Before you go crazy...that was the headline at Viral Buzz in its presentation of a story from the Conservative Tribune....
http://viral.buzz/...
A comment on the story is what caught my attention- "American Sniper" was the biggest box office story and those "damn" Muslims were objecting to it.
Should Eastwood or Cooper Bow to Muslims Demand? To me this is the height of intolerance and absolutely no "bowing" should be done by either. They should bow to the US and World for their favorite videos - beheadings.
It sounded awful, outrageous, and intentionally incendiary.
So, I did some research.....
AND IT WAS A LIE...A CLEVER LIE.....BUT A LIE
The article cited makes reference to an article in another conservative periodical which in turn makes reference to yet another article in another conservative media outlet.
This made me suspicious. I finally nailed down the origin of the story. Here it is: http://www.theguardian.com/.... And it tells a rather different story.
Citing what an executive for the group told the Guardian was a "drastic increase" in hate speech on social media, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee wrote letters this week to actor Bradley Cooper and director Clint Eastwood to ask them to speak out "in an effort to help reduce the hateful rhetoric".
Abed Ayoub, the national legal and policy director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), told the Guardian that complaints from his organisation have skyrocketed the movie's wide release – and $90m box-office take, an all-time high for the month of January.
"We want Mr Eastwood or Mr Cooper to say, 'Don't use our film to promulgate hatred or bigotry. Don't use our film to push hate and bigotry, and use it as a platform for these racist views,'" Ayoub said.
The articles goes on to cite examples of the kind of speech and writing that has the group worried. SO FAR, neither Eastwood or Cooper have responded.