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Politically-correct double standard may have spawned mass murder at Fort Hood by Muslim soldier
The Washington Examiner ^ | Nov 6, 2009 | Hans Bader

Posted on 11/06/2009 12:25:59 PM PST by walford

A Muslim soldier, Nidal Hasan, shot dead 12 soldiers and a civilian at Fort Hood yesterday, shouting the Muslim expression "Allahu Akbar." But in an absurd display of political correctness, media reports barely mentioned the religion angle, choosing instead to highlight the fact that the killer was an "army psychiatrist" or the false claim that he was a veteran with PTSD (which he wasn't: he never even served overseas). Oh, those violent psychiatrists!

Now, we read that he had previously said that Muslims should rise up against the military, "repeatedly expressed sympathy for suicide bombers," and engaged in hate-speech against non-Muslims, publicly calling for the beheading or burning of non-Muslims, and talking "about how if you’re a nonbeliever the Koran says you should have your head cut off, you should have oil poured down your throat, you should be set on fire." But nothing was done to remove him from a position where he could harm others...

...in the military, soldiers get punished for bigotry all the time -- except for this guy. The courts have held that hate-speech or speech that "discriminatorily harasses" others can generally be criminally punished in the military, unlike in the outside world, and accordingly, white supremacists get disciplined for their views. (So, too, do soldiers who express disloyalty to their country or merely contempt for their Commander in Chief.) But not this soldier, who was more dangerous than your typical white supremacist...

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: akbar; allahu; forthood; fthood; islam; terrorism
Bending over backward to not offend Muslims for the fact that they are over-represented when it comes to religious-motivated mass-killing has cost lives.

It is they who need to own to the fact that "Allahu Akbar" would likely cause more panic if shouted in a crowded theater than yelling "fire" -- and for good reason.

1 posted on 11/06/2009 12:26:00 PM PST by walford
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To: walford
A Muslim soldier, Nidal Hasan, shot dead 12 soldiers and a civilian at Fort Hood yesterday, shouting the Muslim expression "Allahu Akbar."

NO WAY. I am amazed to discover this after reading just a few reports, admittedly, where this was not even mentioned.

2 posted on 11/06/2009 12:29:43 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: walford
Yes, the media made all efforts to hide the name, photograph and religion of the terrorist. Once the name came out, they made it a point to state that he was a “convert” to Islam. That was revealed as a lie and that he was born of Palestinian immigrants and was raised in Islam.

The media made an all out blitz stating ad nauseum that he was an army psychiatrist and didn't want to go back to Iraq or Afghanistan (they didn't know which one, though) and had some kind of stress disorder. Can you imagine the reporting if the killer was a white male Republican?

3 posted on 11/06/2009 12:36:10 PM PST by MBB1984
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To: walford

A Muslim soldier, Nidal Hasan, shot dead 12 soldiers and a civilian at Fort Hood yesterday, shouting the Muslim expression “Allahu Akbar.”
________________________________________________

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I guess that’s just “Have a good day” in Farsi...


4 posted on 11/06/2009 12:37:33 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: walford

Pretty good article, but Muslims should not be allowed to infiltrate the US military simply because some of ‘em speak Pashto or Urdu. But yes, political correctness is literally killing us!


5 posted on 11/06/2009 12:38:46 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: walford

may have?


6 posted on 11/06/2009 12:41:13 PM PST by envisio
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To: walford

This is the clearest case of political correctness causing bloodshed in recent memory.


7 posted on 11/06/2009 12:41:26 PM PST by Spok
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To: Tennessee Nana
What does “Allahu akbar” mean?

Click link and scroll down to second section. Short and to the point.
8 posted on 11/06/2009 12:42:53 PM PST by JeepInMazar
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To: MarMema
NO WAY. I am amazed to discover this after reading just a few reports, admittedly, where this was not even mentioned. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Just so everyone knows, the Fort Hood base commander verified this to be fact in a news conference.The shooter did indeed yell," Alahu Akbar."

9 posted on 11/06/2009 12:44:34 PM PST by Candor7 (The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (.Member NRA)
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To: Frank_2001

The body count from political correctness keeps growing and growing and ……


10 posted on 11/06/2009 12:45:18 PM PST by auboy (Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves. Samuel Johnson)
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To: Spok
This is the clearest case of political correctness causing bloodshed in recent memory.

That isn't quite right. The cause of the bloodshed was a radical Islamic pulling a gun and shooting. The motive was Islam. The enabler was Political Correctness.

11 posted on 11/06/2009 12:45:33 PM PST by Lazamataz (DEFINITION: rac-ist (rA'sis't) 1. Anyone who disagrees with a liberal about any topic.)
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To: walford
Bending over backward to not offend Muslims for the fact that they are over-represented when it comes to religious-motivated mass-killing has cost lives.

You summed it up!

12 posted on 11/06/2009 12:50:03 PM PST by fortunecookie (Please pray for Anna, age 7, who waits for a new kidney.)
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To: JeepInMazar

What it really means is, my father mated with a female camel and he is the results of that mating.


13 posted on 11/06/2009 12:50:24 PM PST by RetiredArmy (It's simple. The Second Coming is near. READ the Bible and what IT says about these times!)
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To: walford

The military did nothing, and the FBI did nothing, although they’ve known about his terrorist ravings for at least 6 months.


14 posted on 11/06/2009 12:53:41 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: walford

When this guy began to spew about what ought to happen to infidels, nobody cared; but if a Christian officer should let slip that homosexuals ought to repent, it seems it’s time to kick him out the door if not also charge him with hate crimes. We are sick of these double standards.


15 posted on 11/06/2009 12:53:57 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America.)
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To: walford

Yes, the double standard and PC led to the deaths of innocent soldiers.
The double standard allows fanatical terrorists to grow in hate without being challenged, and when they actually hurt someone, the double standard finds excuses for them.

But what really angers me is that people who WRITE or SPEAK about it will be subject to harassment, while the people who HURT or KILL humans will be given a free pass.

The soldiers were innocent lambs sacrificed on the altar of political correctness.

Mass deportations.


16 posted on 11/06/2009 12:55:27 PM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (both the left and the jihadis want to destroy Western Civilization)
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To: Tennessee Nana

If you’re the devil, I suppose it’s “have a good day.”

It literally means “Allah is great.” (I beg to differ by the way; Allah sucks.)


17 posted on 11/06/2009 12:56:05 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America.)
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To: Cicero

Yet if your a pro life priest you get arrested for littering.

http://www.christiannewswire.com

3rd article down.


18 posted on 11/06/2009 1:03:01 PM PST by rocksblues (Sarah and Joe, Real Americans!)
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To: walford

Yup. Fact is being broad minded can get us all killed


19 posted on 11/06/2009 1:21:08 PM PST by the long march
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To: walford

bookmark


20 posted on 11/06/2009 1:21:47 PM PST by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: walford

I can’t understand how this guy made it through the screening process to become a psychiatrist. From what I understand, you need to become a medical doctor FIRST. Then, you need at least 4 more years of medical training to become a psychiatrist. I know that doctors commit murder, but I’ve never heard of a shrink going that far.


21 posted on 11/06/2009 1:36:31 PM PST by Paisan
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To: walford

If we let the media get away with this one, they will do again and again.
We should be DELUGING the cowards’ web addresses and mailboxes with communications calling them out for their failure to make the obvious connections.

This is EXACTLY how Britain became Londonstan.


22 posted on 11/06/2009 2:32:42 PM PST by ZULU (God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: Paisan
I know that doctors commit murder, but I’ve never heard of a shrink going that far.

Radovan Karadic was a psychologist.

23 posted on 11/06/2009 2:36:41 PM PST by ganesha
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To: walford; LucyT
...Now, we read that he had previously said that Muslims should rise up against the military, "repeatedly expressed sympathy for suicide bombers," and engaged in hate-speech against non-Muslims, publicly calling for the beheading or burning of non-Muslims, and talking "about how if you’re a nonbeliever the Koran says you should have your head cut off, you should have oil poured down your throat, you should be set on fire." But nothing was done to remove him from a position where he could harm others...

And there you have it, quoted direct from the 'holy' koran. Just ask obama - he referred to the islamic terror-manual as 'holy'.

OBAMA MUSLIM

HOLY KORAN 1.24 ON VIDEO

24 posted on 11/06/2009 3:51:52 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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To: Tennessee Nana

“Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm”

Or, more to the point mmmm, mmmmm, mmmm—we don’t want to offend our muslim president.


25 posted on 11/06/2009 3:53:11 PM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: Fred Nerks; rocco55; thouworm; rxsid; GOPJ; null and void; stockpirate; george76; PhilDragoo; ...
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. . . . #24 is important:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2380259/posts?page=24#24

[Thanks, Fred Nerks.]

26 posted on 11/06/2009 3:58:53 PM PST by LucyT
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To: LucyT

I think we should give a shout out to America’s first Muslim president. Mr. Obama, come on down, you devil you! mmm mmm mmm


27 posted on 11/06/2009 4:09:53 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: LucyT; Fred Nerks

Thanks for the ping, LucyT.

Fred Nerks has posted this video before and if I recall it made me so mad I couldn’t even watch the whole thing.

That said, I finally did watch it and STILL can’t understand how so many still defend this POS.

Thanks, Fred Nerks...I’m emailing this video far and wide.


28 posted on 11/06/2009 4:19:38 PM PST by azishot
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To: LucyT

Last night, listening to the news about the shooter, my husband said, “I can’t believe just one guy did all that!”.

My response? “Oh, he had a helper........Political Correctness.”

If we allow it, PC will destroy our beloved country.


29 posted on 11/06/2009 4:43:28 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks (Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
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To: Fred Nerks

30 posted on 11/06/2009 5:11:37 PM PST by Brown Deer (4 Google execs are on Obama's staff - YouTube is owned by Google)
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To: walford; sergeantdave; Blogger; murphE; Paleo Conservative; It's me; devolve; ransomnote; ...
...he had previously said that Muslims should rise up against the military, "repeatedly expressed sympathy for suicide bombers," and engaged in hate-speech against non-Muslims, publicly calling for the beheading or burning of non-Muslims, and talking "about how if you’re a nonbeliever the Koran says you should have your head cut off, you should have oil poured down your throat, you should be set on fire." But nothing was done to remove him from a position where he could harm others...

...in the military, soldiers get punished for bigotry all the time -- except for this guy.

Time for everyone to step back, take a deep breath and GET REAL. If half of this is true, the killer should have been removed from service.

31 posted on 11/06/2009 5:15:42 PM PST by GOPJ (Liberals: idiots who think Goliath is speaking "truth to power" when taking to David...)
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To: ganesha

Radovan Karadic was a psychologist.

Granted. But, a psycologist only needs a four year degree.
This Muslim, this Terrorist, needed a 4 year pre-med degree, 4 years of medical school plus 4 to 6 years of residency to become a psychiatrist. How did his peers allow him to be so ordained? He must have aroused some doubts or suspicions along the way.


32 posted on 11/06/2009 5:17:11 PM PST by Paisan
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To: a fool in paradise
....he had previously said that Muslims should rise up against the military, "repeatedly expressed sympathy for suicide bombers," and engaged in hate-speech against non-Muslims, publicly calling for the beheading or burning of non-Muslims, and talking "about how if you’re a nonbeliever the Koran says you should have your head cut off, you should have oil poured down your throat, you should be set on fire." But nothing was done to remove him from a position where he could harm others...

...in the military, soldiers get punished for bigotry all the time -- except for this guy.

FYI

33 posted on 11/06/2009 5:20:27 PM PST by GOPJ (Liberals: idiots who think Goliath is speaking "truth to power" when taking to David...)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
It literally means “Allah is great."

That is PC spin !

it means Allah is GREATER.

Many believe Allah is haSatan and
the reference is Satan's belief that
he is Greater than YHvH.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
34 posted on 11/06/2009 5:44:58 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

...”Oh, he had a helper.....Political Correctness.”
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
On one of my Vietnam Vet sites one of the contributors pointed out that the ONLY class that can be profiled in this country is Vets, who if the Libs had their way, would not be allowed to own a weapon. Many of these guys that undergo PTSD treatment are denied CC permits, just like a felon, who broke the law.
To say this fool suffered PTSD is a slap in the face to ALL Combat Vets and those that were in close support...like one of the wags said’’’’ That must mean PRE trauma Stress, instead of POST.... kind of like you would tag a coward.

This idiot had also ‘preached’ that a Suicide Bomber should be compared in bravery to the Soldier that jumped on a hand grenade to save his buddies.....


35 posted on 11/06/2009 6:03:05 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98 )VOTE THE INCUMBENTS OUT)
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To: xrmusn

That is so incredibly sad. It just infuriates me! I keep asking myself, “what can one voice do?”. Therefore I keep e-mailing, faxing and calling all my reps in D.C. I’m sure they are getting tired of it. So be it. I will not quit.

My husband, my sons, my father, my grandfathers, my great- grandfathers, etc. all served in the military. I refuse to deny their service and sacrifice by keeping silent. I will not quit.


36 posted on 11/06/2009 6:18:18 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks (Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

today Senator Kerry’s office hung up on me, .. and Senator Kirk (Kennedy’s replacement) ‘s aide said that the people calling Obama’s czars ‘socialists’ are McCarthyites.

The audacity of these smug ill-informed minions is breath-taking. They immediately assume we are neanderthals because we disagree with the party line.


37 posted on 11/06/2009 6:39:51 PM PST by bitt (“You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.” (Abraham Lincoln))
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To: bitt

I know it seems like an exercise in futility. But, do not quit.....keep calling. Let your voice be heard.


38 posted on 11/06/2009 7:16:19 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks (Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

every day. sigh. now I call OTHER states too, just for more courteous responses from less offensive effetes.


39 posted on 11/06/2009 8:07:35 PM PST by bitt (“You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.” (Abraham Lincoln))
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To: walford

In all fairness to the O admin, (and I don’t know why - just my character I guess), this guy was demonically controlled before O took office.


40 posted on 11/06/2009 8:08:27 PM PST by uptoolate (Governments donÂ’t love...People do.)
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To: walford; doug from upland
Wrote this parody for the PC craziness in the UK but it is beginning to apply more and more here as well:

God Save the Queen

To Muslims don't be rude
Living in dhimmitude,
No offense bring.
Gospel preaching is "hate"
Christian faith second rate
The end of servile state:
Alllah is King.

When Ramadan draws near
We forsake ale and beer
(Can’t give offense)
School children can’t eat lunch
Can’t even candies crunch
Lest Moslems’ panties bunch
Dhimmis’ nonsense.

41 posted on 11/06/2009 8:55:34 PM PST by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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To: MBB1984
a Seattle cop was gunned down a few days ago...today, they went to question a guy and he ran, and the cops shot him...they think he is the cop murderer....

how did the head cop describe the "person of interest" other than he was a man...........he was "mixed" .......

42 posted on 11/06/2009 10:01:10 PM PST by cherry
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To: GOPJ

The liberals say if you look at the rest of his life he was a boy scout. They maintain that he was more of a “Klinger” who dressed up in woman’s clothes to get out of the army...Klinger wasn’t really a tranvestite he just wanted out. The liberal argument is that this killer didn’t really believe what he was saying...he was just saying it to get out of the military.

The liberals are mentally ill.


43 posted on 11/07/2009 5:47:08 AM PST by Boardwalk
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To: Boardwalk
The liberal argument is that this killer didn’t really believe what he was saying...he was just saying it to get out of the military. The liberals are mentally ill.

You're right - they work overtime to come up with excuses for th e killer...

44 posted on 11/08/2009 8:45:56 AM PST by GOPJ (There's NO condemnation of this bastard in the M uslim S ympathizing M edia - MestaMachine)
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To: MBB1984

Once the name came out, they made it a point to state that he was a “convert” to Islam. That was revealed as a lie and that he was born of Palestinian immigrants and was raised in Islam.

The media made an all out blitz stating ad nauseum that he was an army psychiatrist and didn’t want to go back to Iraq or Afghanistan (they didn’t know which one, though) and had some kind of stress disorder. Can you imagine the reporting if the killer was a white male Republican?


You are right on every count!


45 posted on 11/08/2009 8:46:59 AM PST by GOPJ (There's NO condemnation of this bastard in the M uslim S ympathizing M edia - MestaMachine)
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To: walford

bump to the top


46 posted on 11/08/2009 8:53:07 AM PST by GOPJ (There's NO condemnation of this bastard in the M uslim S ympathizing M edia - MestaMachine)
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