Posted on 07/21/2015 4:28:56 AM PDT by markomalley
I lost respect for Hebdo when they distanced themselves from Pamela Geller’s event.
Now it is Pamela Geller and other pro-freedom fighters job now.
Either we in America are governed by the Bill of Rights, or we are ruled by Shariah. There is no middle ground.
Death to Islam!
Another day, another revolution of earth. Totalitarians tightening the screws on the cages around our existence.
The NYT, WaPo, ABC, CBS and NBC will pick up the torch.
If they do, it'll be by the wrong end.
In France and Italy, in a few years time, precious works of real art (frescoes, statuary, reredoes, altarpieces, etc.) will be destroyed by vandals as idolatrous.
These will be dismissed as random incidents.
Editorials will be written about how Protestant mobs in the XVIth century also, in their stupidity and barbarism, destroyed illuminated manuscripts, altarpieces, monstrances, etc. and so it is OK for it happen again.
Editorials will also mention how the highly cultured fascists of the XXth century bombarded, defaced and stole art treasures.
The language of moral equivalence will prevail, and Europe will further decline.
But they will mock Christian figures. They are a worthless bunch of jihadi-appeasing Christian haters.
Easy to criticize Charlie from the safety of your home in the US. For all the t
ough guy warriors on this thread. If all your coworkers were mowed down and you had no means to defend yourself. Would you go to work?
I could more easily understand getting so pissed off that I never stopped drawing the Mighty Mo. Sheesh. what would Bugs Bunny do?
IMO, they never were respectable ...
True, although in the aftermath of the shooting one could at least admire and respect their courage in going ahead with Mohammed cartoons in spite of credible threats to them. Of course, one would think that would give them common cause - despite any other political differences - with Pamela Geller and her Draw Mohammed Contest. Hence, my comment.
Imagine, for example, if our founding fathers spoke ill of the French Revolution because - despite the fact they, like the founders, were shaking off oppressive regimes - they were really more anti-nobility than pro-liberty. However, in the context of what was going on during that period, the fact that the founders, after winning their war, had no desire to execute English nobility (as did the French) was not seen as a reason to disassociate from France. The same should be true for Hebdo, re Geller - but apparently it isn’t.
I can agree with that.
Next question. Hey, wait a second; Muhammed, who do you think will do the next artistic rendering?
Thats a keeper....oink !
After what happened I have no problem with Charlie Hedbo’s decision not to draw Mohammed. But don’t tell me you won some sort of victory. You eventually lost. Islamists defeated you. I will wait for someone who is the eventual victors.
Pick a photograph of a Muslim rapist, There’s at least a 40% chance he’s named after his prophet, he may not look exactly like the original did, but he carries the spirit of his namesake inside of him, they all do.
Every time they show ISIS on the news America is seeing an image of Mohammed.
Reminds me of a Twilight Zone ep. one of the hour long ones. “He’s Alive” (Hitler). Mohammed is alive.
“Easy to criticize Charlie from the safety of your home in the US. For all the tough guy warriors on this thread. If all your coworkers were mowed down and you had no means to defend yourself. Would you go to work?”
Or, how many of the courageous typists in this thread would be willing to put up a sign in front of their yards with a cartoon of mohammed with the sign caption, “He was a pedophile”? Any typist here going to accept the challenge?
To defeat terrorism and protect our rights we need a lot more than a few foolish martyrs willingly (or unwillingly) sacrificing themselves.
If we are serious about protecting our right to free speech, we need to eliminate the people that are against it. In this case it’s the rabid islamists. Question is, how do you differentiate them from the more sensible ones?
So far we haven’t found a good way to do that, mostly because of a lack of will.
Pamela Geller actually did it right, she knew what to expect, so she prepared well for it, she exercised her right of free speech AND gave us the unexpected bonus of reducing the islamist population by two.
She’s a (smart) hero in my eyes.
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