If I said I didn’t see it coming I’d be lying. Maybe I was just hopeful there was some sense of decency in people, or I was naïve enough to believe that I’d have some control over my own words.
I got the call to appear on the Anderson Cooper show on a Tuesday morning, and within a few hours I was on a plane to New York. I was told the show topic would be about the outrage to the TLC “All American Muslim” show.
(not “confronting our fears”—REALLY?! ) They wanted me to discuss the Facebook Boycott TLC movement. I’m not a fool. I expected a spin—Anderson Cooper is not exactly known for his conservative journalism. I didn’t care. This was big and a chance on regular network TV to talk about the invasion of the Muslims. I was pretty sure I could hold my own; however I was also told I would not be the only person on the show outraged at TLC.
Going to New York was incredible. My first time there, I was very excited. Appearing as a guest on the show I got star treatment- hair, make-up, dressing room, driver, hotel, the whole nine. (After the show I went to Ground Zero and in the proposed Ground Zero mosque, which was very, very important to me--something I had been hoping to do forever)
As a last minute decision, I was moved to a seat in the featured part of the audience and told it would be a better position for me. I was a little nervous, of course, but maintained my cool as the show started… and they brought out the actors playing Muslims on TLC. Tattoos, leather pants, face piercings… not exactly what Mohammad had in mind.
Anderson’s loyalty to the cast of A-AM was clear. I hardly got 4 words in without being asked another question to corner me throughout the whole show.
The full version of the show included me talking about how muslims have silenced free speech in Dearborn at the arab festival. Anderson said I was wrong and that it was a private event, he had seen the video himself!! In reality, he was wrong and it was taken out of the show, I’m assuming for that reason.
I talked about how I have debated muslims time and again on these issues and they do want to dominate not assimilate. At one point I pleaded with the entire audience to do their own research on what Muslims are doing in America and to look at what is going on in England and France as a predictor of what was going to happen here—I urged them to go to YouTube and listen to Muslims in their OWN WORDS, as that is what had convinced me of true Islam.
The full version of the show also included my good friend Michael who called in over skype, and started his comments by stating he had read the Qur’an cover to cover (as they were fixated that I honestly answered I hadn’t) the Hadiths, and many muslim textbooks, and come to the same conclusion I had. Conveniently, they started him speaking at just where he stated he ‘liked’ my facebook page, and left out his qualifications. They only let him speak once.
I’ve watched the show back twice now, and I stand firm on my positions. On the stage was not Islam, so it was more than a little tricky to debate. However, at one point I asked a direct question to the girl in the hijab. I stated how the prophet Mohammad was a pedophile and murderer and asked if she followed his commands, to which she answered “yes, 100%” somehow Anderson overlooked this crucial statement (and many others) . They also all stated there was no violence in the Qur’an. Seriously?! A little Taqiyya there for ya….I’d list the 100 violent verses here for reference, but that would make this article extremely long, and every good anti-jihadi knows them anyway.
Did I mention the big shocker? After I got home I reached out to Pamela Geller—and we had a nice long chat. I told her how I was railroaded on the show….and she told me that she had been scheduled for the show, and cancelled last minute. A few hours before my plane landed, actually. WHAT!?Why?! The studio claimed they didn’t have enough time for Pamela. Funny, I remember the studio promising me that I wouldn’t be alone, and scrambling to get my friends to come on with me. But we all know the truth. Pamela Geller would have exposed the show and Islam monumentally better than I could have. She didn’t meet the needs of their agenda.
So many people have asked me why I put myself in this position. Simply put, if we want to win the war with Islam, we have to get everyone on board, not just the conservatives. In other words, we can’t keep talking to each other. TLC’s whitewash of Islam presented to people who are impressionable is potentially disastrous for this country. Imagine all the impressionable teens looking at how “cool” it is to be a muslim. If only they would know how hard it is to get out once you’re sucked in.
I will not be silent or silenced. So, I took one for the team. I’m not sorry I did it. The point was not to make friends and have everyone like me in TV land, but to use the platform I was given to nationally address Anderson’s one million viewers and MAKE.THEM.THINK. And it has. The boycott is working. The facebook ‘likes’ have doubled since last week, Anderson’s website and facebook pages are flooded with comments and open debates on the issues. In fact, this appears to be the most interaction as far back as I can see on an Anderson episode.
We have also been writing letters to the advertisers of the All American Muslm show and pressuring them to withdraw their financial support…and low and behold…Sweet & Low & Home Depot has come back from the dark side.
I am sorry that I didn’t get to say a lot more, and even sorrier that they made the playing field even more unleveled by editing out everything that countered their propaganda. I’m sure they will stand firm they edited my statements due to”time”. The reality of this is, Anderson’s whitewash of “All American Muslim” is just as bad as TLC’s. But, that is liberal tv for ya… Till next time….
-Melanie Oberg
“If the truth is hate speech, them LOCK ME UP, because I am NOT shutting up” –Lt. Col Allen West
Going to New York was incredible. My first time there, I was very excited. Appearing as a guest on the show I got star treatment- hair, make-up, dressing room, driver, hotel, the whole nine. (After the show I went to Ground Zero and in the proposed Ground Zero mosque, which was very, very important to me--something I had been hoping to do forever)
As a last minute decision, I was moved to a seat in the featured part of the audience and told it would be a better position for me. I was a little nervous, of course, but maintained my cool as the show started… and they brought out the actors playing Muslims on TLC. Tattoos, leather pants, face piercings… not exactly what Mohammad had in mind.
Anderson’s loyalty to the cast of A-AM was clear. I hardly got 4 words in without being asked another question to corner me throughout the whole show.
The full version of the show included me talking about how muslims have silenced free speech in Dearborn at the arab festival. Anderson said I was wrong and that it was a private event, he had seen the video himself!! In reality, he was wrong and it was taken out of the show, I’m assuming for that reason.
I talked about how I have debated muslims time and again on these issues and they do want to dominate not assimilate. At one point I pleaded with the entire audience to do their own research on what Muslims are doing in America and to look at what is going on in England and France as a predictor of what was going to happen here—I urged them to go to YouTube and listen to Muslims in their OWN WORDS, as that is what had convinced me of true Islam.
The full version of the show also included my good friend Michael who called in over skype, and started his comments by stating he had read the Qur’an cover to cover (as they were fixated that I honestly answered I hadn’t) the Hadiths, and many muslim textbooks, and come to the same conclusion I had. Conveniently, they started him speaking at just where he stated he ‘liked’ my facebook page, and left out his qualifications. They only let him speak once.
I’ve watched the show back twice now, and I stand firm on my positions. On the stage was not Islam, so it was more than a little tricky to debate. However, at one point I asked a direct question to the girl in the hijab. I stated how the prophet Mohammad was a pedophile and murderer and asked if she followed his commands, to which she answered “yes, 100%” somehow Anderson overlooked this crucial statement (and many others) . They also all stated there was no violence in the Qur’an. Seriously?! A little Taqiyya there for ya….I’d list the 100 violent verses here for reference, but that would make this article extremely long, and every good anti-jihadi knows them anyway.
Did I mention the big shocker? After I got home I reached out to Pamela Geller—and we had a nice long chat. I told her how I was railroaded on the show….and she told me that she had been scheduled for the show, and cancelled last minute. A few hours before my plane landed, actually. WHAT!?Why?! The studio claimed they didn’t have enough time for Pamela. Funny, I remember the studio promising me that I wouldn’t be alone, and scrambling to get my friends to come on with me. But we all know the truth. Pamela Geller would have exposed the show and Islam monumentally better than I could have. She didn’t meet the needs of their agenda.
So many people have asked me why I put myself in this position. Simply put, if we want to win the war with Islam, we have to get everyone on board, not just the conservatives. In other words, we can’t keep talking to each other. TLC’s whitewash of Islam presented to people who are impressionable is potentially disastrous for this country. Imagine all the impressionable teens looking at how “cool” it is to be a muslim. If only they would know how hard it is to get out once you’re sucked in.
I will not be silent or silenced. So, I took one for the team. I’m not sorry I did it. The point was not to make friends and have everyone like me in TV land, but to use the platform I was given to nationally address Anderson’s one million viewers and MAKE.THEM.THINK. And it has. The boycott is working. The facebook ‘likes’ have doubled since last week, Anderson’s website and facebook pages are flooded with comments and open debates on the issues. In fact, this appears to be the most interaction as far back as I can see on an Anderson episode.
We have also been writing letters to the advertisers of the All American Muslm show and pressuring them to withdraw their financial support…and low and behold…Sweet & Low & Home Depot has come back from the dark side.
I am sorry that I didn’t get to say a lot more, and even sorrier that they made the playing field even more unleveled by editing out everything that countered their propaganda. I’m sure they will stand firm they edited my statements due to”time”. The reality of this is, Anderson’s whitewash of “All American Muslim” is just as bad as TLC’s. But, that is liberal tv for ya… Till next time….
-Melanie Oberg
“If the truth is hate speech, them LOCK ME UP, because I am NOT shutting up” –Lt. Col Allen West
