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Nov 23, 2011 14:53

Halal Turkey, The Other Brown Meat.

This Thanksgiving, Beware The Sharia Turkey

You may think that when you buy a Butterball turkey this Thanksgiving you’re as American as apple pie. But, you’d be wrong. In fact, you’re the victim of a “stealth halal” conspiracy.

In a column on The American Thinker, anti-Islam blogger Pamela Geller explains that halal ( Read more... )

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jettakd November 24 2011, 01:13:40 UTC
...wtf? I'm pretty sure (correct me if I'm wrong) the practice of halal was just slaughtering the animals, much like one might slaughter kosher meat. No religious associations. And even if so, eating the turkey is not going to make you Muslim anymore than a person eating kosher hot dogs is gonna be Jewish.

And I'm under the impression that halal slaughter is so much less cruel than normal turkey farming practices that I'll probably start buying Butterball products after knowing this.

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iamrosalita November 24 2011, 01:40:59 UTC
Apparently, a Muslim prayer is said in the facility, which is probably the real bone of contention. OTOH, watching the right wing fools freaking out on Facebook is comedy gold.

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jettakd November 24 2011, 01:42:07 UTC
So everyone has a right to prayer as long as it's Judeo-Christian prayer huh? :/

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yelena_r0ssini November 24 2011, 04:34:39 UTC
I spent more hours than I care to admit last night arguing with them, it was hilarious.

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moetushie November 24 2011, 01:15:51 UTC
Sweet! I have a Butterball this year.

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grimmerlove November 24 2011, 02:06:05 UTC
How curious, that!

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much more humane evildevil November 24 2011, 04:14:09 UTC
but cruelty adds so much flavor.

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belleweather November 24 2011, 01:27:51 UTC
Do we have a "dumbest thing I've ever heard" tag? Because seriously.

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seishin November 24 2011, 04:32:01 UTC
I second the nomination of this tag.

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lilenth November 24 2011, 09:21:01 UTC

Yeah, cos we need a disabilist tag.

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sobota November 24 2011, 10:18:44 UTC
What does one say instead of dumb? Stupid? I'm actually asking, I'm not trying to be smart. I mean, I know the historical meaning of dumb, but surely it's not still used in that context anymore...or maybe I'm unaware.

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kitanabychoice November 24 2011, 01:38:15 UTC
You know, I fail to see why this is an issue.

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