Over the weekend, Fox News aired a special featuring excerpts from “Obsession,” a documentary all about the threat of radical Islam.
A couple of observations: First, five years after the full frontal assault of 9/11, so many Americans are finally becoming shocked at the violent rhetoric coming from the Muslim world and alarmed at the belligerent threats from Muslim groups within the United States and the United Kingdom. It’s obvious that our annointed media has chosen to hide or ignore the information that is a regular part of the TV diet in Muslim countries.
It’s no secret that the mainstream media has long claimed editorial license in order to manipulate public opinion, but to avoid reportage of readily available information that threatens such dire consequences for America borders on criminal. CNN has no qualms about showing Isalmic propaganda of U.S. servicemen being blown to bits, but will not air the pronouncements of the Muslim leaders behind these attacks.
And secondly, there is a fairly large contingent of Americans, including groups like the ACLU, whose interpretation of the First Amendment right of free speech goes way beyond what is in the best interests of U.S. citizens. The original intent of the free speech clause was to guarantee Americans the right to criticize our government without fear of reprisal. In other words, it was designed to protect Americans from tyranical government. It was certainly not meant to allow one group to threaten the safety and well being of another group. Yet that is exactly the condition that some so-called free speech advocates have created.
The Islamic Thinkers Society, a New York based group we have written about on a number of occasions, regularly and loudly threatens the destruction of the United States and has even produced Shahawar Matin Siraj, the terrorist suspect who was arrested for planning to blow up New York’s Penn Station. The documentary “Obsession” shows segments of a video made by the Islamic Thinkers depicting one of their many “protests” in the streets of New York.
In the video, a man is announcing that the Thinkers disassociate themselves from the United States and that they in fact, have been sent by Allah to dominate the United States while they lay an American flag out in the street and proceed to step on it. An Islamic Thinkers member explains that they are able to freely announce their plans for America’s destruction because of a “loophole of the government” known to most of us as the First Amendment.
Offensive speech is one thing and no serious person questions the need to protect offensive speech. But when any group openly threatens Americans, as the Islamic Thinkers did following 9/11 when a spokesman said, “Next time, it will be all of New York,” and then taunts us that we can’t touch them because of a “loophole,” it’s time to close the loophole.
Yeah…and we can start by getting rid of the people who want to help the Muslims destroy America: Kerry, Hillary, Dean, and about half the democratic party.
when you say “close the loophole”, do you mean fundamentally change the consitution? So, to help defeat the terrorists, you want to have us destroy our own way of life that has worked for 200+ years, instead of them doing it? I think its backwards thinking to say that you want to close the loophole. What does that even mean? How precisely would you “close the loophole”? And what would you hope to accomplish by it? Would you arrest these people for saying things? Investigate them, sure. Check their backgrounds, sure. But to change our own constitution would be, in a way, doing the job for the enemy.
So what’s your idea, Dave?
Just let the Muslims run rampant until they dictate how this country is run like they did with France?
Why yes…I do believe that is the sound of crickets chirping in the background. Ask a liberal what their plan is other than appeasing the Muslims and they suddenly go silent…go figure.
Hmm…Funny how the Democrats like Gary, Dave, and crew won’t say anything about this. Then again, why should one be surprised since they really don’t care about the threat the terrorists pose.
Tom why don’t you let my posts post? Forget you. You can’t learn anyway so I will see you after the war crimes trials of Bush and Cheney. You are an idiot Tom.
Tom, I see there have been glitches with some of my posts. Please delete post number 6. You have emailed me and since then my posts have been better. I appreciated your oppenness to views other than your own.
As far as the flag is concerned, while I have no strong objection to making it illegal to desecrate the flag, I don’t believe the flag is holy. I believe that only spiritual realities are holy, which is a new covenant view. Therefore, if laws preventing using the flag wrongly become “religious” in nature, then they are misused. That is the concern I have with these laws.
But you have no problems with your Muslim friends trying to kill us, do you, Gary?