This week, at Temple University in Philadelphia, an intolerant mob gathered to give us an example of the Groupthink that we will be expected to participate in. The only thing missing was Adolph Hitler urging the mob on. It is all the fault of the
While Mr. Wilders' ideas may be offensive, silencing him does nothing to change his ideas. If he is correct, even if only partially, then silencing him is silencing truth. He does not appear to be advocating violence, but criticizing those advocating violence in the name of Mohammed. Unless we dismantle
We need to accept that reality is not always pleasant.
And yet, pretending that blasphemy laws and the First Amendment can coexist, is exactly what President Obama's representative has agreed to at the UN (United Nations). I guess that we can always replace the First Amendment with one that endows some people with the right to force others to provide medical treatment for them. Golly, it's just as if
It is all about living in the make pretend world of President Obama. Make pretend that President Obama will be less destructive to the Constitution than President Bush was. It's a coin toss, but only time will tell.

If I remember correctly, President Jefferson had a slightly different way of dealing with Islamic jihadist demands.
There is a great article on this by Jonathan Turley. Just say no to blasphemy laws -
Thinly disguised blasphemy laws are often defended as necessary to protect the ideals of tolerance and pluralism. They ignore the fact that the laws achieve tolerance through the ultimate act of intolerance: criminalizing the ability of some individuals to denounce sacred or sensitive values. We do not need free speech to protect popular thoughts or popular people. It is designed to protect those who challenge the majority and its institutions. Criticism of religion is the very measure of the guarantee of free speech — the literal sacred institution of society.
True diversity makes it impossible to be politically correct.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
At least we still have the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Good luck with that. This was a unilateral surrender. The battle is over. President Obama is taking it doggy style from Mohammed, but at least he got a Nobel Prize reach around out of it. His punk prize. I haven't seen any pictures of him sitting down since then.
Silencing speech is more hateful than any hate speech.

When the symbol is more important than what it represents, we have done more desecration than any of its enemies ever could.
True diversity makes it impossible to be politically correct.

The more we hope for change, the more things stay the same.
If you do not like what somebody is saying, you just need to be the one who appears to be the greater victim. It's all about the victimhood. Weakness is Power. War is peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength.
In America, if we had a healthy respect for authority, we would still be British. Too much of the world is demanding safety. Safety from all risk. This is impossible, but if you really want to set yourself up for failure, demand to be safe from being offended.
True diversity makes it impossible to be politically correct.
Preaching that some ideas are too dangerous to be heard - that is hate speech.
President Obama is guilty of hate speech, but there is not any ethical reason to outlaw hate speech.
Why does President Obama make hateful statements about the US Constitution - the same Constitution that he took an oath to preserve, protect and defend?
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
President Obama, we need to encourage the rest of the world to be free. Abandoning essential freedoms in America sets a very bad example.
Nothing is more American than freedom of speech. We need to defend freedom of speech against the easily offended. The easily offended of the left and the easily offended of the right. Both are enemies of the Constitution.
Oh well, I hear the Gulag is nice this time of year. The sunny Siberian setting. Free housing. Personal attention that borders on concierge level service. Fresh air. Exercise. Ah, freedom. Sisyphus would understand. Prometheus, too.
Maybe the slogan should have been Hate and Change. The Intolerance President. I can hear President Obama now - All right Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up, and I am big. It's the Constitution that got small!
Science is not politically correct. How can the Science President make policy that is so anti-science? Perhaps libel will also be a problem, not just in the UK, but in the US.
If ideas are criminalized, where does it end?
Next stop, the Dark Ages. All must join in, or be declared witches.

If there is anybody I have not offended, I apologize. Don't get frustrated. There's always next time.
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2 Comments:
The Constitution has been put up onto such a high pedestal that both sides treat it like their Good Book(tm). Just like other Good Books, both sides cherry pick meaning from it. Nobody is reading it, rather saying what they want and pointing to the Good Book as proof. Yay!
C. Watford,
I get a bit wordy on this topic, so my response is at Comment on President Obama To America - STFU!
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