{"id":50482,"date":"2021-08-23T09:17:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T16:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50482"},"modified":"2021-08-23T09:17:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T16:17:34","slug":"the-taliban-bureau-of-fox-news-condemns-democrats-for-the-mortal-sin-of-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50482","title":{"rendered":"The Taliban Bureau of Fox News Condemns Democrats for the Mortal Sin of Dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty years ago a group of religious extremists committed a terrorist act that brought down the World Center towers in New York City. Ever since then the right-wing Republican Party has regarded all Muslims as responsible. And one of the consequences was an overtly bigoted crusade of fear mongering over a manufactured threat of Sharia law taking over the in United States.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/FoxNews\/foxnews-taliban-reporter.jpg\" alt=\"Fox News, Taliban\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50487\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, that was just a deliberate attempt by the GOP to inflame an irrational hatred of Muslims in order to stir up division for political purposes. However, it&#8217;s an ironic tactic considering the devotion that Republicans have for imposing their radical, evangelical, Christianist beliefs on all Americans by passing laws with a religious focus on matters concerning abortion, school prayer, medical research, the teaching of evolution and climate change, and more.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday Fox News joined the crusade for <em>&#8220;Christria&#8221;<\/em> law  in an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/schumer-pelosi-dancing-napa-fundraiser-bidens-presidency-implodes\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a><\/strong> on their website with the alarming headline <em>&#8220;Schumer, Pelosi panned for dancing with Stephen Colbert, Napa fundraiser with Biden&#8217;s presidency under siege.&#8221;<\/em> Apparently it is now verboten to dance according to right-wing doctrine, just as it is under the most conservative sects of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, the headline needs to be corrected. It falsely accuses of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of participating in the sinful act of gyrating to the devil&#8217;s music. It was only Sen. Chuck Schumer who was <em>&#8220;spotted dancing backstage with late-night comedian Stephen Colbert during the &#8220;We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert&#8221; in Central Park.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More to the point, the article insinuates that there was something sinister about politicians enjoying themselves while backstage at a music festival. In the view of Fox News there can be no such expressions of celebration while there is any strife anywhere else in the world. And in this case the strife is bizarrely described as <em>&#8220;Biden&#8217;s presidency under siege,&#8221;<\/em> which is only true to someone who exclusively watches Fox News. Curiously, Fox News wasn&#8217;t bothered at all about Donald Trump dancing at his cult rally in Alabama the same day.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, the headline asserts that the partying pols were <em>&#8220;panned.&#8221;<\/em> But the only evidence it provided were predictable criticisms from partisan Republicans, including Sen. Ted Cruz who is best known for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=48580\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jetting off to Cancun, Mexico<\/a><\/strong>, during a deadly winter storm in his state of Texas. <em>&#8220;Cancun&#8221;<\/em> Cruz, who abandoned his constituents when they were in dire need, tweeted a video of Schumer at a concert held to show appreciation for the citizens, businesses, and first responders of New York City, who persevered through a difficult year. Cruz affirmed his reputation for being a nasty S.O.B. by adding the comment <em>&#8220;Celebrating the demise of the Republic&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Celebrating the demise of the Republic\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ubdgiQW5pQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/ubdgiQW5pQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1429269992755765256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The article went on to make preposterous comparisons between the New York concert and the recent motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There were reportedly thousands of people at the &#8216;Homecoming Concert,&#8217; but Democrats and the media made no mention about it being a possible superspreader, as they did with an outdoor event attended by thousands of people in South Dakota just days ago.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What Fox News left out was that the attendees of the Manhattan concert had to show proof of COVID vaccination to get in, while the Sturgis event not only didn&#8217;t require vaccinations or masks, they were openly hostile to them, regarding such common sense, life-saving measures as impositions on their freedom.<\/p>\n<p>So while the right-wing American Taliban is adamant that their <em>&#8220;god-given liberties&#8221;<\/em> not be abridged, they continue to clamp down on the liberties of others with oppressive laws and intimidation. And god forbid anyone dares to dance at a music festival celebrating Americans who are emerging from the hardships of pandemic. Because now they must also face the wrath of Fox News.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:blue;\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Twitter suspended the News Corpse account after 11 years without giving a reason. So if anyone wants to tweet articles <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from my website<\/a><\/strong>, please feel free to do so often and repeatedly. Also, Be sure to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newscorpse\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">visit and follow News Corpse on Instagram<\/a>.<\/strong> Thanks for your support.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty years ago a group of religious extremists committed a terrorist act that brought down the World Center towers in New York City. Ever since then the right-wing Republican Party has regarded all Muslims as responsible. And one of the consequences was an overtly bigoted crusade of fear mongering over a manufactured threat of Sharia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,684,1200,8],"tags":[1230,554,33,130,187,824,1069],"class_list":["post-50482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-media-bias","category-politics","category-propaganda","tag-chuck-schumer","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-nancy-pelosi","tag-stephen-colbert","tag-taliban","tag-ted-cruz"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-taliban-reporter.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-d8e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1552,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1552","url_meta":{"origin":50482,"position":0},"title":"Glenn Beck&#8217;s Common Cause With Al Qaeda","author":"Mark NC","date":"2\/6\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This week Fox News discovered a videotape that they have been giving quite a bit of airtime. 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Just a couple of months ago, prior to the November election, Fox was awash in frightening tales of terrorists, communists, and immigrants with Ebola, all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fox News","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-taliban-phone.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-taliban-phone.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-taliban-phone.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1339,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1339","url_meta":{"origin":50482,"position":4},"title":"Congressional Vets Condemn Fox News Analyst Ralph Peters","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/22\/2009","format":false,"excerpt":"A few days ago, Fox News military analyst Ralph Peters appeared on the network to discuss PFC Bowe Bergdahl, an American soldier captured by the Taliban. In the course of the interview Peters, acting as judge and jury, declared that Bergdahl was a liar, a deserter, and that \"the Taliban\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31358,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=31358","url_meta":{"origin":50482,"position":5},"title":"Fox News Freak Out: Sesame Street Introduces Afghan Girl Muppet","author":"Mark NC","date":"4\/9\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This week the venerable PBS children's program, Sesame Street, made a historic addition to its cast of lovable characters. For the first time in its decades long run an Afghan girl will join the Muppets for its broadcast in the Afghanistan version of the show. 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