Once again over at the HuffPo, Russell Simmons writes like a pretentious flower child begging to have his guitar smashed. Here are the ridicule-able highlights:
It is said in the yogic scripture that in or order to really change the mind of another person, you must first learn to love them. …
What journalists like Michelle Malkin, Andrew Breitbert and countless other conservatives have made their money on, is the ability to distract their audiences from the real issue, by focusing on the most insignificant portion of the opposing argument. This is exactly what they did when I spoke on Larry King last week about the Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan, Park 51, as they harped on a ten-second mistake I made from a twenty minute interview[.] …
But when the bombs came from the Right Wing media and public opinion turned, I saw many Democrats, including Sen. Reid, former Gov. Dean and even Gov. Paterson turn political and become sheep to the growing American trend of Islamophobia. …
Even though the American White supremacy movement was founded in Christian fundamentalism, and even though George W. Bush claimed to have “visions” from his Christian God to go to Iraq and kill over 100,000 innocent Iraqis, even though Timothy McVeigh was born into the Christian faith, we would never think for a millisecond that Jesus Christ or any verses of the bible were the cause of these horrendous, stupid acts of men. …
I mentioned a passage from the Bhagavad Gita, when Krishna tells Arjuna whether he knows him by the name Krishna or not, it is unimportant, as all he needs to do is follow certain principles and he will come to him.
Read the full nonsense here.
Yes, Russell Simmons actually used the term “yogic scripture,” and after accusing us of seizing on a gaffe, he insinuates George W. Bush waged a “crusade” against Muslims.
Like Jon Stewart, Mr. Yogic Scripture is yet another Hollywood narcissist desperate to flaunt his superiority, desperate enough that with his broad brush marked ISLAMOPHOBIA he trashes the many 9/11 families who oppose this mosque — though he doesn’t have the guts to do so directly.
We are not impressed.
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