The
terrorist attack that collapsed the
World Trade Center happened
just days ago. The ongoing feelings of
horror in the wake of the attack were tempered a bit by feelings of
brotherhood as
Americans came together to offer
support and
aid and as people around the
world expressed their own
shock and
sadness that so many people could be killed. That made me feel pretty
good about the state of the world -- I'm not a person known for
patriotism, but I was
proud of how we were behaving.
But now the
jackals are stirring about...
It started with a message on a
discussion board elsewhere, where someone accused another poster: "You and your liberal pals made our country
weak. Those deaths are on your head." Later, another poster said, "You Americans got what you deserved for the way you've treated the
Middle East for the past 20 years."
Jackals, you see. Circling.
On the
news this morning, 300 people who call themselves Americans marching on a
mosque in
Illinois, waving flags and shouting "USA! USA!" In
San Francisco, someone threw a bag of
blood at an
immigration office that serves people of Middle Eastern descent. A man in
Suffolk County tried to
run over a
Pakistani woman with his car, screaming that he was doing it for his country.
Arab cabbies have been dragged out of their vehicles and beaten.
Jackals. Lean and hungry.
Creeping around us. Wanting their own taste of
blood.
A
syndicated columnist named
Ann Coulter said in a recent column:
"We know who the homicidal maniacs are. They are the ones cheering and dancing right now. We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity." And our "friend"
Jerry Falwell said on the "700 Club":
"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'"Jackals.
Lurking among us.
Disguised as fellow
Americans or fellow
Christians.
Jackals.
Racist motherfuckers.
I'm not a
patriot -- but I know I hate people who
kick others when they're down. I'm not a
Christian -- but I know what
Christ stood for. And I'm tired of watching jackals slink among us,
smug and
hateful,
confident that we will let them be.
Put the word out.
I will not let them be. I will call them what they are. I will shout them down when I can. I will
insult their parentage in public. I will hold them up for
ridicule when possible. If necessary to prevent
injury to
innocent people, I
will resort to
violence. Yes, I see the
irony. No, I don't care.
If you know a jackal, warn him that I'm out here, waiting.
If you
are a jackal, watch your back.