Are we at war with ISLAM?? Y E S !! They started with our FIRST AMENDMENT . . . . .

[PHILIP SCHNEIDER]

Islamic War On Free Speech Heating Up

by
Robert Spencer

04/27/2010

Four incidents recently showed anew how keenly Islamic supremacists want to
shut down the freedom of speech—and how eager many Americans are to
accommodate them.

The most notorious incident was Comedy Central’s censorship of a “South Park” episode lampooning Islam’s
prophet Muhammad. Even Bill O’Reilly faltered when presented with an
opportunity to defend free speech, telling “South Park’s” creators: “I
would’ve advised them not to do it. If somebody came to me and said,
‘Look, O’Reilly, I want to do a little satire of Muhammad on “The
Factor,”’ I would say I don’t think so, because the risk is higher than
the reward.”

The risk of defending free speech against violent threats and intimidation is higher than the reward? If the Founding
Fathers had thought that way, we wouldn’t be having this conversation
now. If the enemies of free speech, such as those who threatened “South
Park’s” Matt Stone and Trey Parker over their Muhammad episode, see
that death threats will frighten their victims into silence, they will
only issue more death threats. Unless free people stand up and defend
the right of free discourse no matter what the risk, we will surely
lose that right—and any ability to stand up against the tyranny of a
powerful group whose word and status cannot be questioned.

And that chastened silence before a privileged class is certainly the goal
of Islamic supremacists in the United States. Besides threatening
“South Park,” they also compelled the Pentagon to withdraw an
invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham to participate in its National
Day of Prayer event on May 6. Graham’s crime? Calling Islam “evil,” a
comment he explained in this way: “If you look at what the religion
does just to women, women alone, it is just horrid. And so yes, I speak
out for women.”

The plight of women in the Islamic world is real. The Army should have given Franklin Graham’s explanation of his remarks thoughtful
consideration—just as they should have considered the implications of
the fact that the chief group complaining about Graham’s appearance at
the event was the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an
unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas jihad terror funding case.

Instead, now the Army is abetting the whitewashing and cover-up of the
institutionalized mistreatment of women in Islamic law. The Graham
invitation could have been, as Barack Obama might say, a “teaching
moment,” and an opportunity to stand up for the human rights of those
women and other groups oppressed by Sharia. Instead, it is just an
occasion for more submission to Islamic supremacists.

Also last week, a man named Sidney Elyea was given a hearing date of June 1
in his civil case concerning what were reported to be obscene and
“anti-Islam” drawings he posted around St. Cloud, Minn. Before the
civil charges were brought against Elyea, prosecutors in two counties
declined to file criminal charges against him, saying that he was
clearly within his 1st Amendment rights. Regarding the civil case,
Elyea’s lawyer remarked: “Given what our Supreme Court has done to
protect the right to free speech, it baffles me that the government has
not dismissed this case.”

Ah, but Muslims are offended, and so heads must roll—figuratively, in this case.

Ah, but Muslims are offended, and so heads must roll—figuratively, in this case.

Meanwhile, the Miami-Dade Transit authority likewise demonstrated a willingness
last week to bow to Islamic law—although in this case the 1st Amendment
won out. The Freedom Defense Initiative, a new organization I have
begun with Pamela Geller, placed ads on Miami buses supporting
religious liberty, offering help to Muslims wishing to leave Islam but
threatened by their families in accord with Islam’s death penalty for
apostates. Miami-Dade Transit quickly removed the ads, explaining that
they were “offensive to Islam.” After our lawyer reminded Transit
officials about the 1st Amendment, the ads are going back up, with more
added.

Islamic supremacists continue their assault on free speech in America, and they are mostly winning. It’s time to hand them
a few losses on this most crucial of fronts.

P/C (POLITICAL CORRECTNESS) IS STEALING OUR 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH.

[PHILIP SCHNEIDER]

"The Origins of Political Correctness An Accuracy in Academia Address by Bill Lind....."
Lanyon, you're right to shed light on our institutions of "higher learning". That's gotta be an oxymoron.
Mr. Bill Lind describes campus life accurately but should have added that the Muslim fanatical students have taken over a corner of each college/university with their snarling epithetical fanaticism.
I noticed their tight knit groups over 15 years ago on several big 10 campuses. I couldn't believe at the time that the school administration would allow such vile demonstrations inside the administration buildings. But I guess that was a time when the campuses were attempting to appear diversified.
NOW look what's happened! They own all the inner city gas stations. What if somebody gives them a signal to shut down all their gas stations at the same time??? Or worse yet, how bout they set them all on fire???
But I guess I'm not being very politically correct now am I ?

[LANYON]

The Origins of Political Correctness An Accuracy in Academia Address by Bill Lind...........
If we look at it analytically, if we look at it historically, we quickly find out exactly what it is. Political Correctness is cultural Marxism. It is Marxism translated from economic into cultural terms. It is an effort that goes back not to the 1960s and the hippies and the peace movement, but back to World War I. If we compare the basic tenets of Political Correctness with classical Marxism the parallels are very obvious.
First of all, both are totalitarian ideologies. The totalitarian nature of Political Correctness is revealed nowhere more clearly than on college campuses, many of which at this point are small ivy covered North Koreas, where the student or faculty member who dares to cross any of the lines set up by the gender feminist or the homosexual-rights activists, or the local black or Hispanic group, or any of the other sainted "victims" groups that PC revolves around, quickly find themselves in judicial trouble. Within the small legal system of the college, they face formal charges – some star-chamber proceeding – and punishment.
That is a little look into the future that Political Correctness intends for the nation as a whole.

[Roger Dail May]

Man do i agree with you. Why do bow down to them.