Tyson Foods Reinstates Labor Day Holiday

Posted on August 11, 2008
Filed Under CAIR, Islamofascism, Michael Savage |

The conservative blogosphere and local media in Tennessee and Arkansas have scored a small but very important victory. As you may recall, Tyson Foods recently agreed to substitute the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr for the traditional America holiday, Labor Day.

Many in the conservative and anti-jihad blogosphere, including The Conservative Beacon, publicized and criticized Tyson’s actions. The good news is all of the negative publicity and threats of boycotts worked.

There was something else, however, that caught my eye about this story. Check these excerpts from the AP story regarding Tyson’s press release:

Union workers and officials at a Tyson Foods plant in Tennessee said Friday that they had agreed to reinstate Labor Day as a paid holiday. The plant also will observe the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr this year.

Muslim civil rights advocates criticized Tyson Foods, and a union official said the company’s response was disingenuous.

“This wasn’t something imposed. It seems that this backtracking would be the result of the backlash from anti-Muslim hate (Web) sites and Islamophobes on the Internet,” said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for Washington D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations.

I guess from Mr. Hooper’s assessment The Conservative Beacon would an “anti-Muslim site” and we would be considered “Islamophobes.” Now watch: if the radical Left gets its way they’ll classify Islamophobia as a clinical psychological disorder which can only be treated by medication or re-education camps cultural sensitivity training. Oh wait, we essentially have the latter already.

Why do the media continue to go to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for Islamic reaction when it’s listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in a terror financing case? Can anyone explain this to me? They act as if CAIR is the only Muslim civil rights organization out there.

This is precisely why it’s so important that conservative radio host Michael Savage win his lawsuit against CAIR. CAIR is trying to bully any and all opposition into silence.

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