Sober Poet Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 I promised a friend I would post this. Some folks just can’t get their hate straight. OK, after 9/11 attacks on Sikhs escalated. Face it, they are easy targets for bigots due to their turbans. Here’s a typical pic. After Trump’s election there was another rise in anti-Sikh violence. There are plenty of articles out there. Feel free to find one. Try the recent (spring) violence in Seattle and Kansas. Trump gets a lot of credit for it, yet these types of incidents go all the way back to 1907 at least (riots in Bellingham, WA). Again, the Sikhs unmistakably just LOOK different, which seems to bring it out in people. Well, here is the problem with that theory…they are not from the Middle East, are not Muslim, and they hate the freaking Taliban! I was having a drink with my Sikh buddy at a Santa Fe watering hole and he was kinda quiet in the corner in his chair listening to us Yankees talk politics. Suddenly, he leans forward and shouts: “You are all a bunch of Johnny-Come-Latelys! We have been fighting the Taliban for a thousand years!” I let that sink in. Fact is, it’s true. The Sikhs have a fascinating religion (some would call them an ethnicity). It is the 5th largest religion in the world. For the most part they are not permitted to proselytize, or preach their religious views; they have to show the value of their religion by leading by example. For example, they do not have priests. Also, any one of us could go to a Sikh temple and get free vegetarian food every day (you just have to cover your head and remove your shoes). They actually have laws against fornicating with Muslims! Johnny-Come-Latelys indeed! Beyond that, their prowess in warfare is legendary. My buddy is one big fella and he loves to make jokes about how his forbears protected the “puny” (his word) southerners in India from the horrors of the world. Good, tough, honorable people with dynamic personalities who lead by example. Sound a lot like Americans to me. Check it out: in the 15th century only high class people wore turbans. The Sikhs thought that all people were equal, and so that meant that all people should wear turbans as well, so they just started doing it. It’s a demonstration of equality, not to single them out in any way. Again, sounds kind of American. Basically, their tenets are service, compassion and honesty, so let’s cut ‘em some slack here people. Get your hate straight! Now, another fact is that there are quite a few turbans in the world. You can always tell the Sikhs, their turbans seem to have a flair or style. Can you guess the Sikh below? Give up? First Pic: Iraqi Heart Throb in his Turban Second Pic: Taliban Leader in Afghani Turban Third Pic: Yep, that is the Sikh. I used this photo because this man was viciously assaulted in Canada last year by four men due to his turban and brown skin. So, let's give 'em a break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Exactly. I know a guy that worked over there with the Sikhs for a long time and says they are the most honorable and trustworthy people he is ever met in his life. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 I work with two Sikhs that are solid dudes. During potlucks, they bring some great food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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medicineman Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 None of it means shit because when somebody who could pass for Bin ladens twin towel head shows up at the local Wal Mart he is going to get some nasty looks and maybe worse. I am not saying it is ok just saying it is not going to stop. I remember seeing a lot of them having a parade after 9/11 I remember that more than the towers falling, so I don't care who says what about who. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Informative thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 not a matter of hate, but of legit concern. A friend was at a walmart last year, and two Muslim men were following her everywhere she went in the store. even around in a circle. twice. She got scared to leave, and called me - and when she looked back... they were gone. She had a few clerks walk her to her car and has never gone back. A mosque is nearby.... it is wrong that a Sikh would be misidentified, but not intentionally. A friend from India had that happen after 9/11 - someone in an elevator said something about "you people" and he just lit into the guy verbally, letting him know he was wrong to make that assumption when he loves this country, and happens to be from India. Said the flustered idiot apologized, and that was that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StinkHole Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 None of it means shit because when somebody who could pass for Bin ladens twin towel head shows up at the local Wal Mart he is going to get some nasty looks and maybe worse. I am not saying it is ok just saying it is not going to stop. I remember seeing a lot of them having a parade after 9/11 I remember that more than the towers falling, so I don't care who says what about who. Stuart You're a moron, right there with the people who give them nasty looks. Sikhism, similar to Hindu has nothing in common with Islam. And you didn't see them having a parade celebrating the towers falling either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicineman Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 A Moron? Hey nut sack, I have every right in the world to hate anybody I want, as does everybody else, Don't have a right to hurt them but I can not like whoever (like you) All you are doing is trying to show off by saying something like that. Stop trying to make yourself sound superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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