Anti-Jihadi Rap

Hot Air has a rap video that is making me alternately hopeful and nervous. The lyrics are here for those of us that don't speak rap. First verse:

I speak peace when peace is spoken, But I speak war when your hate is provoking, The season is open 24-7-365, Man up yo time to ride, No need to hide behind slogans of deceit, Claiming that you're a religion of peace, We just don't believe you, We can clearly see through, The madness that you're feeding your people, Jihad the cry of your unholy war, Using the willing, the weak and poor, From birth drowning in propaganda, rhetoric and slander, All we can say is damn ya

That's the part that makes me hopeful. If Joe Rap Artist on the street can see the problem, maybe all hope is not lost for Joe Politician in Congress. Now the part that makes me nervous:

I'm wild with mine, Bring that style with mine, F**k with my family I'll end your line, Just the way it is, Just the way it be, Do you understand? No matter if you're woman or man, or child, My profile is crazy, That s**t you do doesn't amaze me, I'm ready to blaze thee

I certainly understand the sentiment. But I hope Joe Politician gets clue before the situation spins out of control. I don't think we terribly close to pogroms or even vigilante justice. We're relatively safe from that here in America because we perceive that our government is strong enough to take care of us. But what if that perception is shattered? Consider the performance of all levels of government during Katrina and then consider how long it would take faith in government to falter after a major and/or sustained terrorist assault on our country. No one knows what the tipping point is, but I'm sure there is one.