court yesterday, murdered 50 Muslim residents of Christchurch, New Zealand. The attack, about 17 minutes of which the killer broadcast on Facebook Live, began at Christchurch’s Al Noor Mosque, where […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Al Noor Mosque, anti-immigration, anti-Muslim, anti-Semitism, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Australia, border wall, Breitbart, Breitbart News, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, Christchurch, conspiracy theories, counterterrorism, Donald Trump, Felix Kjellberg, Great Replacement, gun control, Jacinda Ardern, mass murder, Milo Yiannopoulos, Muslim ban, national emergency, New Zealand, Obama is a Muslim, PewDiePie, Port Arthur, racism, right-wing extremism, Sky News, terrorism, white genocide, white nationalism, white power, white supremacy | 75 Comments

The FBI and ATF are investigating yesterday’s fire at the Islamic Center of Ypsilanti

By Mark | March 12, 2017

[The above image comes from the report which aired last night on Detroit’s NBC affiliate.] Yesterday, at approximately 4:00 PM, firefighters were called to 5905 West Michigan Avenue to fight a fire at the Islamic Center of Ypsilanti. While Pittsfield Township Fire Chief Sean Gleason has gone on record saying that there’s no indication of […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged anti-Muslim, arson, fire, Islamic Center of Ypsilanti, Michigan Avenue, Sean Gleason | 15 Comments

This week in lies… the “dishonest media” isn’t telling you that the murder rate has never been higher, no president has ever been as disrespected as Trump, and terrorist attacks are taking place all around us

By Mark | February 10, 2017

Usually, when I talk about the administration’s lies, I try to provide context. I make it a point to explain what it is that I mean by “lies,” and offer some kind of justification as to why I think it’s important that we acknowledge these events. Today, though, I’m just going to jump right into […]

Posted in Media, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alex Jones, alternative facts, Anthony Zurcher, anti-Muslim, birther, Cabinet, Central Command, CNN, conspiracy theory, cult of victimhood, disrespect, Donald Trump, fake news, false flag, Hitler, InfoWars, Jake Tapper, Kathleen Sebelius, Kellyanne Conway, lies, Louvre, murder, Muslim, Obama, post-truth, Quebec, Republican lies, respect, rewriting history, Sandy Hook, Sean Spicer, terrorism, the future of journalism, the press, truth, victimhood, white nationalism | 16 Comments

Does this safety pin make you feel unwelcome or unsafe?

By Mark | November 15, 2016

After Trump’s victory of last week, as incidents of racial intimidation started to become more commonplace across the United States, some on the left began wearing safety pins as a sign of solidarity with members of those communities most at risk that. [This practice, for what it’s worth, was borrowed from British progressives, who began […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged #NotMyCampus, anti-immigrant, Brexit, bullying, crime, Donald Trump, England, false equivalence, fascism, hate, hijab, Muslim, Muslim women, racial intimidation, safety pins, slashing, University of Michigan, violence, white nationalism | 107 Comments

What does it say about our society when even our priests are proudly declaring that they’re prepared to dispense lethal force?

By Mark | April 22, 2015

Ann Arbor Catholic priest Ed Fride is in the news today for encouraging his parishioners at Christ the King Catholic Church to arm themselves. In a letter sent out this past weekend to his flock, Fride explained why he carried a weapon, and why the church would likely be hosting more CPL classes on their […]