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Even KKK Denounces Pathetic Koran-Burning Pastor!
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Ben Yakas
Published Apr 22, 2011
Modified Apr 22, 2011
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Published Apr 22, 2011
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Based on the last time we wrote about extremist mustache enthusiast Pastor Terry Jones, you probably already have an idea how we feel about his Koran-burning shenanigans and his arrogant, unnecessarily provocative nature. Many people blamed the media, and us, for giving a radical, unsubstantial rabble-rouser any attention in the first place. So why are we writing about him again? Because even the KKK thinks he's "ignorant," "despicable" and "Un-American." And also because his gun accidentally fired as he was leaving a TV studio last night, and that's kind of funny.
Jones is in Michigan this weekend—he had planned a demonstration against Islamic law in front of the nation's largest mosque, Dearborn's Islamic Center of America, today. But he was tied up while a state court jury deliberated as to whether or not he could, despite being denied a city permit to do so. While killing time, Jones did a TV interview with Fox2; as he was leaving the studio, his gun went off in his car, putting a bullet into the floorboard. As if that weren't enough of a sign from the universe to get out of town, Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly Jr. wrote in an open letter to Jones: "So, you are coming to protest against an imaginary threat that doesn't exist in our community."
And to pour more salt onto the wound, Reddit users discovered a series of press releases from the Ku Klux Klan denouncing Jones:
There are without doubt Islamic sects that teach extreme views of Islam but, going down to their level of hatred by burning their books is a dangerous and ignorant way to confront their teachings. The flames made by such unholy fires never die out! The Ku Klux Klan, LLC. opposes this most un-American thinking and activity.
When you make the KKK sound reasonable, you know you're doing something really wrong.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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