Posted on 05/14/2009 7:49:34 AM PDT by Victory111
Carrie Prejean is not the only one who is being demonized these days for expressing politically incorrect opinions; free speech had a bad week all over the world. British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith last week announced the names of sixteen “extremists” whom she has barred from entering Britain – a smorgasbord of nasty characters including a white supremacist; a Christian fundamentalist hate preacher; two Islamic jihadists; and Samir Kantar, a Lebanese Druze terrorist who brutally murdered four Israelis, including a four-year-old child. On the list also was talk show host Michael Savage, whose only offense seems to have been to espouse views that Jacqui Smith doesn’t like.
(Excerpt) Read more at crossactionnews.com ...
Don’t lump Prejean with the others. In the case of Prejean, she was not asking for this attention. It was forced on her by the PC police. I don’t care much for Trump but he made the right decision here and I would like to hear him explain why. Clearly Prejean’s views are shared by a majority including the President. It was the pageants that interjeced politics so you can hardly criticize her for expressing or defending her view. I would like to think Trump did it because he realized it was he only way to wean the pageants off politics which should have nothing to do with it.
Just the beginning...........
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.