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HOUSE DEMOCRATS MOVE TOCRIMINALIZE CRITICISM OF ISLAM
Front Page ^ | Dec 29 2015 | Robert Spencer

Posted on 12/29/2015 9:26:08 AM PST by Whenifhow

December 17, 2015 ought henceforth to be a date which will live in infamy, as that was the day that some of the leading Democrats in the House of Representatives came out in favor of the destruction of the First Amendment. Sponsored by among others, Muslim Congressmen Keith Ellison and Andre Carson, as well as Eleanor Holmes Norton, Loretta Sanchez, Charles Rangel, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Joe Kennedy, Al Green, Judy Chu, Debbie Dingell, Niki Tsongas, John Conyers, José Serrano, Hank Johnson, and many others, House Resolution 569 condemns "violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslims in the United States." The Resolution has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

That's right: "violence, bigotry and hateful rhetoric." The implications of those five words will fly by most people who read them, and the mainstream media, of course, will do nothing to elucidate them. But what H. Res. 569 does is conflate violence -- attacks on innocent civilians, which have no justification under any circumstances - with "bigotry" and "hateful rhetoric," which are identified on the basis of subjective judgments. The inclusion of condemnations of "bigotry" and "hateful rhetoric" in this Resolution, while appearing to be high-minded, take on an ominous character when one recalls the fact that for years, Ellison, Carson, and his allies (including groups such as the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR) have been smearing any and all honest examination of how Islamic jihadists use the texts and teachings of Islam to incite hatred and violence as "bigotry" and "hateful rhetoric." This Resolution is using the specter of violence against Muslims to try to quash legitimate research into the motives and goals of those who have vowed to destroy us, which will have the effect of allowing the jihad to advance unimpeded and unopposed.

That's not what this H. Res. 569 would do, you say? It's just about condemning "hate speech," not free speech? That kind of sloppy reasoning may pass for thought on most campuses today, but there is really no excuse for it. Take, for example, the wife of Paris jihad murderer Samy Amimour - please. It was recently revealed that she happily boasted about his role in the murder of 130 Paris infidels: "I encouraged my husband to leave in order to terrorize the people of France who have so much blood on their hands [...] I'm so proud of my husband and to boast about his virtue, ah la la, I am so happy." Proud wifey added: "As long as you continue to offend Islam and Muslims, you will be potential targets, and not just cops and Jews but everyone."

Now Samy Amimour's wife sounds as if she would be very happy with H. Res. 569, and its sponsors would no doubt gladly avow that we should stop offending Islam and Muslims - that is, cut out the "bigotry" and "hateful rhetoric." If we are going to be "potential targets" even if we're not "cops" or "Jews," as long as we "continue to offend Islam and Muslims," then the obvious solution, according to the Western intelligentsia, is to stop doing anything that might offend Islam and Muslims - oh, and stop being cops and Jews. Barack "The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam" says it. Hillary "We're going to have that filmmaker arrested" Clinton says it. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, certain that anyone who speaks honestly about Islam and jihad is a continuing danger to the Church, says it.

And it should be easy. What offends Islam and Muslims? It ought to be a simple matter to cross those things off our list, right? Making a few sacrifices for the sake of our future of glorious diversity should be a no-brainer for every millennial, and everyone of every age who is concerned about "hate," right? So let's see. Drawing Muhammad - that's right out. And of course, Christmas celebrations, officially banned this year in three Muslim countries and frowned upon (at best) in many others, will have to go as well. Alcohol and pork? Not in public, at least. Conversion from Islam to Christianity? No more of that. Building churches? Come on, you've got to be more multicultural!

Everyone agrees. The leaders of free societies are eagerly lining up to relinquish those freedoms. The glorious diversity of our multicultural future demands it. And that future will be grand indeed, a gorgeous mosaic, as everyone assures us, once those horrible "Islamophobes" are forcibly silenced. Everyone will applaud that. Most won't even remember, once the jihad agenda becomes clear and undeniable to everyone in the U.S. on a daily basis and no one is able to say a single thing about it, that there used to be some people around who tried to warn them.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bigotry; blasphemylaw; cair; freespeech; hatefulrhetoric; hatespeech; houseresolution; hr569; islam; obamamuslims; radicalislam; resolution; sharia; usblasphemylaw; usjihad; ussharia
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To: JimRed

All I see when I read that is “HOUSE DEMOCRATS bowels move”.

If the Reps go along with that they should all be hung.


101 posted on 12/29/2015 12:03:56 PM PST by DaveA37
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To: Whenifhow

But only Islam?? WOW! So... Talk about picking a religion to uphold above all others. It’s unconstitutional to even suggest it. They should step down immediately.


102 posted on 12/29/2015 12:48:53 PM PST by A_perfect_lady (Welfare: It's a Safety Net, Not a Hammock.)
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To: Whenifhow
How can this possibly get a hearing? they are in the extreme minority. List is a target list for defeat when another San Bernandino type assault ocurrs.
103 posted on 12/29/2015 2:45:42 PM PST by CPT Clay (Hillary: Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were electrocuted for selling classified info.)
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To: Whenifhow

It is getting closer to rwii/cwii.

They want it to happen sooner than later.


104 posted on 12/29/2015 2:58:43 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Whenifhow

Stephen Coughlin, Part 5: The Role of the OIC in Enforcing Islamic Law

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkAZUvQAzkc&list=PL4C29D87AA600650F&index=5


105 posted on 12/29/2015 3:47:51 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Thanks for the video!


106 posted on 12/29/2015 5:27:49 PM PST by Whenifhow
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters

Holy crap!


107 posted on 12/29/2015 7:21:37 PM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: Whenifhow

Allen West gets it:

Nope.

I’m not down with banning folks...

What I do want, is for people to come and appreciate the American experience - but any Muslim who embraces a post-622 AD, Al Hijra, Islamic totalitarian view has no place in western civilization.

It’s time we stop blaming ourselves and demand a reform of Islam... Let me close by reminding you once again: when tolerance becomes a one way street, it leads to cultural suicide.

By Allen West


108 posted on 02/04/2016 2:58:57 PM PST by GOPJ (Intentionally placing State secrets in nonsecure venues constitutes the crime of espionage.")
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