“Man jailed for a year after anti-Islam speech spurs emergency-alarm on Toronto subway train” on the day many western journalists censored the “offensive” cartoons that precipitated what some of them will allow was a “counterproductive” slaughter of a French satire periodical’s editorial staff.
Ironically — or is it sadly / pathetically / tragically / surreally? — a “news” organization that did publish the cartoons? Al Jazeera.
I’ve written at length over the years about the empowerment identity groups feel when they are able to cause self-censorship — and that true “tolerance” as it was understood and promoted by the Framers has to do not with giving offense but rather a willingness to take it as part of the price of liberty.
Our western media is fully prepared to attack Christians, conservatives, Zionists, et al., but with Muslim extremism they prefer “restraint,” not out of some sort of empathy or nuanced thinking (as they desperately would like us to believe), but rather out of cowardice: they can bully those they believe won’t ever strike back but fear getting on the wrong side of those whose “peaceful” religion commands they go avenge “The Prophet” with bullets, swords, etc., from having its all-powerful (PBUH) feelings hurt.
Or did I misunderstand the self-righteousness of The People vs. Larry Flynt? — which incidentally was not a movie based on Jerry Falwell’s Christian commando group rushing the offices of Hustler in masks, spraying gunfire.
Make of that what you will.
. . . continued to Kipling station (the end of the line)
Quick! Someone hit the emergency alarm!
The Toronto Transit Commission had better watch its Ps and Qs after calling a station with such an evocative imperialist’s name, lest the TTC find itself sentenced to a couple of years in the hoosegow.
They’re all kiplers, the whole pustulous lot of them.
Greetings:
I can understand your sentiment, but I’m afraid that I see these expressions as part of the “grooming” process, (similar to how pedophiles prepare their victims) that is being conducted by our Judas Goat leaders and media types.
After each new atrocity is endured, they set about like busy beavers to establish the lines within which we are cautioned to remain in our reactions. Crowd into some public spaces ??? Mmmm, okay. Make another “Cemetery withour Borders” ??? Mmmm, okay. Release the #Hashtags ??? Mmmm, okay.
But how about publishing some more pedophile prophet cartoons ??? Oh no, not that. Or how about a Kabbaah walk around the biggest mosque in old Paree ??? Oh no, not that.
Remember imperialism, colonialism, Islamophobiaism.
These Judas Goats of the West, whether wittingly or unwittingly,are leading, atrocity by atrocity, us down a path or restricted freedoms.
Moi, je suis avec Charli Martel aussi.
Clearly, Jeffy Falwell did it wrong. I mean, if we’re talking about results.
Who replaced my r key with an f key?!?!
I want answefs!
Soundf, Ernst, like you’re channeling the 18th Century again.
BLAME THE VICTIM! WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE THE VICTIM!
I did not mean that as a criticism, Ernst, but, rather, as a hearty ‘Huzzah!’