A Disturbing Fact*

Before getting back to all things presidential, here is a disturbing fact about genuine victims of hate crime related to an earlier post on bigotry--and yes, it does say 69.2% under the "Religious Bias" section.

Strangely enough, other minority groups have similar statistics for violence perpetrated against them, though the victimized group of interest here gets little sympathy or acknowledgment in the mainstream media. Go figure.

*Photo courtesy of AP Images.

Significantly, the photo above depicts pro-Palestinian supporters outside the McNamara Federal Building in Detroit earlier this month. One can only hope that the dismal statistic presented from 2007 drops dramatically, that this kind of pattern of bigotry doesn't continue, and that there is some shot at normalcy here and abroad.

But this sort of activity is quickly becoming business as usual as Israel stands up for its right to exist. Again, this is in America, not Europe or even the Middle East. Sad times for sure.