I don't know who Jerry Klein is, but he's officially on my short list of heroes.
Apparently he's a DC-area radio host who kicked off an hour-long segment of his show by announcing that all Muslims in the United States should carry special ID cards and be marked with either a visible crescent tattoo or a red armband.
Sounds a little….out there, doesn't it? Not according to the listeners! Among a smattering of callers who told Klein he's out of his mind, supportive callers made comments such as:
"Not only do you tattoo them in the middle of their forehead but you ship them out of this country … they are here to kill us."
"What good is identifying them? You have to set up encampments like during World War Two with the Japanese and Germans.
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It wasn't until the end of the show, after an hour of hearing DC's finest share their helpful hints on how best to mitigate the "threat in our midst" that Klein revealed that he had pulled a fast one on his right-wing listeners. He explained that his "proposal" was in fact a hoax, and then offered his response:
"I can't believe any of you are sick enough to have agreed for one second with anything I said."
"For me to suggest to tattoo marks on people's bodies, have them wear armbands, put a crescent moon on their driver's license on their passport or birth certificate is disgusting. It's beyond disgusting."
"Because basically what you just did was show me how the German people allowed what happened to the Jews to happen … We need to separate them, we need to tattoo their arms, we need to make them wear the yellow Star of David, we need to put them in concentration camps, we basically just need to kill them all because they are dangerous.
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Jerry Klein, you f'n rule.
-h says:
Now that's good!
But I gotta tell you, it's an intriguing thought… I've always wanted to get a tat, and seems like I'm always trying to set up camping trips… and I do like the armband look (wristbands are overrated)… so maybe when the day actually does come, I'll be first in line for the train. God knows they wouldn't transport us on planes…
Ed says:
Don't tattoos preclude Muslims and Jews from getting proper Muslim/Hebrew burials?
If I'm understanding that accurately, I seem to think that some Muslims will find the idea of being tattooed objectionable.