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Liberal Filmmaker Erick Allen Bell Attacks Islam On Fox News
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Posted on 09/26/2012 7:56:31 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

On Tuesday, Fox & Friends invited former documentary filmmaker Erick Allen Bell back on the program to continue a discussion about a political conversion he underwent while making a film about the construction of a large mosque in Tennessee. Bell set out to make a film about the religious intolerance of southern evangelicals but he says what he discovered about radical Islam while making the film forced him to reconsider his preconceptions. "The liberal media, which I didn't believe existed before this -- I thought that was invented by Rush Limbaugh — there is a liberal media," said Bell. "And they do have a bias. They're not interested in this story."

"I wrongly thought that the opposition to the mosque was about evangelicals wanting to maintain the home court advantage and just not wanting another religion to have such a big facility in their town," said Bell. "Sure enough, there is no such thing as radical Islam -- it doesn't exist. Islam is radical. Muslims, fortunately, in America mostly -- not radical. But Islam is radical to the core."

Bell says he set out to write over 100 blog posts for the liberal site Daily Kos outlining some facts that he felt most people did not know about Islam on issues like freedom of religion, the rights of women and gays. "I was told I was right-wing and an Islamophobe for pointing these things out," said Bell.

Fill-in co-host Eric Bolling asked Bell how he felt he was being treated by the liberal media after he had his epiphany.

"Well, they don't return my calls," said Bell. "They loved me when I was saying that this was a civil rights issue. The only media that's paying attention to this issue when I present facts — scary facts -- are the conservative media."

Bell said he did a one hour pre-interview with National Public Radio but they declined to air a report on his film.

"Why is that," asked Bolling.

"I think it's hard to admit when you are wrong," said Bell. "There's a perceptive disability that a lot of liberals have. When I say Islam, they hear Muslim. So if I say 'I'm against Islam,' they hear 'I'm against Muslims,' which sounds like hate speech. And the last thing that NPR wants to do is engage in what they perceive to be hate speech."


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Eric Allen Bell describing his epiphany, one of those rare libs who have the intellectual honesty to admit he was wrong.
1 posted on 09/26/2012 7:56:36 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

A Liberal who is honest, rare


2 posted on 09/26/2012 8:01:02 PM PDT by scooby321 (AMS)
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To: Impala64ssa

And who better than Fill-in co-host Eric Bolling to let him
have his say?


3 posted on 09/26/2012 8:01:08 PM PDT by Fully Awake DAV (Navy Vet when homosexuality was not tolerated)
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To: Impala64ssa

The liberal media are skid marks on Journalism’s shorts.


4 posted on 09/26/2012 8:02:41 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Impala64ssa

Alarming that islam brainwashing is spreading through out the US so fast.


5 posted on 09/26/2012 8:03:43 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: Impala64ssa
After all ? : " the future does not belong to those who slander Islam "

The future belongs to those in the Islamic world who would commit crimes and atrocities to humanity, foster the prosperity of and the promotion of world poverty, genocide of Christians and Jews, and create and instigate future wars belonging to and owned by Islam.
6 posted on 09/26/2012 8:04:22 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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Hey guys I just got a warning that our Twitter and Facebook accounts are going to be a target tonight. Anybody else hear this?


7 posted on 09/26/2012 8:04:32 PM PDT by Ohiobelle
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To: scooby321

And thus realized he could no longer be a liberal.


8 posted on 09/26/2012 8:04:57 PM PDT by I-ambush (Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Hey guys I just got a warning that our Twitter and Facebook accounts are going to be a target tonight. Anybody else hear this?


9 posted on 09/26/2012 8:06:01 PM PDT by Ohiobelle
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To: Impala64ssa

Pretty hilarious (or sad) to see all these formerly secular liberals trashing the 1st amendment while defending Islamic law.


10 posted on 09/26/2012 8:07:18 PM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (Your tattoo looks stupid.)
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I don’t know if this is true but the Saudis are doing something to Twitter & Facebook in honor of National day?? I don’t think it’s high alert concern.


11 posted on 09/26/2012 8:10:49 PM PDT by Ohiobelle
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[T]he last thing that NPR wants to do is engage in what they perceive to be hate speech.

Wot? NPR sure hated Juan Williams when they issued a fat wad against him.


12 posted on 09/26/2012 8:11:00 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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They, Islam, send their sons(& daughters) out to die for their god; Christians have a God that sent His Son (Jesus Christ) to die for us!


13 posted on 09/26/2012 8:16:51 PM PDT by Letmarch75 ( If a man knows the right way to live and does not live it, there is no greater coward).)
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They, Islam, send their sons(& daughters) out to die for their god; Christians have a God that sent His Son (Jesus Christ) to die for us!


14 posted on 09/26/2012 8:16:52 PM PDT by Letmarch75 ( If a man knows the right way to live and does not live it, there is no greater coward).)
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To: Ohiobelle

Talking to yourself, newb?

Sniff...


15 posted on 09/26/2012 8:20:47 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (I will fear no muslim))
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"The liberal media, which I didn't believe existed before this..."

Yes, that's the way it works. First you are inside the liberal bubble, then something happens to make you venture outside the bubble, and then... No more comfort zone, sayonara emotional support system, but at least you can permit yourself to start seeing the obvious.

He mentions Rush Limbaugh, and I hope he listens. Rush is great at helping liberals recover.

16 posted on 09/26/2012 8:22:43 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Impala64ssa

This is pretty stunning. All it took was for him to tell the truth about what he found out about Islam rather than mouthing the party line to find out the media is biased. It will be interesting to see where he goes with this. A+++ for intellectual honesty.


17 posted on 09/26/2012 8:25:17 PM PDT by bigbob
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I can not beleive liberals don’t know that Islam is an oppressive, radical social, political and economic system. I think they want to pit the Muslims against the Christians here like they pit black against white. They enjoy creating the social disease and suffering.


18 posted on 09/26/2012 8:26:47 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Impala64ssa

A liberal who tells the truth will be savaged by his own side


19 posted on 09/26/2012 8:27:54 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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it’s irrelevant to this thread, and who gives a crap what happens to FB and Twit anyhow?


20 posted on 09/26/2012 8:28:22 PM PDT by bigbob
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