The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I was beginning to wonder where former Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson had gone. Shortly after she began speaking to Fox News's Ainsley Earhardt and Wendy Osefo on Fox & Friends  this morning, I remembered why she was likely replaced in the first place. Here's part of their back-and-forth: Pierson: "It (slavery) absolutely deserves a place, because bad history is still good history for this country --" Osefo: "Slavery is good history?" Pierson: "--considering where we are today, where we are today. Absolutely." Osefo: "Slavery is good history? Absolutely. Oh, wow." Pierson: "During those times, during those times -- think about this for a second. Where would we be today if not for that Civil War? How would our children even know --" Osefo: "Where would we be without slavery? Are you serious? Do you hear what you're saying?" Pierson: "How would our children even know how special and how wond...

It appears pro-confederate anti-Muslims didn't take long to come up with a lovely post-San Bernardino meme. Earlier today, I stumbled upon this post courtesy of a friend on Facebook: "if the shooting by a window licking retard with a bowl haircut in south carolina is cause for banning the confederate battle flag, removing statues of confederate soldiers and erasing southern history then the shooting by the muslim in san bernardino is cause for banning the hijab, the quran, muslim symbols and all mosques on american soil" This is of course a prime example of the fallacy known as false equivalence. Islam is a religion. The First Amendment of the Constitution provides us the right to believe in and worship as we so choose. The last time I checked, the Confederacy is not a religion, so therefore the meme is comparing apples to oranges. If the author(s) of this meme wanted to be more consistent, they could say this: "The shooting by the Muslim in San Bernardino sh...