Metastasis of bigotry

As I just wrote on Twitter, I've never quite seen the likes of this recent national onslaught of bigotry toward Muslims. It's on radio, on TV, and perhaps worst of all on the internet. People are getting this stuff via email from their family members and friends, including devoutly religious ones.

One internet example is a text-photo combination claiming that praying Muslims are blocking NYC streets "every Friday afternoon." The photos are actually from a long-standing annual event (including a parade, a bazaar and children's programs) which is licensed by the city -- just like the St. Patrick's Day parade.

For a close-up of this bigoted foolishness and a clear and appropriate response from Snopes, copy and paste the following link into your browser. (I'm sorry links don't work here, but if you follow me on Twitter, I just put a clickable short link there.) Here is the full URL:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/changingface.asp

We just have to find more ways to offset the bigotry.