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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[Wenatachee777]

“Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one-half the world fools and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.” – Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1781 -1782

[RacialRealities]

Asia for the Asians Africa for the Africans, White countries for everyone. Nobody is flooding non-Asian immigrants into Asia or non-African immigrants into Africa. This is only happening in White Western countries. White Genocide.

[Julian Garrett]

Not all cultures are equal. Right on. Then stop trying impose your fucking values on everyone.

[DozerfleetProd]

Christians are those millions he was talking about, treated that way for professing their faith in a world that would not have it. He was condemning European Statism, which persecuted denominations that disagreed with the king's.

[DozerfleetProd]

She hit the nail on the head when she mentioned tribalism. That's the philosophy that has led to so much violence all throughout European history. "My ancestors are better than yours!" That childish boast has been the cause of more wars than any war of religion. In fact, mention of religion in such wars is usually a political tribalist perverting doctrine to suit his own political agenda.

[DozerfleetProd]

She was born on this soil, the child of those who themselves were born on this soil going back many generations. A "blood and soil" philosophy saying this land still belongs to "Indians" is as "retarded" and racist as you accuse her of being.

[Stephen King King]

Wow.. I guess she forgott that the land she lives in is the land of "Indians" and SHE is a visitor!!!!

Talk about retarded!!!!

[gog mclaine]

I agree with her. The bible belt-redneck-culture is different to the culture in san fracisco or new york

[gog mclaine]

well, do you want all the whites, that flooded non-white countries to get back ?

America, canada, australia, new zealand, south africa ?

[El Duderino]

We all are entitled to the same rights and to equal treatment under the law but we are far from being equal. You do know that in the jungles of New Guinea, cannibals fucking exist, right? In Islamic countries, muslims that convert to christianity are beheaded, women aren't allowed to drive and burning the koran calls for capital punishment. The western world of far more developed and civilized. Don't be fucking stupid.

[Mark Pilkanis]

Bachmann is living proof that an IQ test is not required to be a Member in the US House of Representatives. "Not all cultures/values are equal"?? WTF does that mean? And who decides which are better? Bachmann? She is one gigantic turd in the punchbowl, and you can take that straight to your bank!

[TheZion1948]

yeah all cultures are equal !

considering women ad objects/stoning women/hanging gay people

those are al = to western culture