Anti-Muslim Author Packed Laguna Woods Performing Arts Center
Brigitte Gabriel, founder of the Act! for America anti-Muslim hate group, embarked on a months-long speaking tour in March that, of course, had a stop in Orange County along the way. On the road promoting her newest screed Rise: In Defense of Judeo-Christian Values and Freedom, Gabriel spoke to the coffin-dodging crowd assembled at the Laguna Woods Performing Arts Center on July 18. And by the way the featured speaker told it, she just couldn’t wait to come to OC.
“I was looking forward this whole week to get here,” Gabriel told the audience.
Carol Blanchard, the Laguna Woods Republican Club president, had the honors of kicking off the night organized with the help of Act! for America chapters in Laguna Woods and Mission Viejo.
The otherwise free event was closed to media. Attendants had to reserve seats in advance and show valid identification before entering the 814-seat theater. Obviously spooked by consuming too much right-wing media, event organizers listed do’s and don’ts, including no face covering (was that for antifa or out of Islamophobia?).
Everything seemed to run smoothly enough allowing Gabriel to power through a 40-minute speech thrilling the white-haired crowd on a Thursday night. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the hate group leader’s latest tome is a cautionary tale against changing demographics in these United States. “All cultures are not equal,” she writes. “In the West we celebrate life. In the Islamic world they celebrate death.”
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