I can’t pretend to know anything about the Islamic Circle of North America, the group that was holding a fundraiser at the Yorba Linda Community Center in Orange County, California on February 13th, but I’m relatively sure holding a protest and chanting “Go back home” isn’t helping dispel anti-American sentiment anywhere, especially since the event was to raise money for “disaster relief, womens shelters, [and] halal food banks.” At very least, I know which of the two groups I would prefer as neighbors, and it’s not the ones wearing the American flag themed clothing and yelling “Mohammed was a child molester”.

[The Guardian]

This article appears in Mar 3-9, 2011.

The editor of the Tucson Weekly. I have no idea how I got here.

4 replies on “Orange County Tea Partiers Show the World What Intolerance Looks Like”

  1. OMG!!! I can’t believe I’m the first to comment. Well I just have to say that this video makes me embarrassed to be WHITE and AMERICAN!!! Ignorance is NOT bliss people….

  3. I was born and raised in Orange County, sadly this doesn’t surprise me. These people are a disgrace! I’m going to go vomit now.

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