Posts Tagged ‘Virgil Goode’

UPDATE: Edited for content. -Nicho

I wrote previously about Rep. Virgil Goode’s not-so-hidden racist remarks earlier, but a few things have happened since then and this story has it a bit closer to home that I previously anticipated. My wife has made a number of friends online. One in particular she got into a rather heated discussion the other night.

The person in question is a died-in-the-wool southern Republican Christian, which to my measurements is my wife’s diametric opposite as far as personalities are concerned. Nevertheless, my wife and this person have developed a good online friendship as they share the same passion for celebrity gossip (though neither of them would ever call it such). They’ve managed so far to keep their political and religious view apart from one another as they were both fairly well aware that it was somewhat of a powder keg. It was all well and good until my wife forwarded a story about Keith Ellison being sworn in on a Quran that was owned by none other than Thomas Jefferson.

My wife, being a huge fan of antiques and stuff owned by historical figures in general, was in awe of the concept that Ellison had this opportunity and forwarded the news item to her friend. Her friend, being a Republican who has given only the Fox News version of events surrounding the Goode/Ellison fiasco her attention, took this as a stab at her beliefs. It would be easy for me to say “she doth protest too much” but that would be taking the easy way out; I want to address this head on.
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When Minnesota’s 5th District elected the first Muslim to the United States Congress, I thought, if only briefly, that America was on its way towards a more understanding and culturally diverse viewpoint. Indeed, I was shocked that Keith Ellison was the first one – it is 2007, for Christ sakes. But what hopeful bliss I may have had was quickly destroyed by a racist fucknugget of a congressman by the name of Virgil Goode. The Grand Wizard sent a letter to his constituency. Here’s the fun parts…
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