The ‘debate’ between Michelle Malkin (of HotAir fame and who is hosting this particular episode of the O’Reilly Factor) and Hussein Ibish centers on the installation of a faucet (yes, a faucet, the kind that dispenses water) at the Kansas City Airport that may cater to Muslim cab drivers who have to purify themselves and wash their feet before prayer (read the World Net Daily for further info). The discussion quickly descends and promptly ends with a wonderful level of idiocy displayed by Malkin, who describes the installation of WATER BASINS AT AN AIRPORT as possibly leading to the Holocaust not being taught at public schools:
MALKIN: They’re saying, one minute you’re doing this kind of accommodation, and next minute you’re obliterating the separation between church and state. And I find it quite interesting about the double standard, because any time that you have Christmas, you can’t say that. Everyone is always screaming about separation of church and state, but here you have a city authority. It doesn’t matter that it wasn’t tax money, in fact, it was a jurisdiction of the city who paid for it.
IBISH: I think it does matter. I think it matters a great deal who paid for it, first of all. And, secondly, if you can’t tell the difference between bona fide religious accommodation and something that goes further, like this mistake in Minneapolis by a few of the cab drivers, I can’t help you. It’s obvious to most people. It’s obvious to most…
MALKIN: You know what, this is a global phenomenon. You know, one minute… and the next minute, it’s public schools stopping Holocaust lessons because they offend Muslims. What is next? That was the point of IBD.
IBISH: But this is exactly what I mean by hysteria.
MALKIN: No, this is reality.
IBISH: Someone put in a faucet, and you’re talking about Holocaust denial. It’s just madness. There’s nothing wrong with putting in a faucet and having water run. If it bothers you, you’ve got some kind of mental distortion. And the fact that we have…
MALKIN: Madness is shrugging your shoulders and continuing to be blind in the wake of 9/11.
IBISH: The fact that we have a political culture that allows people to say, “Oh, someone put in a faucet. Oh, my God, the sky is falling down,” it’s pathetic, really.
MALKIN: Mr. Ibish, thank you.
IBISH: And I really think we need to cure ourselves of this rubbish.
MALKIN: We are out of time. Talk about insane rubbish.
IBISH: Well, that’s you.
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