Posted on 06/08/2015 2:09:24 PM PDT by Biggirl
Edited on 06/08/2015 4:02:04 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
AFDI President Pamela Geller said in a statement: Because the media and the cultural and political elites continue to self-enforce the Sharia without the consent of the American people by refusing to show any depictions of Muhammad or showing what it was in Texas that had jihadists opening fire, we are running a billboard ad featuring the winning cartoon by former Muslim Bosch Fawstin from our Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest in Garland, Texas.
The new free speech campaign went up on 100 billboards today in St. Louis.
Geller explained: Drawing Muhammad is not illegal under American law, but only under Islamic law. Violence that arises over the cartoons is solely the responsibility of the Islamic jihadists who perpetrate it. Either America will stand now against attempts to suppress the freedom of speech by violence, or will submit and give the violent the signal that we can be silenced by threats and murder.
Speech that is offensive to some must not be curtailed, but protected (i.e., the Mohammed cartoons). Freedom of speech is the foundation of a free society. Without it, a tyrant can wreak havoc unopposed, while his opponents are silenced. If speech that offends a group is outlawed, that group has absolute power, and a free society is destroyed. A group that cannot be criticized cannot be opposed. It can work its will no matter what it is, and no one will be able to say anything to stop it."
Geller added: "There is nothing about this cartoon that incites violence. It is within the established American tradition of satire. If America surrenders on this point, the freedom of speech is a relic of history."
Excerpt, read more at Breitbart
Go to the site if you want to read more please. Thank-you.
“free speech campaign went up on 100 billboards today in St. Louis.”
100 bait sites for getting rid of jihadis.
That needs to be seen on main thoroughfares in large cities across the country.
Bttt
I always find this very interesting. Look at all the depiction of Mohammad here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depictions_of_Muhammad
http://moorishsociety.com/tag/washington-dc/
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