No Reason To Shut Up: Because Islam Commands Muslims To React Violently To Free Speech -- And Some Do
Mohammed slaughtered those who mocked him, including teenaged poets, and Islam calls for death for those who insult Mohammed or Allah.
Really disgusting Kathleen Parker column in the WaPo contending that Pamela Geller "sullied" and "abused" the principle of free speech.
On the contrary, Geller used it to defend the continuation of free speech by showing Muslims who follow the dictates of islam -- like that free speech is not allowed, blasphemers will be slaughtered, and so will apostates and homosexuals -- that they cannot change us from a constitutionally-driven country to one under Sharia or de facto Sharia law.
An excerpt from Parker's column:
Not since Westboro Baptist Church's "God Hates Fags" message and Florida pastor Terry Jones burning the Koran has the principle of free speech been so sullied and abused.Waging a one-woman crusade against the Muslim world, Geller says she wanted to draw a line in the sand and demonstrate to terrorists that, when it comes to free speech, America bows to no one. Okay, we get your point. It's an American point, actually.
And Geller's contribution to these protections and our unwavering dedication to its preservation is, exactly, what? A taunt. Shouldn't one at least aspire to some originality? It's been done. And each time, the result is the same. You haul out a picture of Muhammad; "they" haul out a fatwa. Cat puts out cheese; mouse gets eaten. What does one expect?
When the Westboro Baptist Church puts on one of their vile demonstrations, gays and lesbians protest; they don't gun them down. This allows Westboro to continue their vile demonstrations, which is as it should be in a country guided by the Constitution and not the fear borne of violence.
Those who seek to impose the terrorism that Islam commands to silence us need to see that there's a whole country here filled with lots of Pam Gellers. The ones who would serve us to keep quiet are people like Kathleen Parker, quick to capitulate to the terroristic thuggery of fear-spreading as a means to shut free people up.
Related: Terrific (and surprising) Salon column by Jeffrey Taylor, "The left has Islam all wrong: Bill Maher, Pamela Geller and the reality progressives must face."
As soon as one says "I support free speech, BUT". . . one is really saying "I don't support free speech. . ."
Keith Glass at May 10, 2015 9:27 AM
I like how this guy put it on Twitter:
@KennethAJones
You choose: Either @amyalkon is correct or you prefer that terrorists define our rights. http://tinyurl.com/l44vblz
charles at May 10, 2015 10:01 AM
Ace of Spades nails it, as usual:
What the Free Speech But Brigade completely misses, in the way that waiting at a train station for a ship is a miss, is that for those of us who are not Muslims, Islam is very much like a joke, except that it isn't funny. By Islamic definition, our very existence is murder worthy.
The heck with that.
I'm sure there are a great many Muslims who are perfectly decent people.
But Islam? It is a death cult, and needs ridicule every chance we get. And also PGMs, pbut.
Jeff Guinn at May 10, 2015 10:33 AM
Oh, stop singing the praises of this self-righteous attention junkie.
Patrick at May 10, 2015 3:31 PM
Progress! In less than a day Patrick promoted Geller from 'attention whore' to 'attention junkie'.
Or is that more of a lateral move?
dee nile at May 10, 2015 3:48 PM
"You haul out a picture of Muhammad; "they" haul out a fatwa. Cat puts out cheese; mouse gets eaten. What does one expect?"
I expect that the principle of free speech will be honored. I expect those on the left and the right to defend Pam Geller, or anybody's, right to say what they want.
I expect our leaders (cough, cough, calling them "leaders" is truly a hard thing to say) to defend this American tradition and not blame violence from savages on someone else's speech. (Benghazi anyone?)
I also expect that those who commit violence, or even threaten to do so, to be dealt with seriously.
As the old saying goes - f*ck 'em if they can't take a joke. Well, let me rephrase that - KILL them if they can't take a joke or anything said about them.
charles (the other one) at May 10, 2015 4:28 PM
Think you screwed up your link the charles
lujlp at May 10, 2015 6:26 PM
"Oh, stop singing the praises of this self-righteous attention junkie.
Is she kin to men wearing thongs outside churches? No? My bad, I thought you knew her.
momof4 at May 10, 2015 8:48 PM
Really bad analogy. That analogy only works if the mouse puts out the cheese and gets eaten or the cat gets eaten by the mouse. And even that is pretty labored.
"...mouse gets eaten." Wow.
And she gets paid to write?
What does one expect? Better analogies from a so-called professional writer.
Conan the Grammarian at May 11, 2015 8:43 AM
Momof4: Is she kin to men wearing thongs outside churches?
Is this something you've actually seen, or merely an erotic fantasy?
Patrick at May 11, 2015 10:47 AM
To be fair Patrick, we don't have zoning in Houston. So it is perfectly legal to open a strip club outsize of a church or school. Or vice versa, to open a school outside of a strip club (did happen here). In this land of libertarian freedom you get many other incomprehensible situations. There is a combination big rig repair shop/RV sales lot/strip club near where I used to work. I never had the courage to go in. Sometimes what has been seen cannot be unseen.
Ben at May 11, 2015 1:17 PM
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