Jerry DeLemus sounds the alarm: Beware of armed, lawn mowing, Islamic terrorists
Jerry DeLemus, the founder of Rochester’s Glenn Beck-inspired 9/12 Project, posted an image on Facebook yesterday picturing a man wearing traditional Arab garb mowing his lawn with an AK-47 slung over his shoulder.
“Scary,” wrote DeLemus, who recently returned from a stint commanding the Bundy ranch militia to run for Strafford County sheriff. “I don’t have the details on this picture but if and when I do I’ll post,” he explained. “It was a gals neighbor here in the US.”
Actually, it’s a well-traveled Internet meme, frequently posted with the caption, “My neighbor is acting a little strange. Should I be concerned?” In fact, the version DeLemus posted even included the watermark from 9gag.com, a humor site based in the Silicon Valley.
A few commenters pointed this out and called out DeLemus and others for their Islamophobia. “It is a meme. Haha intolerant losers,” wrote one. “Would it be scary if he had a baseball cap and cutoff jeans on with a old holey sweat stained t shirt?” asked another.
Others defended the mower’s Second Amendment rights (even while disparaging his religion). “If this goat fucker is a citizen, he has the right to own, use, and posses that weapon,” one wrote, “and from what I can see, he is carrying in a safe manner.”
DeLemus was unapologetic. “Truth is Muslims have been the current A list of savagery around the world. Christians are being massacred around the world by Muslims and the majority of the rest never voice outrage,” he wrote. “The twin towers, the headless victims, our Ambassador and the other 3 heroes butchered make it difficult for us not to form a view of what appears to be a Muslim with an ak47 strapped to his back.”
“Islam is a Satan-inspired and FALSE religion. That is my 2 cents,” added Josh Youssef, the 2012 Republican state Senate nominee in District 7. “‘Tolerance’ is what got America into this most precarious situation. It’s time for a little bit of intolerance, and a whole lot of political incorrectness.”