... delighting in right-wing emails since The National Lunacy began on 9/11
Dear John,
I knew the Marco Polo quote was bogus the moment I saw it.
Please read the following post and share with conservative friends.
Uncle Sam's Mercenary Christians Kill 17 Iraqi Civilians. 2 Frenchmen Kill 12 In Paris
The real upshot of the Marco Polo "quote?"
Right-wing Americans get suckered once again, and - as usual - by their own lying companions.
What's more, "the suckered" love it!
The Prince of Darkness is pretty happy too.
As a rule, we get nearer the truth by automatically disbelieving right-wing emails than believing them.
They are that dependably full of shit.
"People Who Watch Only Fox News
Know Less Than People Who Watch No News"
http://paxonbothhouses. blogspot.com/2014/07/watching- only-fox-news-makes-you-less. html
"The Reign of Morons Is Here," Charles P. Pierce, The Atlantic
"People Who Watch Only Fox News
Know Less Than People Who Watch No News"
http://paxonbothhouses. blogspot.com/2014/07/watching- only-fox-news-makes-you-less. html
"The Reign of Morons Is Here," Charles P. Pierce, The Atlantic
Bill Maher: The Zombie Life Cycle Of Republican Lies. They Never - Ever - Die
"Bank On It: The South Is Always Wrong"
"Red State Moocher Links"
"Why The Bible Belt Is Its Own Worst Enemy"
- http://paxonbothhouses.
blogspot.com/2012/10/why- bible-belt-is-christianitys- enemy.html
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"Republicans For Revolution," A Study In Anarchic Apocalypticism
"Red State Moocher Links"
"Republicans For Revolution," A Study In Anarchic Apocalypticism
Pax tecum
Alan
PS The old religious "certainties" are being called into question... even by the pope himself! Since contempt for Islam is the oldest, sure-fire prejudice in The West, traditionalists (who feel that the foundations of their whole world are shaking) resort to the feel-good prurience of hating Islam. A kind of pseudo-spiritual masturbation.
Another fake anti-Islam quote from the far right
We recently remarked, in connection with the New Daily Patriot falsely attributing a quote to Zakir Naik, on how the far right happily post and repost transparently fake Islamophobic propaganda without making the slightest attempt to check its accuracy.
Here is another recent example, from Britain First’s Facebook page. It quotes Marco Polo as stating that “the militant Muslim is the person who beheads the infidel, while the moderate Muslim holds the feet of the victim”. As you can see, it has proved quite popular, having been shared nearly 1,800 times.
The book known as The Travels of Marco Polo dates from around the year 1300. The distinction between “militant Muslims” and “moderate Muslims” is clearly modern day terminology, and the claim that the “moderates” are not essentially different from violent terrorists is a familiar Islamophobic trope. It doesn’t require much intelligence to work out that the quotation couldn’t possibly have come from Marco Polo.
Even a quick google reveals the source of the quote. It can be found in a post entitled “Great Thinkers on Islam” that appeared in 2008 on Islam Watch, an extremist anti-Muslim website that claims to expose “this religion of terror, hatred and mayhem”.
As you can see, the quotation, albeit in a slightly different wording, is attributed to a philosophy professor named Dr M. Sabieski (an individual of such obscurity that, even if he actually existed, he has left no trace on the internet). A quote from The Travels of Marco Polo follows directly after, and reads: “The law which their prophet Mohamed has given to muslims is that any harm done to any one who does not accept their law and any appropriation of his goods, is no sin at all.”
What appears to have happened is that back in the day someone reproduced the quotation from “Sabieski” and misattributed it to Marco Polo. It has been circulating around the internet ever since, uncritically reposted by Islamophobes too stupid and bigoted to realise that Marco Polo never said anything of the sort
From: ATDate: Thursday, January 08, 2015 10:32 PM
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Subject: Fwd: Marco Polo got it...
Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant whose travels are recorded in the Book of the Marvels of the World, was the first to
leave a detailed chronicle of his travel experience through Central Asia and China. His insight into Islam from eight centuries ago remains relevant today.
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