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After Attack on Danish Cartoonist, The West Is Choked by Fear
Der Spiegel ^ | January 4, 2010 | Henryk M. Broder

Posted on 01/04/2010 10:10:29 AM PST by Second Amendment First

The attack on illustrator Kurt Westergaard wasn't the first attempt to carry out a deadly fatwa. When Muslims tried to murder Salman Rushdie 20 years ago, the protests among intellectuals were loud. Today, though, Western writers and thinkers would rather take cover than defend basic rights.

(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cartoonjihad; globaljihad; thewest; westergaard
The free speech movement of the sixties was only relevent when attacking traditional Judeo-Christian mores. The leftists of today are now preoccupied with diversity rather than free speech.
1 posted on 01/04/2010 10:10:29 AM PST by Second Amendment First
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To: Second Amendment First

So THAT’S why I’ve been having trouble breathing today...


2 posted on 01/04/2010 10:12:06 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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The west is not “choked by fear” we say “BRING IT!”,
but don’t expect us to sit here with our hands tied
we have plans too.


3 posted on 01/04/2010 10:13:05 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Second Amendment First

DIEversity.


4 posted on 01/04/2010 10:13:25 AM PST by Islaminaction
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I’m not choked by fear, I just want to take care of the problem.


5 posted on 01/04/2010 10:14:13 AM PST by bergmeid (obama. With a small o.)
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...The West Is Choked by Fear...

Good thing I'm in the South.

6 posted on 01/04/2010 10:14:53 AM PST by FReepaholic (My other tagline is hilarious.)
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Crazy, violent, fanatical Christians are frequent bogeymen in today's discourse. Why? Well, when Christians see themselves portrayed like that, they shrug and say, "That's annoying. We're not really like that, you know."

Why don't we see crazy, violent, fanatical Muslims showing up in films and bestselling novels? Well, when Muslims see themselves portrayed like that, they hunt down the people involved and slaughter them in the streets or in their homes.

Our "intellectual" class has decided that Muslims are all sweet people and should never suffer any criticism. It's just safer that way.

Or is it?

7 posted on 01/04/2010 10:15:29 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We have the 1st so that we can call on people to rebel. We have 2nd so that they can.)
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ACTION is the best antidote to any alleged fear:

Racial profiling.

Targeted Clockwork Orange ultra-violence.


8 posted on 01/04/2010 10:20:17 AM PST by EyeGuy
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The only fear I have is that our leadership wont wipe these morons of the face of the earth and expose their pedophile cult for the sham that it is by making Mecca a glass parking lot.


9 posted on 01/04/2010 10:20:49 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied, the economy died)
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The left wing governments are choked with love and do not want to bother their brothers in their killings of real humans and non members of the Devils Brigade, to which organizations the killers belong. As well as the left wing anti human media which are offspring of Hitler and Stalin.
10 posted on 01/04/2010 10:24:38 AM PST by YOUGOTIT (The Royal 100 Club is Acting the Same as the Roman Senate When the Republic Collapsed)
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They must be asking the political pansies, and your average big city dweller. I’m not scared, I am PO’d.


11 posted on 01/04/2010 10:41:49 AM PST by vpintheak (How can love of God, Family and Country make me an extremist?)
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“Today, though, Western writers and thinkers would rather take cover than defend basic rights.”

Leadership always comes from the top. If there is no head, there can be no tail. If our leaders in Washington don’t take the lead, then there’s no one to follow.

The standard mantra in our house is, “Lead, follow or get out of the way.” I always add, “...and shut up if you aren’t prepared to lead.”


12 posted on 01/04/2010 11:19:36 AM PST by Constitutions Grandchild
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Well they know that the Amish and conservative christian will not break into their homes and stab their children to death in their sleep screaming “Praise the Lord” So Christians will be the increased target.


13 posted on 01/04/2010 12:52:12 PM PST by Walkingfeather
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Ah this is nothing. There is (or was) a Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, who has had to reside in a safe house after speaking out against Islam. He gets a once a week visit with his wife.


14 posted on 01/04/2010 12:56:32 PM PST by riri (Resistance-It's the New Black)
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As Ann Coulter said of modern libtards and their love of Muslims :

“Finally, the left has found some fundamentalists that they like!”


15 posted on 01/04/2010 3:26:12 PM PST by Mac from Cleveland ("See what you made me do?" Major Malik Hasan)
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