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When Trump Blamed Pamela Geller For Inciting Violence
American Thinker ^ | March 15, 2016 | Daniel John Sobieski

Posted on 03/15/2016 8:11:01 AM PDT by raptor22

Donald Trump, who denies that his provocative and sometimes profane rhetoric (particularly against Muslims_ has anything to do with violence and protests at his University of Illinois-Chicago rally, once blamed conservative activist Pamela Geller for provoking an attempted armed assault by – wait for it – unnecessarily provoking Muslims.

As Gideon Resnick noted last December in the Daily Beast, pre-candidate Trump was not as passionately concerned with Pamela Geller’s First Amendment free speech rights as he now is about his own:

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To: Rusty0604

And you also accepted the risk, that something MIGHT happen, I applaud your determination.


101 posted on 03/15/2016 9:11:49 AM PDT by Rustybucket
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To: mouse1

That was my ONLY point.


102 posted on 03/15/2016 9:12:38 AM PDT by Rustybucket
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To: Leaning Right

I get your point, thanks for taking the time to write it.


103 posted on 03/15/2016 9:14:54 AM PDT by Rustybucket
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To: Rustybucket

Yes I did, and it was a miserable evening, but worth it. When the news lady asked me if I was scared I just said no, and she looked surprised. I feel the same way about free speech no matter who gets insulted.


104 posted on 03/15/2016 9:17:17 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (oh the stories I could tell. but I really don't think scalia's death is suspiciou.)
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To: dfwgator
he (Trump) was just expressing his personal opinion on whether or not it was a good idea

Ah, now that's an interested possibility! Because there is a big difference between saying "She should not have done that", and "It was a bad idea, but I fully support her right to do it".

That's why I mentioned earlier that Trump needs to clarify his comments on this.

105 posted on 03/15/2016 9:18:49 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: silverleaf
The Muslim demand that the whole world adopt Sharia law must always be rejected by free men and women. Rejecting the prohibition against drawing/insulting their "prophet" is particularly important since it has been backed by Muslim terrorist murder so many times. We cannot let the terrorists and their enablers win.

The winning entry from the Garland event perfectly captures this ethos.


106 posted on 03/15/2016 9:20:25 AM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason)
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To: dfwgator
I disagree with Trump’s statement on Geller, but I don’t get from it that Trump wanted to shut it down, he was just expressing his personal opinion on whether or not it was a good idea.

That's really not the point.

Cruz didn't say that he wanted Trump's event shutdown.

107 posted on 03/15/2016 9:22:56 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: raptor22

Supporters don’t care if he is pro-Islam, or what he did to Carrie Prejean.


108 posted on 03/15/2016 9:24:19 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Boogieman
pro-abortion people think that showing photos of aborted fetuses is inflammatory, etc.

That's an excellent example right there. Those pictures are meant to provoke, and rightly so. I guess that's "inflammatory". The libs would love to ban them.

109 posted on 03/15/2016 9:29:03 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right
Ah, now that's an interested possibility! Because there is a big difference between saying "She should not have done that", and "It was a bad idea, but I fully support her right to do it". That's why I mentioned earlier that Trump needs to clarify his comments on this.

Cruz said that it was not a good idea to say that protestors should be punched in the face, that you create an environment of violence.

Trump said that you should not draw Muhammad cartoons, that you invite violence.

Cruz at least criticized the protestors first, while Trump didn't.

110 posted on 03/15/2016 9:30:28 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign
Cruz at least criticized the protestors first, while Trump didn't.

They both handled things poorly, in my opinion. But the booby prize in this instance goes to Trump.

111 posted on 03/15/2016 9:35:59 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Leaning Right

We are in full agreement.


112 posted on 03/15/2016 9:38:48 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: raptor22

Trump has switched and spun his positions throughout his career faster than a whirling dervish and the Trumpkins either don’t see it or they just move along like the famous three monkeys: see no evil; speak no evil; and hear no evil of their beloved Dear Leader. Meanwhile Hilary is salivating to have Trump as her opponent where 65% are already on record saying they’d never vote for the con artist and snake oil salesman.


113 posted on 03/15/2016 9:41:18 AM PDT by Steelfish
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To: raptor22

While I disagree with Trump’s opinion on Pam Gellar’s cartoon contest, we can all be great full that only two terrorist died that day instead of two terrorists and an unknown number of American citizens.


114 posted on 03/15/2016 9:50:49 AM PDT by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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To: ScottinVA

Isn’t this also an expression of free speech? Luckily only the terrorists died that day.


115 posted on 03/15/2016 9:56:44 AM PDT by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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To: catfish1957
You still didn’t answer the question around Trump’s anti 1st amendment stance saying it should ONLY be in a museum.

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It is not an anti 1st ammend. He stated his opinion that it should not be used as an official flag for state govt functions. You can personally fly it without a problem. Nor did he advocate legislation for banning it. Just his opinion.

116 posted on 03/15/2016 9:57:41 AM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Dagnabitt

So do you defeat them like Geller? Provoke them in America by staging religious sacrilege, , draw out the extremists and kill them with American LEO’s ? Strategically sound policy for the president of the U.S.?

Just curious about a solution to the problem, not a statement of the problem


117 posted on 03/15/2016 9:58:12 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Boogieman

You do realize the irony of the GOP flying a confederate flag? Hello?


118 posted on 03/15/2016 9:58:31 AM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: catfish1957

Plenty of Trump supporters have said they disagree with what he said. I’m one of them. Funny how free speech is always only toward the one agreed with.


119 posted on 03/15/2016 9:59:22 AM PDT by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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To: DungeonMaster

If this issue is why you will no longer consider Trump, who is stronger amongst his competitors on halting Muslim immigration?

(I know, it’s just talk...)


120 posted on 03/15/2016 10:01:08 AM PDT by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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