Allen West's Blunt Response to Bill Cosby Over 'We Should All Be More Like [Muslims]' Remark

Comedian Bill Cosby over the weekend penned an op-ed for the New York Post, in which he argues everyone should be more like Muslims.

Former Congressman Allen West (R-Fla.) took exception to this characterization, issuing a blunt rebuttal to Cosby via his official Twitter account.

"Bill Cosby said we should [be] more like Muslims," West wrote. "[You] mean honor killings, beheadings, suicide bombings? Hope [you're] kidding sir."

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Here's what Cosby wrote in the Post that has raised some eyebrows:

I’m a Christian. But Muslims are misunderstood. Intentionally misunderstood. We should all be more like them. They make sense, especially with their children. There is no other group like the Black Muslims, who put so much effort into teaching children the right things, they don’t smoke, they don’t drink or overindulge in alcohol, they protect their women, they command respect. And what do these other people do?

They complain about them, they criticize them. We’d be a better world if we emulated them. We don’t have to become black Muslims, but we can embrace the things that work.

(H/T: Weasel Zippers)

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