Bash Muslims (Anonymously) on My Radio Show, Host Begs

On the national stage, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is standing by his comment that a Muslim should not be president. And deep in the bottom-feeding waters of Colorado Springs talk radio, it gets worse.

Apparently inspired by Carson, KVOR radio host Richard Randall launched into a tirade against Muslims Tuesday.

"We're going to be talking about Muslims," he said on air (below).

Muslims who cut people's heads off and video it. Muslims who drown people in shark cages in swimming pools. Muslims who burn people alive. Muslims who take gays and lesbians and throw them off the top of buildings. And if they don't die t the bottom, they have a bunch of little kids who throw rocks at them and kill them... I got no problem with anybody's religion...[But] does your religion harm other people?

Randall begged listeners to send him questions to read on air and join him in his bigotry:

Randall: It's a sensitive topic. You can always do it anonymously. You're afraid that some Muslim is gong to find you or your kids and do something evil to you. That's not abstract. Feel free to call in anonymously. Or you can text it in.

If you're trying to explain the awfulness of Carson, listen to Randall. The two are directly connected, because it's votes from conservatives like Randall that Carson is hoping to get when he bashes Muslims.

And we should all take a moment to call it out, as The Denver Post did yesterday. Just as we would if Randall and Carson had used "Christian" or "Jew" instead of "Muslim." Just because Muslims are under constant attack doesn't mean we should accept the bigotry directed at them. Exactly the opposite.

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