Posted on 01/14/2015 4:54:49 AM PST by LeoMcNeil
President Obama’s press secretary is hitting back at journalists who might slander the false prophet Muhammad or otherwise offend Islamic jihadists. Josh Earnest declared that the President wouldn’t be shy about expressing his disapproval of such journalism. He also indicated the President would take “steps that are necessary” to protect the military from such acts of offensive journalism. Earnest argued for the President’s position while hiding behind the strawman of protecting the military. Suddenly we are to believe the President is interested in protecting the lives of military members, this after Benghazi and any number of new conflicts he’s gotten the nation involved in. This to after he allowed Iraq to fall into the hands of ISIS, thus making the blood spilled in that country under his watch largely meaningless.
The President is of course free to speak his mind about any news article, political cartoon or sensational story printed in the media. If he doesn’t like something that is printed, he can rant to the press about it to his heart’s content. With less than two years before his successor is selected, the President’s bully pulpit is quickly fading. While the left-wing press still fawns over Obama, the less power he has the less likely they’ll bow to his wishes. Even if they were to bow to Obama’s wishes and not publish pieces slandering the false prophet Muhammad, such would be a private decision. The President has the right under the Constitution to express his opinion, the first amendment protects his ability to freely speak. Likewise, the press has the right to publish or not publish whatever they want for whatever reasons they want.
The question is what Earnest means when he suggests the President may take “steps that are necessary” to protect the military. This was spoken in the same sentence as his comment about Obama expressing his opinion. This is where this President could potentially move into unconstitutional waters. It’s one thing to express an opinion or use the President’s bully pulpit to cajole the media. It’s another thing entirely to threaten legal action. Make no mistake, the administration threatening “steps that are necessary” points directly at legal action. What legal action the administration imagines it could take is anyone’s guess. Whether Obama likes it or not, people can slander the false prophet Muhammad in any way they want here in the United States. Of course with this President taking unconstitutional measures is a regular practice, so it should surprise no one if they devise some legal maneuver to silence the opponents of the false prophet Muhammad.
Earnest decries the use of the term “radical Islam” by the press. He’s actually right here, the press shouldn’t use the term. Of course, Earnest imagines that real Islam isn’t like the jihadist version which Earnest in all his wisdom dismisses as illegitimate. In reality, “radical Islam” is Islam by the book. The Koran teaches followers to “slay the unbelievers wherever you find them.” It teaches Muslims to “terrorize and behead those who believe in scripture other than the Koran.” It encourages followers to make war against infidels and kill them wherever they are found. Unless Earnest imagines that people who actually believe in the Koran are radicals, the jihadists are regular, run of the mill Muslims. Earnest and the administration are lying to the country by pretending otherwise.
Ultimately the American mainstream media is too weak and pandering to actually publish articles questioning Islam. They’re all to willing to publish pieces attacking Christianity but they rarely if ever publish anything that questions Islam much less attacks it as a religion of violence. In the internet age there are thousands of bloggers or random people with websites who call into question Islam or otherwise slander the false prophet Muhammad. There are almost certainly a handful of talk radio hosts who have questioned Islam or otherwise called into question the false prophet. For the most part though the media is unwilling to seriously call Islam into question. These days maybe they fear a lawsuit from the President who apparently will take necessary steps to prevent the media from slandering the false prophet.
Edit for “too”.
The undocumented, treasonous Obola
is much too busy defending terrorists,
arming terrorists, funding terrorists,
and using the IRS to attack Americans,
while killing non-EXEMPT Americans
through RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE.
So we’re back to the PC which allowed Hasan of Ft. Hood to murder in the name of this mohammed.
If Obama’s loyalties are not crystal-clear apparent at this point, then something is seriously, seriously wrong with people.
basically the article can be compressed to two sentences? Comply naives! Your Rulers have spoken!
0bama’s and Holders FCC to newspapers, radio and TV : Nice business you have there, shame if anything would happen to your business. Bye the way, how are your children?
At least now we know which side he is on.
If his loyalty to islam hasn’t already been proven, any stifling of the 1st amendment will leave no doubt.
“”Your Rulers have spoken!””
Please tell me we don’t have more than the one ruler....
“”to protect the military from such acts of offensive journalism””
What the dickens is he talking about? I think the military can take care of themselves - or at least they USED to be able to with proper leadership but it wasn’t the military that was attacked and brutally slaughtered in Paris, you jerk!
is a conglomerate.
I'm pretty sure most FReepers knew which side he was on from the git go.
The MSM will comply, they cut obama from their own progressive liberal democrat communist cloth, he is woven into and he is the center piece of their tapestry.
Perhaps they’re under the influence of “a strong delusion”?
We too often forget is that Obama is the CIC and the last time I checked the military is not an open democracy. Obama can put into motion censorship over the military. The trick is not to let it spread to the rest of us. Elections have consequences, and part of Obama's fundamental change has been to subvert the military.
If muslims insist we refer to Muhammed as Prophet Muhammed then we should go further — he is the False Prophet Muhammed. Works for me.
Also... A given
John Earnest refuses giving Atkinson public photos of Obala’s whereabouts in the W.H. on 9/11 (the Benghazi-Gate!!!
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