The problem is Islam | Hour 3

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It's pretty good timing after, after your last segment to express how I feel, but, uh, sitting around with a couple of my buddies, I don't know, a couple of weeks ago, we were just kind of kicking around the whole phobe term, you know, homophobe, Islamophobe. And I sat there and thought a minute, I said, you know what? Yes, I am an Islamophobe for many good reasons. And we all kind of sat. There and said, yeah, I'm not going to be afraid of that term anymore because I think it's warranted. So I would, okay. So I would, I would disagree. Here's why. Phobia is an irrational fear of something. Do you have an irrational fear? Do you have an irrational fear of Islam? No, no, no. And that's why, okay, I understand. I see what you're saying. Yeah, it's not irrational at all. What I call it. With is that for very good reasons, and so therefore it's not irrational. It is warranted. to be fearful and to be cautious and to have your eyes open about that religion for all the reasons you stated, many that I've discovered on my own, especially that they profess to deceive the infidel at every turn, which is what we're going through with Iran right now. You can't negotiate with them. It all fits. Right. It is a totalizing ideology. It's more than a religion, right? It controls all aspects of life. So it's totalizing. And that's what the Western mind refuses to accept because we kind of cleave these two ideas apart, right? This idea, though, of it being just a religion and not an ideology that is totalizing, that's what we have failed to understand and internalize and then react accordingly. That's the problem. Like you mentioned Iran. So- For example, this is the easiest example to lay out. It is Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb, right? Which is two houses, House of Islam and House of War. I didn't make up those names. Islam does, okay? And they claim these are divinely revealed. And these are the two houses. And if you're in Dar al-Islam... then you live under Islam. And that means everything that comes with it, all of the rules, right? All of the restrictions and everything. And then they have different, you know, this is required. Now this is suggested and whatever, but everything about your life is under Islam. And then there's the Dar al-Harb, house of war, which as you might guess, that's where the fighting happens. And that's where you go in and you take over the land of the non-believers and and you convert them all to Islam, and you either do it by letting them convert into Islam, or you can kill them, or they can pay the tax. Yep, and I think people have to understand, it's like, well, I know so-and-so, and he's a Muslim. It's like, well, I think what we have to caution ourselves, again, because of the deception factor, is that, yeah, your friend might not be a bomb maker, but he probably is very supportive of the activity, although he's not engaging in it. Well, and even– this is the thing. There are a lot of Muslims that would object to– there are a lot of Muslims that don't want there to be these terrorist attacks, and they don't endorse this stuff. This is why I keep saying it's Islam. It's not Muslims. It's Islam. And it's the ideology. And because if you read Islam and you go into it, Like, you are going to proceed down a path that can take you to these types of behaviors. And here's the other thing. A lot of people in America that are Muslim, they don't speak Arabic. And so they have to get, in order to get the only real reading of the Quran, and the imams and the scholars, they'll say this, like, Any of the translations out of Arabic, they'll say, you know, you're not really getting the full context and you don't really understand everything that's being said. And so, you know, this word has many meanings. And so you have to go to the scholars, your teachers, your imams. It's very difficult to just pick up the Koran. First off, you try to pick up the Koran and read it. It's not in chronological order. Like people don't realize this. They've ordered the Koran. I think it's the shortest passages to the longest or longest to the shortest. I forget which, but it's like, why would you do that? So you're reading about something in one passage and then it goes to the next verse and it's something completely unrelated. And Islam started. Off when Muhammad was hanging out in the, well, where is he in Mecca first? And then he went to Medina, I believe it was. And so he's hanging out in Mecca first and they're like making fun of them or they're like, get out of here. And he's very weak. Then he gets strong. And all of a sudden, the revelations start changing to now it's not about all the peace. Now it's about all the war. Right. So so so then you you take that shift and you start working it into the compilation of the book. And now you're in a point you're in a position where it's like, OK, now I got like a peaceful passage and then a really violent one. So it just doesn't make sense. So that's why you always have to go through the mosque, right? You got to go through the teachers. And what are they telling you? They're translating this stuff. You have no idea. So there are so many people. I've talked about this. I've been watching a lot of debates between Islamic and Christian apologetics. And it is astounding how many people in Islam do not know what's in their own texts. Right. It's incredible. Yep. And I'm not so sure anyone's going to get a straight story from a scholar, because if they're down for the ideology, they're going to play the deception card, too. Correct, yeah. Right. They will say, because they're looking to convert the entire world to Islam. Yep. That's what the ideology requires of them. That's right. I'm going to find another word. I won't use the phobe word, but I see the disconnect there. Phobia implies that it's irrational and not well thought through. Now, mine's very well thought through. Right. And again, the term came about after 9-11 in order to silence critics of Islam. Which is what they do, by the way, in Islamic countries. Like, you're not allowed to debate this stuff and argue. You can't leave the faith. Like, all of these restrictions, which is why I say it's incompatible with the U.S. Constitution, right? Right. If you want to leave Islam, then you might get killed in an Islamic country. Yeah, and I guess you're also amused by all the folks who are marching like, you know, gay and transgender with Free Palestine posters. That's a good laugh, too. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's the Red-Green Alliance. We've talked about it many times. James, I appreciate the call, man. Hey, man, thank you. All right, have a good weekend. Yeah, and as I said at the end of the last hour, I understand that what I have said is uncomfortable. I understand that. The truth often is, though. And I'm not going to participate in a lie. That is not of God. Lying is not of God, right? Well, the Christian God. All right, for over a year now, you've heard me talking about Create-A-Video, great local company in Mint Hill that has helped more than 2 million families preserve their memories by turning old photos, VHS tapes, film reels, and slides into lasting keepsakes. Now, Creative Video is helping families and groups create brand new memories while they're traveling. 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And me, as an over-highlighter, you might imagine, the whole thing is highlighted. So I was going to spend a lot of time on this. I heard Vince talk about it. I think he said he's going to come back to it on Monday. I'm not going to let this thing go because it's a fantastic piece. If you haven't heard about it or haven't read it, the headline is, What Muhammad Atta Was Trying to Tell Us. And it's not about materialism. It's not about anything the U S did. It's not, it's about Islam. This is, this is what he said in his, in his own last will and testimony. This is what he said. Um, even, even bin Laden said this as well in the interview, uh, the famous interview with ABC news where he's like, here are our grievances. You know, uh, the oil for. Food program in Iraq, the, um, the base in Saudi Arabia, our Holy land. And like he listed these things like, you know, and, and the reporter, I believe it was John Miller said, okay, well, if we do all of these things, close the base and the all for food program, whatever we, we, we do all of this, then will you stop your war? Cause they declared war on us. And much like Iran, they declare war on us and we pretend that they haven't, you know, and then like, I can't believe that like these terrorist attacks are going on and, I was like, why? They've declared war. And they come up with these reasons, but those reasons are for Western. Appetites only. And even bin Laden says in that interview, even if we did everything he demanded from a political standpoint, he said that still is not enough and said, maybe you could go to the moon and we wouldn't try to kill you. That's what he said. Um, Mike says, thank you for staying real and talking the truth about 9-11. Our politicians, news media, and educators in this country have utterly failed the next generation and turned so many people into victims rather than speaking the truth about why this atrocity actually happened. My father was a New York City fireman for 30 years and almost died that day, but luckily did not. He lost dozens of friends and has the memory of that day burned in his brain forever. I just want to reach out to you and say thank you for doing the duty that so many other people have completely relinquished. Radical Muslim terrorists attacked our country because they hate our freedoms and our way of life. Now the same attacks come from within our country, from the far-left Democrats, and even the mayor of New York City, where these atrocities occurred. Never forget 9-11 and all the people who lost their lives on that day as well as the weeks, months, and years after that terrible day. Um. Greg says, in the past, the History Channel played Home Movie from 9-11. Okay, I don't know what that meant. Brenda says, I will never forget 9-11. I was working, heard on the radio, went next door and saw the towers come down. Yeah, people forget. They evacuated the buildings here in Uptown Charlotte. Nobody knew. Nobody knew if there were more planes that were going to start flying into other cities. See, some of you, I have to pre-screen your texts because you have a history of trolling, so I have to pre-screen here so I don't get caught with something that I have to abandon halfway through. All right. Here's from Kevin. Kevin. Listening to the recordings from that day brought up the anger. Again, I felt that day. I don't want to be filled with hate. Anger is not hate. That's why we have two different words for them. Okay? And I'm not advocating anybody hate anybody. But righteous anger is acceptable. Like that, you're allowed to be angry. Now, how, now your actions after You feel the anger, as my mom used to say, feelings are neither right nor wrong, but your actions can be, right? So you're not supposed to act out of anger. You shouldn't be doing that. I don't want to be filled with hate like those that want to destroy the American way of life. Those responsible for 9-11 have been brought to justice, but there are still millions that have the same hate in their heart and would do it again. If given the chance, we can be vigilant without becoming those that would do us harm. Yeah. And I'm not advocating that either. Yeah. Fred thinks that COVID was a lot scarier and deadly than 9-11. Okay. Let me just say I disagree. Jeff says, like so many, I remember exactly where I was. When I heard about the plane hit the first tower, one world was changed. Our world, I guess he means to say, please spell check people. Our world has changed forever. We have never been the same. And that's true. And that's why in the last hour I went through, like people who are young, they did not know pre 9-11 and the world we inhabited. And It is up to us to teach them what occurred, who was responsible, what motivated them, and how things changed. Because all they know is the post-9-11 America. Trying to get through these. We had a lot of texts today. Cassidy says, if you haven't read it yet, I recommend the book Thunderdog. It's the book about a blind man who was able to get out of Tower One of the World Trade Center with his guide dog. He was working on the 78th floor. I have not heard of that. Interesting. Joe says, I was teaching at North Gaston High School. We were told not to have TVs on when the students came in. My band students asked what was going on. I told them that this was our generation's Pearl Harbor. My parents lived Pearl Harbor, and we are living the post-attack consequences. 704 number says, I think it's despicable that you are promoting hate. Here you go. See? I'm not allowed to say anything negative about Islam. Otherwise, it's hate. I'm not allowed to look at what your text tells people. I'm not allowed to look at that. I'm not allowed to ask a question, well, like, hey, if it's saying to do these things, what happens if all of the followers start doing these things that their text is telling them to do? Shut up, Pete. You can't look at that. It's shut-uppery. That's what Islamophobia, that's what the term is also designed to do. It's designed to say, shut up. Stop questioning. You're not allowed to notice these things. It's kind of hard, though, when some followers of Islam murder almost 3,000 people by flying planes into buildings. It's kind of hard to not notice. As I said in the last hour, after 9-11, I tried to understand what would motivate people to do something like this, and I went to the mosque. I went to the Islamic Center. I talked to the imam. They were talking about Islam means peace and all of this stuff. And it was a comforting thing to hear, as it is, I'm sure, for this texter. It's a comforting thing because this is what they say in the text. I'll finish it. The problem is the text doesn't actually say that alone. Yes, there are passages in there that talk about being peaceful, and there are passages that are not peaceful. And you're not going to get me to shut up because I've noticed the not so peaceful passages. So I think it's despicable. You are promoting hate towards humans. I have not actually done that. If you've heard what I have said, I said, I'm not talking about Muslims. I'm talking about Islam. Islam is an ideology. There are people who are Muslim who live in Muslim countries and they're Muslim because they were born in a Muslim country. That's it. That, They follow the rules that their parents, you know, say you should follow. You got to fast and you got to pray and this is the way you pray and this is what you say and all of this, whatever. And they follow the rules. They do all of that stuff because that's all they know. That's what they've been taught by their imams. I don't have any hate for them. Islam, on the other hand, that's an ideology. I believe born out of the same evil, as Marxism. That's my view on it because they share a lot of similarities, which is why the red-green alliance works so well. They're both rooted in sort of the same rejection of liberty, of agency, and of Christ. So I see a lot of similarities, which is why it's not surprising that throughout history, Marxists team up with Islam. In order to kick out the disbelievers, shall we say. So, yes, it's despicable that I am promoting hate towards humans because they don't believe in Christianity. I didn't say that either. But this is one of the things that I have noticed in many, many, many debates that I have seen with Muslims is that there's a cognitive dissonance that occurs. It's a very similar thing that happens with people on the left, actually. they cannot grapple with the thing that you are saying. And so they deflect and they distort or they do. What about ism? They want to move to a different topic. They want to accuse you of something. They want to shift from whatever the thing is that you are asserting. They want to shift focus away from that thing because it makes them uncomfortable. And sometimes with cognitive dissonance, it literally incapacitates your brain. Like you cannot think through and you just become emotional. Um, Not all Muslims are terrorists. Never said that. We actually believe in peace. Not everyone does. Islam does not mean peace, and you know this. For you to say a religion is incompatible with the Constitution is just spreading hate to a certain group. So this is a peaceful Muslim. That's fantastic. That means, though, that you're not following all of the rules of Islam. Right? Or are you banking on a Christian or a Jew to take your place in hell when you get to heaven. Is that what you're banking on? Yeah, that's in there. You can swap out. Or you can jihad, die for Allah, and then that gets you an automatic pass into heaven. See, this is what I mean. See, for Christians, the automatic pass, not automatic, but the way you get to heaven is through Christ, accepting Christ. The way to get to heaven in Islam is by being a slave to Allah, but also if you jihad, you kill for Allah, then right there. That's incompatible with the U.S. Constitution. And again, you may not like to hear that, but that is the truth. The tenets of Islam are incompatible. They are at odds with the foundational principles of this country. I'm sorry to say that. I didn't make up the Constitution, but I do love it. And I didn't make up Islam. Muhammad did. A little segment we do here every Friday, pre-gaming with Brett Winterbull. Brett, how are you? Oh, I'm great. How are you? I am doing all right. Apparently, I am despicable. Ah, really? That's what a peaceful Muslim told me. Did you happen to catch any of the Ground Zero, New York City ceremony today? Yes. So. A lot of it. The mayor of New York City, Zoran Mamdani, he did attend. Yep. Along with, you know, a whole bunch of, you know, notables and such. Yes. And there's a clip that is now circulating. Mm-hmm. They're reading the list of names of all the victims. Yep. People are, you know, like the families and stuff, they get sort of preferred seating and placement. Or whatever around the memorial. And so you have these family members that are weeping and it's a very solemn event as they're reading all of these names. And C-SPAN is covering it and they cut away and they cut away to Mayor Mamdani talking with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Saw it. Except they weren't really talking. They were talking, but they were also laughing. There were a lot of yuckles right there, man. Yes, definitely. I watched it. It's your red-green alliance. It was unbecoming. Yeah. At a minimum. Completely disrespectful. Absolutely. The names were still, they were doing their thing. They're reading the names, literally reading all the names. I do it every year when that comes up, and I put it on C-SPAN, obviously. And just side note here. C-SPAN is the way to watch this stuff because they don't do any anchoring. It's just a straight feed. So you don't have to listen to people blabbing on. And they're not cutting away to go back to the studio so some talking heads can have their face time. Yeah, go ahead. So you're watching like you do every year. So I was watching and it was exactly what you just described. And it's really despicable to be yucking it up here. On the 25th anniversary. Yeah. It's awful. It's why the families started a petition asking him not to come. Yes. He's not a serious person. He's a very unserious person. Well, I think he's serious about one thing. Yes. Yeah, I mean– I'm picking up what you're saying. I think he is– so I saw the clip and I sent it out and I said, your red-green alliance. Right. That's what it is. Personified right there in this moment of gravity, recognizing tragedy and loss. Yep. And you've got a member of the Marxist DSA. True. Another member of the Marxist DSA who is also a Shia. Mm-hmm. who has done several provocative things. In fact, I believe I saw his tweet yesterday or maybe this morning about, you know, recognizing the suffering or something. Yes. And that was all he said. And it's just like, he cannot identify the connection between his ideology of Islam with the attack on New York City. He just won't do it. No, that's not going to happen. That will not happen ever. Right. Ever. He will not be responsible for that or any of that. And by the way, he did tell the story again about his. His aunt? His aunt could not ride the subway anymore because. He did that at today's ceremony? I watched the video of it. Oh, from before. There's a secondary one that's there. There was a gathering of people. And they are, you know, offended equally. But it wasn't even his aunt. Well. It wasn't his aunt. Right. Because, like, when he first told the story and they went and, like, tracked her down. Right. And she wasn't in New York City at the time, whatever. So, like, no, that wasn't his aunt. She was afraid to go out. Yeah. Yeah, we can talk about Islamophobia. All right. So, it's not a typical Friday here. And so... It's the 25th anniversary of 9-11, and we recognize that, and we try to convey this to the next generation because they were not alive. They do not understand what life was like before, what that day was like, and what it's been like since. They only know what they know right now. So we have to convey this stuff to them. So stick around. Brit Winterbull is up next. I will see you on Monday. Don't break anything while I'm gone. Thank you. All right, that'll do it for this episode. 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