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You saw a film of Palestinians dancing in the streets of Gaza, your guest's reponse to your statement that there had been Muslims dancing in the streets in New Jersey while the towers were burning is an urban legend.

Stop and think about it for one second...do you truly believe that all those Tony Soprano New Jersey types wouldn't have butchered them wholesale?

Your guest said "absolutely" when you commented on the Muslims dancing in the streets.

You saw a film of Palestinians dancing in the streets of Gaza, your guest's reponse to your statement that there had been Muslims dancing in the streets in New Jersey while the towers were burning is an urban legend.

I'm not sure enough to dispute it. It could be as you say - an urban legend. I distinctly remember seeing photos of Arab garb attired women and men in western garb pointing at Manhatten. I would concede that it was footage interspersed with photos of Palestinian reaction, Jordanian reaction etc. It is quite possible I'm wrong.

Stop and think about it for one second...do you truly believe that all those Tony Soprano New Jersey types wouldn't have butchered them wholesale?

Generally this phrase smacks me upside the head as if I'm a child. Having said that - One of the reasons I value FR is because of the first hand reporting of events on a local level. I no longer automatically believe what I am fed from the media, the govt. and more importantly I easily question what I am NOT shown. Proving a negative is difficult. Essentially, since that is what I am asking when I say, "I remember massive demonstrations in NJ by Muslim Americans." So, without proof it is rhetoric and I withdraw it.

Regards,

TS

"You saw a film of Palestinians dancing in the streets of Gaza, your guest's reponse to your statement that there had been Muslims dancing in the streets in New Jersey while the towers were burning is an urban legend."

Spencer may have been thinking of this: "Islamists in New York City celebrated the destruction on September 11 at their mosques, but journalists refused to report the story for fear of offending Muslims, effectively concealing this important information from the U.S. public." -- Daniel Pipes, "Fighting Militant Islam, Without Bias," City Journal, November 2001.

It is a reflection of your ideology that you would reflexively accuse him of lying when there is evidence to support his agreement with the host on this point.