Bachmann: "Not All Cultures Are Equal"

More at http://www.theuptake.org. Rep. Michele Bachmann caught the national spotlight recently when she told MSNBC's Chris Mathews that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views."

While Bachmann's statement may have come as a surprise to people outside of her home district in central Minnesota, she has a history of making statements that are inflammatory, controversial and requiring further explanation. Up until now, the most famous of those was her assertion that there was a plan already in place to partition Iraq and give half of it to Iran. She later said her comments had been "misconstrued", but did not elaborate.

One comment that she has never explained was made in a debate she had while running for Congress the first time in November of 2005. Prompted by the rioting that was going on in France at the time, Bachmann said "not all cultures are equal, not all values are equal." and implied heavily that people of the Muslim faith had an inferior culture to that of the United States.

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[starbobpizza]

Remember people, never refer to ad hominem fallacies, even if it's directed at people like Bachmann. Look, only a moral isolationist would say that all cultures are equal when they are not. Certain judgments ought to be made in order to compare and contrast what is morally acceptable. We wouldn't say that the cultures in the Middle East are equal once compared to cultures in Europe, would we? If we are allowed to praise cultures, then we must also be able to criticize them, so that we can learn!

[starbobpizza]

@Error934 So a culture that condones the beating of women, child mutilation, etc., is the equivalent to a culture that does not condone these actions? Get real, son. By the way, Ron Paul is not an actual libertarian, he's just a paleo-conservative. You should see what he had to say about regulating birth control and evolution...So please, don't be ignorant enough to vote for Ron Paul just because you think he will legalize weed >>

[maxlamberti]

what the hell woman? nothing she is saying about france is true

[Jono991985]

@rockermanmatt cannibalism, child mutilation and stoning women IS NOT part of the Islamic culture. Islam is a religion. Culture is not the same as religion. In America you have Christianity, and you have polygamists who have multiple under age wives. Is it right someone to come out and label that as part of Christianity? No. By the way, read the Bible, the old testament, you'd be amazed of the fuck up shit about killing, stoning, etc but still that doesn't mean I should attack Americans for it

[91october]

Is she always contradicting herself?

[y512516]

not all.cultures are equal

but no one is ulyimately right

[fireduphoneybadger]

@nunobelo Al Jazeera calls things as they are

[fireduphoneybadger]

not all cultures are equal but this bitch is fuckin CRAZY!

[jdavz322]

lol. To quote Napoleon, (an other totalitarian pig, for those of you who haven't read Orwell, or world history for that matter) "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others".

[nunobelo]

Since when does Al Jazeera promote riots?! Fox News is a terrorist organization compared to Al Jazeera!

[Churruminonian]

feminists and gays are ruining the white race! wake up!

[Fragzone7450]

No, trial, no jury, straight to execution for that bitch...