Kind of counter intuitive though, don't you think.... "Free Speech is destroying Speech?
On Sep 29, 11:50 am, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > The Nazis burned BOOKS AND JEWS.... was that covered by "Free Speech" > for Peretz, too? > > Now THAT IS BELOW THE BELT..... BUT JUST SAYIN'..... > > Actually, there is a big difference between murder and burning a book, > of course... Personally, I can see "Free Speech" allowing burning a > Koran, a Bible, A Torah... the Dead Sea Scrolls... the original Ten > Commandments of Moses...anything like that.... > But depending on the "intent".....at least "some" who do burn > books..... well, they happen to be bigots and racists.... > nominal9 > > On Sep 29, 11:25 am, euwe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > hate is the right's new "truth" > > > On Sep 27, 4:38 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > *« Islamic (Sharia) Law: Stoning Video Surfaces from Pakistan **Graphic > > > Warning** Stoned to > > > death*<http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/09/islamic-shari...> > > > | *Main* <http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/> | *OCTOBER 9 > > > FDI/SIOA and VAST PROTEST! GROUND ZERO MOSQUE THUG DEVELOPER AT > > > HAMAS-LINKED > > > CAIR DINNER > > > »*<http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/09/october-9-pro...> > > > Saturday, September 25, 2010 > > > CRITICISM OF ISLAM IS NEW FRONT IN PC WAR, MEDIA EXPERT SAYS > > > TRUTH IS THE NEW HATE SPEECH, SAYS PAMELA GELLER > > > > This is the sharia. The silence on Islamic jihad in the media, on the > > > college campuses, in the government, etc., is sharia. I will ask this for > > > the zillionth time. Why is CAIR, named an unindicted co-conspirator, a > > > known > > > Hamas-linked, Muslim Brotherhood front, given senior status on media > > > outlets > > > everywhere? Their unindicted co-conspirator status came from their support > > > for the Holy Land Foundation, that was funding Hamas, and CAIR co-founder > > > Nihad Awad was vocal in his support of the genocidal, Islamic jihadist > > > group. This was entered into evidence in the largest terror funding trial > > > in > > > American history, the Holy Land trial. > > > > But they get the mainstream media megaphone to spew their Islamic > > > supremacist hate and defamation. CAIR hates me because I speak the truth > > > about jihad and Islamic supremacism. CAIR hates me because I help Muslims > > > whose lives are in danger. CAIR hates me because I have aided and assisted > > > in an underground railroad for those leaving Islam. I have worked to mark > > > the graves of honor killing victims left to rot in unmarked graves. We > > > have > > > planted a grove of trees in Jerusalem for honor killing victims across the > > > world. What have the Islamic imperialists and supremacists done for the > > > victims of jihad? Name one thing. > > > > CAIR hates me. Islamic supremacists hate me because I am free. They hate > > > freedom. > > > > The media has been irresponsible in their aiding and abetting of the > > > stealth > > > jihad. Where are the voices of Wafa Sultan, Ibn Warraq, Bat Ye'or, Ayaan > > > Hirsi Ali, etc? Why are they not given equal time? > > > > Molly Norris, an unknown Seattle cartoonist, must go into witness > > > protection > > > because she dared to initiate "Everyone Draw Muhammad Day," a response to > > > the Muslim death threats against the producers of Comedy Central (they > > > dared > > > to say Muhammad and put him in a huggy bear costume). So Norris has to > > > change her name, leave her job, her home, her life, *at her own > > > **expense**, > > > * because savages were ........... offended. President Obama, how about > > > you > > > use a smidge of the trillions in stimulus and keep Norris safe at the > > > White > > > House? We should be footing that bill. Norris should get the best > > > protection > > > our free, Western money can buy. > > > > I have one word for CAIR, ISNA, ICNA, MAS and all the other Muslim > > > Brotherhood fronts and their media shills. One word. *America. *That's > > > right. America. America is waking up. Subversives and outlaw organizations > > > like CAIR will face prosecution one day. Mark my words. > > > > As for for the highly defamatory and notoriously leftist smear machine > > > Media > > > Matters calling me a bigot, I wear it as a badge of honor coming from the > > > propaganda machine of the king of the Nazis, George Soros. > > > > *Criticism of Islam Is New Front in PC War, Media > > > Expert*<http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/24/criticizing-islam-harvard-profes...> > > > Says > > > Joshua Rhett Miler, FOX > > > > The mere act of criticizing Islam has become an act of politically > > > incorrect > > > hate speech, a media analyst and free-speech advocate says, citing several > > > incidents in recent weeks where people have been lambasted publicly for > > > their remarks. > > > > *"We're living in a 'here and now' where no one's allowed to say anything > > > bad about Islam, it seems,*" says Dan Gainor, vice president of business > > > and > > > culture at the Media Research Center. > > > > The most recent transgressor, he says, is Marty Peretz, the > > > editor-in-chief > > > of The New Republic and a former Harvard professor, who has come under > > > attack for a Sept. 4 blog post in which he wrote: "Muslim life is cheap, > > > most notably to Muslims," and questioned whether Muslims deserved > > > protection > > > from the First Amendment. > > > > Peretz apologized for the posting nine days later, saying he deeply > > > regretted the statements and that he was genuinely embarrassed. But that > > > did > > > not stop Harvard students, faculty and alumni from writing an open letter > > > to > > > Harvard President Drew Faust in which they protested Peretz's appearance, > > > scheduled for Saturday, at a Harvard anniversary ceremony. > > > > Harvard has also drawn criticism for accepting an undergraduate research > > > endowment fund created by relatives, former students and colleagues in > > > Peretz's name. The fund's proposed amount has recently increased from > > > $500,000 to $650,000, leading some social studies professors to interpret > > > the increase as an indication of support for Peretz, Simon Sternin, a > > > Harvard alum and an organizer of the petition, told the Harvard Crimson. > > > > The most recent transgressor, he says, is Marty Peretz, the > > > editor-in-chief > > > of The New Republic and a former Harvard professor, who has come under > > > attack for a Sept. 4 blog post in which he wrote: "Muslim life is cheap, > > > most notably to Muslims," and questioned whether Muslims deserved > > > protection > > > from the First Amendment. > > > > Peretz apologized for the posting nine days later, saying he deeply > > > regretted the statements and that he was genuinely embarrassed. But that > > > did > > > not stop Harvard students, faculty and alumni from writing an open letter > > > to > > > Harvard President Drew Faust in which they protested Peretz's appearance, > > > scheduled for Saturday, at a Harvard anniversary ceremony. > > > > Harvard has also drawn criticism for accepting an undergraduate research > > > endowment fund created by relatives, former students and colleagues in > > > Peretz's name. The fund's proposed amount has recently increased from > > > $500,000 to $650,000, leading some social studies professors to interpret > > > the increase as an indication of support for Peretz, Simon Sternin, a > > > Harvard alum and an organizer of the petition, told the Harvard Crimson. > > > > But Gainor says criticism of Peretz's comments has gotten out of hand. > > > > "We're fighting a war against radical Islam," Gainor told > > > FoxNews.com<http://foxnews.com/>. "For > > > radical Islam, life is cheap, both for their lives and our lives. The left > > > has become so indoctrinaire that they're more concerned about being > > > politically correct than they are about protecting our nation." > > > > The media is complicit, too, Gainor said, accusing them of "zooming in on > > > anybody who is saying anything critical of Islam." > > > > To illustrate his point, Gainor recalled* Derek Fenton, the **New > > > Jersey** man > > > who lost his job of 11 years at NJ Transit, the state's public ** > > > transportation** corporation, after he burned a Koran outside the site of > > > the planned "Ground Zero Mosque" on Sept. 11. Fenton, 39, was not > > > arrested, > > > but he nevertheless lost his job because NJ Transit said his actions > > > violated their code of ethics.* > > > > *"The lack of media indignation on that one is astonishing," *Gainor > > > said. "Our media allegedly embraces free speech, but it doesn't. It only > > > embraces free speech that doesn't possibly offend Islam. If he had been > > > fired for burning a Bible, he would've been on every evening network news > > > show. It's free speech. It's not something I would do, but it's still free > > > speech." > > > > Gainor also pointed to the case of Pastor Terry Jones, the Gainesville, > > > Fla., minister who threatened to burn the Koran on Sept. 11 but changed > > > his > > > mind after a call from the White House. Jones' threat became global news, > > > inciting protests and threats of reprisal in Afghanistan and elsewhere. > > > > "Again, it shows how PC we've become," Gainor said.* "Some idiot can burn > > > a > > > book anywhere in the country, but if you dare burn a Koran, it becomes an > > > international incident."* > > > > Just last week, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said he's not > > > prepared > > > to conclude that the First Amendment condones burning the Koran. > > > > "[Oliver Wendell] Holmes said it doesn't mean you can shout 'fire' in a > > > crowded theater," Breyer told George Stephanopoulos of ABC News. "Well, > > > what is it? Why? Because people will be trampled to death. And what is > > > the crowded theater today? What is being trampled to death?" > > > > The issue "will be answered over time in a series of cases," Breyer said. > > > > Meanwhile, Ari Ravin-Havt, vice president of research and communications > > > at > > > Media Matters strongly disagreed with Gainor's assertion that "no one's > > > allowed to say anything bad" about Islam. > > > > *"If that were true, bigots like [blogger] Pam Geller would not be > > > consistently given a platform on > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
