Those Spooky “M” Religions

This Tuesday Harry Reid was elected Senate majority leader in spite of his Mormony ways, reports the Washington Post. 

“He also opposes abortion rights, a position derived from his Mormon religion, which has put him at odds with many other Democrats.”

I’m kind of picking on the WP here – I think there’s just a smidgen of a grammar problem in the sentence – perhaps they meant that Reid’s position on abortion puts him at odds with other Dems, but the way the sentence is written, that’s not what it says.  OK, but I am veering into grammar nerd-dom here.  Let’s talk about that other religion that begins with M.  You know the one I mean, the scaaaaaaary one.

You think Mormons with their rules against card-playing and beer-drinking and their secret polygamy camps are spooky?  Well, at least they’re not in cahoots with a sleeper cell of their Mormon brethren overseas.

TV newsman Glenn Beck, who appears to be trying to get a job as a correspondent on the Colbert Report, asked Keith Ellison (the first Muslim elected to Congress) in an interview Tuesday, to prove that he isn’t working with our enemies.  If this were on Comedy Central, it would have been genius.  Unfortunately, it was on CNN.

You know your interviewer is up to no good when he puts this adorable disclaimer out there before asking a question:

“May I — may we have five minutes here where we’re just politically incorrect and I play the cards face up on the table? 

No offense – and I know Muslims, I like Muslims…”

You know when some old white guy says “can i just put my cards on the table… no offense…. i like (insert one: Muslims/Gays/Blacks/Jews/Lesbians/Immigrants/Asians/Mexicans/Arabs), why, I even have a (Muslim/Homosexual/Black/Jewish/Immigrant/Asian/Mexican/Arab) friend!” that you’re in for a treat.

Oft-maligned though it may be, the idea of political correctness came about for a reason.  Because when you insinuate that a Congressman-elect works with terrorists because he’s Muslim and he’s from a district where Somalian immigrants vote, you should have to give a disclaimer for that.  You should have to say something to acknowledge that yes, you are about to launch into some seriously prejudiced douche-baggery.

No offense, Glen.  I know douche-bags.  I like douche-bags.