# Well, the America is Christian" bigots were out in force Saturday **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 11, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674 "2017-06-11T08:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/1 "2017-06-11T08:40:42Z")
[Idiots with rifles in Texas](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/news/2017/06/10/anti-shariah-protesters-gather-front-north-texas-islamic-center?ref=yfp) [More idiots displaying their ignorance in Michigan](https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-anti-muslim-law-protest-173618158.html) The Texan idiots were amusing, in a sad way. One of the fools was quoted as saying she wants the constitution to govern America. I wonder what her reaction would have been if the victims of her group’s intimidation also exercised their second amendment rights. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/2 "2017-06-11T10:44:34Z")
Why are these white trash pussies so afraid of Shariah law? The possibility of an Ismamic takeover of the United States is right up there with Native Americans retaking the lower 48. These people need to get off the meth and find gainful employment. Also, the armed intimidation is a disgrace, and should not be tolerated. Lock them up. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/3 "2017-06-11T10:57:53Z")
The photos don’t show it very well but it seems like the counterprotesters outnumber them pretty handily. The bigots seem to have maybe a dozen. I had heard reports in Seattle where the counter protest outnumbered the bigots 10 or 20 to 1. ---
**Author:** ![Ramira](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ramira/32/344_2.png) [@Ramira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramira)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/4 "2017-06-11T11:38:38Z")
The Sturmabteilung had the much better sense of the dressing style. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/5 "2017-06-11T11:54:36Z")
In Chicago the planned anti-Muslim protest drew an estimated 30 or so people. The more spontaneous counter protest of sane people easily doubled that number. > **['Anti-Sharia' Marchers Met With Counter-Protests Around The Country](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/11/532454216/anti-sharia-marchers-met-with-counter-protests-around-the-country)** > > "March Against Sharia" participants said the Islamic moral code is a threat to U.S. society and women's rights. Counter-protesters accused them of racism and Islamophobia. > **[Chicago protest against Sharia law outnumbered by counter-protesters](https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-sharia-law-protest-chicago-20170610-story.html)** > > A small but emotional rally billed as opposing Islamic Sharia law downtown Saturday sparked a counter-protest nearly twice as large, causing a phalanx of police ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/6 "2017-06-11T12:21:14Z")
_snerk_ ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/7 "2017-06-11T12:29:19Z")
The common clay of the new west. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/8 "2017-06-11T12:38:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Why are these white trash pussies so afraid of Shariah law? fox “news” is my guess, as well as right wing hate radio programs :mad: ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/9 "2017-06-11T12:55:51Z")
Yeah, did you see any of these knuckleheads interviewed? Theology buffs, independent researchers and religious scholars they ain’t. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/10 "2017-06-11T12:58:04Z")
Can we also oppose the imposition of Christian law? > [@bobot](#): > > Yeah, did you see any of these knuckleheads interviewed? Theology buffs, independent researchers and religious scholars they ain’t. But there’s a lot of them, and they vote. We are finding out daily what it has cost to underestimate their power. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/11 "2017-06-11T13:09:20Z")
I know what you’re saying, but in Chicago there were 30 of them. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/12 "2017-06-11T13:33:33Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Why are these white trash pussies so afraid of Shariah law? The possibility of an Ismamic takeover of the United States is right up there with Native Americans retaking the lower 48. These people need to get off the meth and find gainful employment. > > Also, the armed intimidation is a disgrace, and should not be tolerated. Lock them up. Fear defines the right. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/13 "2017-06-11T13:45:44Z")
[quote=“BlankSlate, post:2, topic:788674”] Why are these white trash pussies so afraid of Shariah law?}/quote] They need an excuse to justify their privilege. The old excuses (“Indians don’t have souls”/“It’s God’s will that Blacks must serve Whites”) don’t cut it anymore. > [@BlankSlate](#): > > Also, the armed intimidation is a disgrace, and should not be tolerated. Lock them up. It was about a month or so ago that a Muslim guy in America announced he would use his 2nd amendment rights to protect himself, his family, and his property. The story might have been on Yahoo!, but I don’t remember where I saw it. I do rember the freaked-out posts in the comments section from Islamophobes. I’d bet real money a few wet their pants. Those fools aren’t going to get locked up because the local politicians rely on votes from them and their sympathizers. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/14 "2017-06-11T13:54:59Z")
Damned coding errors while having network connection issues! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/15 "2017-06-11T14:08:32Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Fear defines the right. They need to have some “Other” to fear and to hate. It’s the only thing they have. They don’t even see the irony of it all. They want to have a “christian” country with “christian” laws (American sharia) while opposing any other names of the same thing. They yammer about religious freedom, while trying to deny it for others, and while trying to impose their own. It’s stupidity, hypocrisy, and it’s bullshit. Just a bunch of scared whiney snowflakes and cry babies. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/16 "2017-06-11T14:37:43Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > In Chicago the planned anti-Muslim protest drew an estimated 30 or so people. The more spontaneous counter protest of sane people easily doubled that number. > > ['Anti-Sharia' Marchers Met With Counter-Protests Around The Country : The Two-Way : NPR](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/11/532454216/anti-sharia-marchers-met-with-counter-protests-around-the-country) > > [Chicago protest against Sharia law outnumbered by counter-protesters – Chicago Tribune](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-sharia-law-protest-chicago-20170610-story.html) I learned this from the Chicago Tribune link: > [@](#): > > Counter-protesters were upset by a large green flag with four letter K’s waved by an anti-Sharia demonstrator, believing the flag was a nod to the Ku Klux Klan. The flag was the flag of Kekistan, a fictional right-wing country born from Internet gaming culture. > > The flag’s design mimics a German Nazi war flag, which serves to make fun of liberals and their “political correctness,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. While protesters claimed the flag was not a symbol of white supremacy, and was just meant to “troll people,” the law center links Kekistan with white nationalism. I’m a gamer; I know where “kek” comes from. I’ve been typing it regularly for over 12 years now. Yet I had never heard of Kekistan until just now. Kinda makes it less fun to type “kek” in the future, eh. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/17 "2017-06-11T14:44:55Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I’m a gamer; I know where “kek” comes from. I’ve been typing it regularly for over 12 years now. Same here. For the Horde! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/18 "2017-06-11T14:54:53Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > The common clay of the new west. You know – morons! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/19 "2017-06-11T15:13:21Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > They need to have some “Other” to fear and to hate. It’s the only thing they have. They don’t even see the irony of it all. They want to have a “christian” country with “christian” laws (American sharia) while opposing any other names of the same thing. They yammer about religious freedom, while trying to deny it for others, and while trying to impose their own. > > It’s stupidity, hypocrisy, and it’s bullshit. > > Just a bunch of scared whiney snowflakes and cry babies. It does give me some pleasure that the only people they’re disturbed by more than Muslims are people like me, though. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674/20 "2017-06-11T15:41:12Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > It does give me some pleasure that the only people they’re disturbed by more than Muslims are people like me, though. They have a lot of issues. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-america-is-christian-bigots-were-out-in-force-saturday/788674.md?page=2)