Pamela Geller, 'Queen Of Muslim Bashers,' At Center Of N.Y. 'Mosque' Debate - HuffPo

[WillyT]

Pamela Geller, 'Queen Of Muslim Bashers,' At Center Of N.Y. 'Mosque' Debate
First Posted: 08-20-10 06:26 PM | Updated: 08-20-10 07:32 PM
By DANIEL BURKE
Religion News Service

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(RNS) By some accounts, the heated opposition to the so-called Ground Zero mosque has been drummed up by a telegenic blogger with a strong New York accent and even stronger opinions.

Pamela Geller, a Long Island native who writes the blog "AtlasvShrugs," said she was the "quintessential New York City career girl" before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.



Since then, she has co-founded groups dedicated to fighting the "Islamization" of America, sponsored anti-Muslim ads in several cities, and, more recently, become a near daily presence on television news programs.

Some even suggest that Geller deserves credit -- or blame -- for turning a local zoning decision about whether to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque blocks from Ground Zero into a national political spectacle.

"She's been instrumental," said Eric Boehlert, a senior fellow at Media Matters for America, a liberal watchdog group. "She has whipped up hatred in the right-wing blogosphere and now that's spilled out into the wider community."

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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/20/pamela-gellerqueen-of-mus_n_689709.html

:banghead:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. She looks like a ghoul

[mmonk]

2. You mean she isn't?

[Douglas Carpenter]

3. and someone like this is granting daily access to the national mainstream media

" Postings on "Atlas Shrugs" have included a video suggesting Muslims have sex with goats, a doctored picture showing President Obama urinating on an American flag, and a fake image of new Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in Nazi garb.

Geller has also accused Obama of anti-Semitism, said that he does the bidding of "Islamic overlords," and posted an essay suggesting that the president is the love child of Malcolm X".....

"I would say that she is the queen of the Muslim bashers," said Hooper. "I see her rise and the rise of these anti-Islam hate groups going hand in hand."

Diane Winston, an expert on religion and the media at the University of Southern California, said a perfect storm of circumstances has fueled opposition to Park51 -- but the media have settled for the simplistic narrative that one woman is behind it all.""

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/20/pamela-gellerqueen-of-mus_n_689709.html

[Skidmore]

4. Randian, supporter of Milosovic, and I would hazard to guess

a cyberwarrior. This woman has a vested interest in whipping up hatred and fomenting discord. Big question is where does she get her funding?

[dkf]

5. I've noticed a trend here where we invalidate using guilt by association.

This is a tactic of the right too ala Reverend Wright and that underground fella who used to bomb buildings.

[Bitwit1234]

6. Her problem is Sarah Palin, Bachmann and Angle are

getting more press than she is so she has to spew louder and longer. And by the way since people in her district are becoming disenchanted with Bachmann, notice she has toned down her rants. She might win, but it ain't gonna be a landslide and I there is still a chance for Clark to wipe her out. I sure hope so.

[Karenina]

7. For a picture of Pammie and her bestest friends

See post #3 on this thread. Be sure to read the OP for a preview of who's coming to dinner...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4511859#4511885

[CurtEastPoint]

8. I so just wanna smack her, OK? Sorry but I do.