Daily Kos diarist: We can end the war on terror — by converting to Islam
posted at 11:10 am on October 26, 2007 by Allahpundit
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The debate rages in the comments to our headlines item: a bona fide call to conversion or a crafty parody of appeasement by a wingnut infiltrator?
The one-option poll gives the game away. It’s the best dKos goof since CheChe.
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I don’t think it was a wingnut infiltrator. It was satire!
Yeesh! Don’t you rightwingbushlovin’rightwingnazis know satire when you see it?
flipflop on October 26, 2007 at 11:14 AM
You know the sad and sickening thing?
The possibility that it’s not a hoax post. There are really people who think this way.
MadisonConservative on October 26, 2007 at 11:14 AM
Can you show me a few? Because I don’t believe that there are a significant number of people who think that way, and there is probably just BARELY an insignificant number.
DaveS on October 26, 2007 at 11:15 AM
Again its not the satire that bugged me it was the Christian bashing that did
William Amos on October 26, 2007 at 11:16 AM
Beside I was wondering what SN Ted Rall posted under in Daily Kos
William Amos on October 26, 2007 at 11:17 AM
And we can save the planet by, what? Oh yeah! Becoming dirt.
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on October 26, 2007 at 11:17 AM
And notice the imbecilic poll at the end of the story! One question: “Will you convert to Islam?” Only one possible response given: “Yes, I will convert to Islam” Where’s the “Not in your damn life will I ever convert to Islam” response”???
ToddonCapeCod on October 26, 2007 at 11:18 AM
If it wasn’t for the internet and DailyKos.com, I wouldn’t be aware of all the nuts in the world. Thank you DailyKos.com for continually informing and enlightening me.
terryannonline on October 26, 2007 at 11:18 AM
You mean it’s a joke? OH CRAP! How do I UN-convert??? My wife’s gonna be PISSED!
robblefarian on October 26, 2007 at 11:20 AM
i have a different approach to ending this war … kill all the islamofacists!
mfnorman on October 26, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Instant dhimmis- just add water.
Valiant on October 26, 2007 at 11:22 AM
The only funny thing was the poll. That said, it was obviously a joke.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on October 26, 2007 at 11:25 AM
I shouldn’t be, but I am always amazed at the willingness of liberals to surrender your rights, property, and liberty.
landlines on October 26, 2007 at 11:26 AM
Click underneath the poll and register a vote for Ron Paul.
JammieWearingFool on October 26, 2007 at 11:27 AM
It’s actually true. Much like the Germans who became Nazis just to “make it” or to fit in, converting to Islem would in all likelihood stop the War on Terror. Of course for people like me (Zionist, thank you very much), all that mass conversions to Islam would probably not end well for me. There would be a natural ice hockey rink in you-know-where before I converted to Islam.
mjk on October 26, 2007 at 11:28 AM
Great idea! Come to think of it. Let’s all become libtards and “End the Madness” by embraceing insanity. Werld Peese! Yay!
ronsfi on October 26, 2007 at 11:28 AM
I hope Kos does convert. Maybe then he will finally strap on a chasity Suicide belt and raise the IQ of the gene pool by preventing any koslings.
But then its not like he has much to blow off
William Amos on October 26, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Repost from the headline thread:
It may be a joke, but like a lot of humor, it has a base in truth.
Most people think that the Left gives Islamofascism a break while openly deriding other religions because the Left is cowardly. While that may be true of some leftists, the truth is that the basis of the Left’s true philosophy has three goals, and the leftist elites see radical Islam as a tool to accomplish at least one of those three goals.
This “joke” is the Left’s game plan laid out in plain view.
angryoldfatman on October 26, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Look at the tags for the diary. First one: “Troll diary”.
It’s clever though. I lolled.
gabriel sutherland on October 26, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Hey, the writer got at least one real live Muslim to get all huffy in the comments over there about the idea of insincere mass conversions (”reversions”) to Islam.
aero on October 26, 2007 at 11:36 AM
Flipflop wrote “Yeesh, don’t you rightwingbushlovinrightwingnazi’s know satire when you see it?”
Satire is defined as literary device which holds up vices, follies, etc. to ridicule and contempt. The blog entry in question doesn’t hold the conversion to Islam to ridicule nor contempt, it makes a argument for it, albeit weakly. As a satirical device it is singularly lacking in originality. In short…Tain’t funny McGee”.
EvilRoy on October 26, 2007 at 11:38 AM
The Kossack response that really got to me was this one.
This is either more subtle, and nastier, satire, or a sign of a reflexive cravenness so deep in the bone that I hadn’t imagined it could exist, even on Daily Kos.
Splunge on October 26, 2007 at 11:40 AM
Not so much straight out. I guess I see a lot more of the core nuts up here in the first half of my moniker. However, it’s more just listening to average people roll the idea around in their mind. They look for the good points, and only just concede the bad ones.
MadisonConservative on October 26, 2007 at 11:43 AM
You mean wives, don’t you?
flipflop on October 26, 2007 at 11:45 AM
*sigh* I guess you’re not a regular reader here. This was a poke at the left-wing freakazoids who always rush to claim “satire” when they get caught out with their more outlandish commentary.
flipflop on October 26, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Just another argument that supports my belief that the entire left is satire – we are just not getting the joke.
lorien1973 on October 26, 2007 at 11:57 AM
I’ve seen freaks like an effeminate gay man who wants the word “jihad” tattooed over his heart, because he so loves the sound of the word. However, I don’t think any secular or liberal Christian moonbat thinks converting to Islam is the answer. You’d have to muslim to believe converting to Islam is the answer.
thuja on October 26, 2007 at 11:59 AM
opps, my bad. I did note at another site someone actually making a similar point which led me to mistakenly think you were being serious. Accept my apology.
EvilRoy on October 26, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Well, I can show you one. Fortunately the backlash was huge; nonetheless, the editor found something in it that made it worthy of printing.
Like I said earlier, if the same poll had run after this article, it would have been devastating satire. This? Not so much.
saint kansas on October 26, 2007 at 12:02 PM
The difference between the left and right in our country is clearly shown in the Kos moron’s comment above. Not that everybody on the left thinks this way, but there are many that would consider it (and that’s scary). If you just give them what they want, they’ll leave us alone – or, in other words, don’t fight for what you believe in (give up and surrender). I don’t think I’ve come across a thread on HA where a commenter said that something like this has “crossed” their mind (maybe I’m wrong, but I doubt it).
Rick on October 26, 2007 at 12:02 PM
I couldn’t convert… I could not, would not, and will NOT pass the physical.
That, and I love pork bbq, whiskey, beer, wine, looking at pretty (uncovered) ladies, like C&W music, dancing, shellfish, but not necessarily in that order.
And I suspect Ol’ Mo was really a pedophile.
Texas Nick 77 on October 26, 2007 at 12:06 PM
Ouch. Bombing below the belt, there.
Texas Nick 77 on October 26, 2007 at 12:07 PM
I found it pretty funny, actually. Please tell me some of you aren’t taking this seriously.
What?
SouthernDem on October 26, 2007 at 12:07 PM
Actually, I think this guy’s on to something. I’ll have to steal this idea for my column next week…
Enrique on October 26, 2007 at 12:10 PM
Another way to end it is for all of us became democrats!
And this is no joke.
OBX Pete on October 26, 2007 at 12:16 PM
Who were the 154 people who actually voted in the poll?
amerpundit on October 26, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Standard Operating Procedue for left wing rants
Say all the moronic, inflamatory, ridiculous crap you actually want to get out there for people’s response.
If it generates sympathy or a mass agreement, you meant to say it.
If it makes people scream at you for being a retard for saying something so dumb, it was satire buddy.
Kendrick on October 26, 2007 at 12:21 PM
Sarc on/
Hey, maybe it would be a great idea if the USA would convert:
No fags.
No alcoholics.
No druggies.
Four wives (I can barely afford one!).
No voting for corrupt politicians (they are appointed by the clerics, remember?).
No lawyers (sharia is interpreted by the clerics, remember?).
sarc off/
And:
Toilets that are never cleaned.
Whacking your head on the pavement five times a day.
Seven days a week.
Fifty two weeks a year.
Saying, “Insh’allah” every six words in a sentence.
Having zero innovation.
Having zero logic.
Having no freaking sense of humour.
No thanks, I’ll pass on that option.
Texas Nick 77 on October 26, 2007 at 12:24 PM
Uh-huh. Welcome to the Islamic States of America.
Hey Pete, what vintage of moonshine you drinkin’ today?
(Just kidding, mate. I’ve seen your posts elsewhere.)
Texas Nick 77 on October 26, 2007 at 12:28 PM
Don’t you think if they knew it was satire up front, there’d be a big, fat 0% in the Yes column? (e.g., that nobody would vote, even out of curiosity, for they’d know they were being suckered?)
Just ‘curious’…
Miss_Anthrope on October 26, 2007 at 12:32 PM
Remember if we all convert to Islam then that is just the start to our troubles. We have a 50/50 chance of getting it right. Sunni? Shiite? Which way to go? After we are all muslims then the real war starts.
unclemeat on October 26, 2007 at 12:39 PM
It may be a joke post, but that doesn’t keep the comments from being hi-larious. My favorite is the idiot liberal trying to convince a Muslim that elements of Islam are “negotiable” as evidenced by multiple sects within Islam. The Muslim commenter responds:
Pure gold. Naturally, if Robert Spencer said the same thing, he’d be called an islamophobe – again.
forest on October 26, 2007 at 12:42 PM
I’m glad I can grow a beard, if need be : )
Rick on October 26, 2007 at 12:43 PM
And don’t forget, no music or dancing–they’re bad! Frankly I’d rather have my head cut off than never again be able to dance or listen to music. A little Hilaire Belloc for the Catholics out there:
Wheree’er the Catholic sun doth shine
There’s music and laughter and good red wine
At least I’ve always found it so:
Benedicamus Domino!
Has anyone else here given a lot of thought to what they would say if anyone ever actually got the chance to say to them, “Convert or die?” Am otherwise an optimist but I think it will possibly happen in our lifetimes, sad to say, and I think about it whenever I hear about jihad. I want to – and I pray that I will – have the courage and strength to stare them down with Condi-Rice-like class and disdain and say, “Then feel free to send me right to Jesus, f*****.”
inviolet on October 26, 2007 at 12:58 PM
Yeah, because being Muslim has served the Sunni and Shi’a in Iraq so well in their relations with AQ.
sulla on October 26, 2007 at 1:12 PM
I can’t see John Edwards being cleric. He’ll be out of a job and Elizabeth will be in a burqa.
Hey, at least there will no more frivolous lawsuits such as the $54 Million-Pant-Losing-Judge.
kiakjones on October 26, 2007 at 1:18 PM
For an exploration of how this idea COULD come to pass, I recommend PRAYERS FOR THE ASSASSIN by Robert Ferrigno.
Naturally it takes a few nukes, a ditzy country-western diva (*cough* Dixie Chicks), and a Big Lie to get the ball rolling, and it doesn’t turn out exactly as expected. But the majority, in Ferrigno’s novel, do become apathetic Jack Muslims.
Fun read.
sulla on October 26, 2007 at 1:21 PM
Sharia Tort Reform.
Rick on October 26, 2007 at 1:22 PM
I don’t drink (anymore) Tex.
Just an occasional joint! (Now, I’m just kidding)
What you read from me is with a clear (but warped) mind.
OBX Pete on October 26, 2007 at 1:25 PM
Not so, buckaroo. If you could read the community listserv of my lefty lib neighborhood you’d see this kind of thinking on display daily, and about every possible subject, from the current drought we’re in (it’s global warming and we all need to effect change), to the superiority of front-loading clothes washers (they work better with environmentally friendly detergents).
rivlax on October 26, 2007 at 2:00 PM
When I read HotAir I can spot trolls. The trouble with Kos is everything looks like troll meat. I have come to the conclusions that Kos is run by a troll.
Under the rules a troll cannot run a website, a troll must ruin a website. However trolls have trouble with spelling so they may have confused ‘ruin’ and ‘run’.
What is a troll but a very homely sock puppet? They do not need pseudpnyms since no one believes them anyway – except for other trolls and mental patients
entagor on October 26, 2007 at 2:21 PM
I couldn’t have said it better. Since when is surrender an option?
Mooseman on October 26, 2007 at 2:45 PM
For a Ham sandwich today I will gladly convert to thee
I want prayer exemptions and the right to shave.
I want calls to prayer banned from using loud speakers.
I want all sharp objects, explosives and pointy sticks removed from males.
I want hot girls to wear revealing clothing.
And I reserve the right to make further mandatory demands.
Then you gotta deal Yacka Jah Yacka!
Kini on October 26, 2007 at 3:47 PM
Here’s my answer to “convert or die”:
Allahu Yeshua Messiach!
Of course, after that, they’d probably cut my head off with the back of the knife blade.
Lancer on October 26, 2007 at 9:02 PM
:D
inviolet on October 26, 2007 at 10:06 PM
Yeah, I was infected with a warped (drive) sense of humour from birth. In my case, I believe its genetic.
In a Houston saloon one night, one VERY inebriated woman wanted to get next to me. I made excuses about three times, went to the toilet four, and moved to other parts of the tavern to avoid her. Some friends of hers noticed I didn’t want to be saddled (or saddle) by her that night and told her she was spoiling my evening.
She asked me, “Hey, my friend said that I was spoing your night. AM I spoiling your night?”
I relied, “Not yet.”
Texas Nick 77 on October 27, 2007 at 8:52 AM
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