Conservatives freak out after mistaking soccer jersey for ‘Muslim prayer rug’ left at border
(Raw Story) Adding to unfounded worries that immigrant children attempting to enter the U.S. are reintroducing a panoply of diseases such as Ebola and dengue fever, conservatives grew more agitated yesterday after “American security contractors” found what they believed to be a “Muslim prayer rug” abandoned near the Arizona border.
According to Adam Weinstein atGawker, the “rug” is actually a diamond-patterned Adidas soccer jersey.
A spokesperson forAmerican Patriot, Three Percent— a self-styled militia patrolling the Mexican/U.S. border — contacted Breitbart.com and relayed the discovery of the ‘rug’ Monday night, just south of Sierra Vista in Coronado national forest.
According to the spokesman, Matthew Leber, the “patrol” was walking through a wash when he spied something on the ground.
“That’s when I saw this thing laying around. And I was like, ‘What the hell is that?’ We walked over there and I didn’t really want to pull at it not knowing what was on it, ” Leber said. “I poked a bit at it with a stick and noticed some of the Arabic writing and was just like, ‘Oh boy.’ I snapped a couple of photos and then went on our patrol.”
Leber did not indicate whether he considered picking up the ‘rug’ and turning it over to Homeland Security.
As Weinstein notes, a quick glance at the picture sent to Breitbart by Leber clearly shows a sleeve and the distinctive Adidas three-stripe logo.
Conservative nutjobs are so paranoid about Muslims that they see signs of Islamic jihad everywhere. We’re all familiar with the mythical advance of sharia law in the US, as one example. Then there’s the “terrorist fist bump” between Barack and Michelle Obama. It even predates this administration; remember when the entire right wing were convinced that celebrity cooking show host Rachel Ray was a terrorist, based on a scarf she wore in a Dunkin’ Donuts ad?
These people do not live in reality. The live in a delusional alternative reality where their deepest, most paranoid fears are manifest.
And they want to be able to collect piles and piles of guns. This can’t possibly end well.
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