As Twitchy reported, Vox’s Max Fisher did his best today to spin President Obama’s invocation of the Crusades at the National Prayer Breakfast, responding under the headline: “Let’s be clear: The Obama Crusades controversy is over whether it’s okay to hate Muslims.” What?
“The scandal here isn’t Obama’s analogy — it’s that some critics want to see the world’s Muslims as inherently inferior.” Nice try, but no.
Breitbart’s John Sexton (@verumserum) quickly dismantled Fisher and his article in the space of a few tweets.
.@Max_Fisher would have argued during WWII that anyone who hated the Nazis was Germanophobic: http://t.co/XhTjoFd2GT
— John Sexton (@verumserum) February 7, 2015
After Pearl Harbor, FDR wisely reminded us that our ancestors had killed people in sneak attacks too…so don't hate the Japanese.
— John Sexton (@verumserum) February 7, 2015
No matter how many times you say that this is about a murderous ideology, not a race, people like @max_fisher just pretend not to hear it.
— John Sexton (@verumserum) February 7, 2015
We destroyed the Nazis and Germany is still around and doing quite well. The same will be true of ISIS and Islam.
— John Sexton (@verumserum) February 7, 2015
It is perfectly appropriate to hate the faction of Islam that is murdering people…right now in this century. It is right to do so.
— John Sexton (@verumserum) February 7, 2015
Perfect example: https://t.co/qN6q8ysP2N
— John Sexton (@verumserum) February 7, 2015
@verumserum "we all remember Washington crossing the Delaware… That one was on US." – FDR, from today's Democratic platform
— Justin Walton (@JustinRWalton) February 7, 2015
After Pearl Harbor, did FDR point back to Washington crossing the Delaware to argue that, hey, we're guilty too?
— John Sexton (@verumserum) February 7, 2015
"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 a date which…is kind of similar to Washington crossing the Delaware if you think about it." – VOX FDR
— John Sexton (@verumserum) February 7, 2015
David Harsanyi, senior editor of The Federalist, asks a good question: What’s the point of there being a Council on American-Islamic Relations, when Max Fisher is standing by to make sure non-Muslim Americans have their minds right?
@davidharsanyi @redsteeze Was CAIR ever necessary? NO. They are a subversive force in our nation's fight against radical Islam.
— Holly (@HollyASwanson) February 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/anangbhai/status/564126024666210304
@davidharsanyi Did they have their own Matt Yglesias? QUESTION ANSWERED.
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) February 7, 2015