More Offensive and Absurd Proceedings at the State Capitol
Yesterday, Rep. Don Wells (R-Kwik Kash) likened the non-existent threat of Sharia law in U.S. courts to the polio epidemic. Props to Rep. Jason Kander (D-Kansas City) for making sure no one misunderstood or overlooked this absurd and offensive analogy.
[Wells] went on to compare Sharia law to a disease, like polio.
Rep. Jason Kander, D-Kansas City, stopped him to confirm. "Sharia law is like polio?" Kander asked. "Absolutely, as far as I'm concerned in this country," Wells responded.
Polio is a debilitating disease that reached epidemic proportions in first half of the 20th century and ultimately infected over 450,000 people in the U.S. alone. Sharia law is a red herring exploited by fear mongering politicians to incite fear and avoid addressing the real issues affecting Missourians. So yeah, pretty much the same thing.
Interestingly enough, the immediate inspiration for Wells’ deep thoughts that day was the testimony of “former terrorist” –turned-evangelical Kamal Saleem, who appears to be a complete fraud. (Saleem, who has worked for Focus on the Family, once claimed he was descended from the “grand wazir of Islam,” which has a nice ring to it but is apparentlynonsensical.)
Unfortunately, there are still no vaccines for stupidity, xenophobia, or rank political opportunism.
