A pillar of American Exceptionalism is that of Free Speech. ALL speech is protected (caveat: other than what the Supremes have deemed not – re: “Fire”). Why is it, at the first scream of faux outrage that has been manufactured by the Muslim equivalent of Community Organizers, Western Leaders fall onto THEIR embroidered kneepads and act like they have to outrun the bear (as in that old joke “All I have to do is outrun you when the bear comes after both of us”).
The question of the day: WHY is first response of Obama (President of the United States of America, Protector of the US Constitution) , his feckless Secretary of State Hillary (also sworn to uphold the Constitution), his mouthpiece Jay Carney, and a multitude of pusillanimous of other lesser actors (with a requisite even lesser quality of character and lesser fealty to the First Amendment) NOT a robust defense of that part of what makes American Exceptional? Why is it looking like they ALL are apologizing (er, aGAIN??) for what America stands for?
- They have little regard for the meaning and purpose of the First Amendment to begin with
- As self-avowed
ReProgressives, they have little need or love TO defend such – it conflicts with their march forward to their Socialist end-game. - As in everything else they do, re-election is everything; NOTHING is more important than that (including that American principle).
- Blame, blame, blame, blame (hey, don’t look at ME!). NOTHING is ever their fault (er, does that mean that they are NEVER in control of any event)?
Scott had part of what Chief Flacker Carney – here is the fuller version:
And we go back to what the US Embassy in Cairo said:
The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims — as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.
And the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (the military) contacts Pastor Terry Jones to say “hey, you can repudiate your support of the movie / YouTube clips, right?”. Hmm, you do think that the titular military head of the most powerful Military in the world calling you JUST might be sufficiently intimidating your expression of speech as your status as a Private Citizen? I’m no lawyer, but could this be strained sufficiently enough to claim Posse Comitatus (the military enforcing a notion of a civilian law (humpf!) according to the wishes of the President?)
And of course, not small assortment of Left / Liberals / Progressives are uttering all kinds of stupidity about little they know about true free speech as in “I’m offended – so you can’t say that. You offended Muslims – that can’t be Free speech either”) that comes under their umbrella of “Abuse of Free Speech”. Er, no – either it is Free Speech or you are merely in favor of Politicially Correct speech of which you approve.
Why are they so fixated on not offending Muslims worldwide and care not a whit about offending (er, actually attacking) Christians in this country?
