# Moron wingnuts can't tell Nuclear Summit logo from Islam moon-and-star **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103 "2010-04-14T18:53:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/1 "2010-04-14T18:53:34Z")
Look at the flag in the photo that goes with [this article](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/7586677/Chinas-Hu-tells-Obama-he-will-not-be-pushed-on-the-yuan.html). Now look at [this symbol of Islam](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg). If you can tell them apart, you’re sane. Apparently, [some people can’t](http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/14/nuclear-summit-logo.html). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/2 "2010-04-14T19:00:22Z")
Wow, they’re both like, round and stuff… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/3 "2010-04-14T19:01:37Z")
The flags in that picture are the U.S. flag behind the Chinese head of state, and the Chinese flag behind the U.S. head of state. The Nuclear Summit logo is between them, not on a flag. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/4 "2010-04-14T19:04:10Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Wow, they’re both like, round and stuff… > > :rolleyes: Hey, so is that “rolleyes” symbol! **FairyChatMom** is an Islamic terrorist! ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/5 "2010-04-14T19:06:50Z")
This just means that Obama is totally in the tank for Procter & Gamble. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/6 "2010-04-14T19:07:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Hey, so is that “rolleyes” symbol! Green and white too! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/7 "2010-04-14T19:10:23Z")
> [@Cosmic Relief](#): > > This just means that Obama is totally in the tank for Procter & Gamble. Who we already know are Satanist! Connect the dots, people, _connect the dots_! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/8 "2010-04-14T19:10:40Z")
OMG! [Hydrogen](http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=hydrogen+atom+diagram&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&start=0) is a radical Islamist!!!1 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/9 "2010-04-14T19:12:32Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > The flags in that picture are the U.S. flag behind the Chinese head of state, and the Chinese flag behind the U.S. head of state. The Nuclear Summit logo is between them, not on a flag. I stand corrected on that point. I had selected one photo, then found a much better one, and neglected to correct the text. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/10 "2010-04-14T19:16:31Z")
At least the wingnut’s knowledge of foreign geography doesn’t extend to [Britain’s top naval base](http://www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/star%20and%20cresent.html). ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/11 "2010-04-14T19:33:15Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > OMG! [Hydrogen](http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=hydrogen+atom+diagram&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&start=0) is a radical Islamist!!!1 And it’s already _everywhere_! SLEEPER FUEL CELLS!!! I guess we know why there’s this sudden push for a hydrogen economy, don’t we??! It’s not enough that they got all the oil, now they have all the hydrogen, too?! From now on, I’m using only the power that comes from burning good, clean, American bald eagles! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/12 "2010-04-14T20:14:30Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > At least the wingnut’s knowledge of foreign geography doesn’t extend to [Britain’s top naval base](http://www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/star%20and%20cresent.html). Hell, it doesn’t even extend to [South Carolina](http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/south-carolina/images/state-flag-south-carolina.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/13 "2010-04-14T20:18:35Z")
If you listen to the “wing nut”, that’s not really what he’s saying. He’s saying that the symbol was designed to appeal to Muslim nations by making the logo similar to the Islamic crescent. Kind of a nutty idea, but not exactly what the OP is getting at. Other than that, I’m shocked to learn that some blogger somewhere posted something stupid on our pristine internet. It is now forever soiled. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/14 "2010-04-14T20:25:12Z")
Wait, check the background - blue background, hydrogen symbol… clearly the creator of this is a [comic book reader](http://www.superherostuff.com/superhero-movies/images/watchmen-doctor-manhattan-interview-comic-2.jpg), to think to use such symbolism. Now who else do we know who’s a [comic book geek](http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/06/celebrate-superman/) **and** alleged Muslim? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/15 "2010-04-14T20:30:55Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > He’s saying that the symbol was designed to appeal to Muslim nations by making the logo similar to the Islamic crescent. Wingnuts said [the same thing about the US Missile Defense Agency logo](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/24/missile-defense-agency-obama-campaign-logos-cause-internet-stir/?test=latestnews) a couple of months ago. Can’t they at least find a new theme for their paranoid wingnuttery? > [@](#): > > “I’m having trouble seeing past the crescent and star in the new logo,” one critic posted on [WashingtonTimes.com](http://WashingtonTimes.com). “Is this our signal to the muslim world that we’re not going to shoot down their missiles?” […] > > Richard Lehner, a spokesman for the Missile Defense Agency, dismissed the comparison entirely. > > “It’s ridiculous,” Lehner told Fox News. “It isn’t a new logo to replace the official logo. It’s a logo developed for recruiting materials and for our public Web site. Also, it was used prior to the 2008 election and it has no link to any political campaign.” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/16 "2010-04-14T20:32:28Z")
No wonder South Carolina started the Civil War. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/17 "2010-04-14T20:32:37Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If you listen to the “wing nut”, that’s not really what he’s saying. He’s saying that the symbol was designed to appeal to Muslim nations by making the logo similar to the Islamic crescent. Kind of a nutty idea, but not exactly what the OP is getting at. > > Other than that, I’m shocked to learn that some blogger somewhere posted something stupid on our pristine internet. It is now forever soiled. It’s actually from a columnist from the (Murdoch owned) New York Post, and that’s Fox News reporting on it, not a random blogger. Teabaggers get all huffy and upset when anyone implies that they are stupid and uninformed, but they keep coming up with stuff like this. But, keep defending it at every turn. You’re doing yeoman’s work. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/18 "2010-04-14T20:37:06Z")
😕 “Defending”? I didn’t really see **John Mace** ’s post as “defending” the admittedly nutty idea that the nuclear summit logo was specifically designed to project Islamophilia. At most, he was saying that this stupidity wasn’t worth Pitting, which may be a mild form of threadshitting (“I’m shocked to learn that some poster started a Pit thread about a comparatively minor annoyance!”) but doesn’t really qualify as defending stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/19 "2010-04-14T20:43:45Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > It’s actually from a columnist from the (Murdoch owned) New York Post, and that’s Fox News reporting on it, not a random blogger. > > Teabaggers get all huffy and upset when anyone implies that they are stupid and uninformed, but they keep coming up with stuff like this. > > But, keep defending it at every turn. You’re doing yeoman’s work. OK, The NYP, not some blogger. That’s slightly higher on the totem pole, I guess. But I don’t usually support things by calling them “nutty”. Do you? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103/20 "2010-04-14T20:47:11Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > OK, The NYP, not some blogger. That’s slightly higher on the totem pole, I guess. But I don’t usually support things by calling them “nutty”. Do you? Only when recommending brands of peanut butter. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-wingnuts-cant-tell-nuclear-summit-logo-from-islam-moon-and-star/536103.md?page=2)