Obama acolytes

You’ve got to give it to the American people.  They are generally warm hearted, fair minded people who don’t like to see others being picked on…..generally.  There are some notable exceptions in the history of the US that won’t get mentioned here, but what did catch my eye was this article where people are saying they won’t allow others to malign Obama’s Muslim heritage, by taking on one of his name for themselves.  This is in response to the far rights assault on Obama  amid the atmosphere of a really paranoid America  fed a continuous diet of fear and loathing of any and all things Islamic.  Nevermind  the fact  that Muslims have been an integral part of  American society almost since the beginning of this country and like everyone else have become contributing, productive members of this society, neocons continue to make it seem as if being Muslim is something one should fear and of which one should be ashamed.  Uh-oh say some who support Obama and I say kudos to you.  I only wish your candidate had the same courage as you and would assert openly ‘it is inaccurate to say I am a Muslim, but it is not a smear to say so.’