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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Hate Speech On Fox Forum?

Here is some hate speech from The Fox Forum. I wonder if Bill O’Reilly will be policing this hate the way he polices the user-generated comments left on so-called liberal blog sites. I’m sure O’Reilly, being fair and balanced as he claims to be, will condemn these remarks in the strongest possible terms. I mean, if he is consistent, he will attack The Fox Nation and The Fox Forum the way he attacks Think Progress, The Huffington Post and The Daily Kos. That is what someone who is objective would do, isn’t it? Of course, since O’Reilly is neither fair nor balanced, none of us should expect any outrage from America’s Daddy over these hateful comments (including one hoping for the death of our president). These hateful comments are in regard to a “Don’t Speak: What We Don’t Want to Hear in Obama’s Muslim Speech” blog posted by Judith Miller. I don’t agree with everything Miller said, most notably the tired implication that President Obama is going on an apology tour (a conservative/Republican talking point).

54 Responses to ““Don’t Speak: What We Don’t Want to Hear in Obama’s Muslim Speech””

  1. Truly says:

    Ms. Miller. Well put. For your thoughtful piece, whoever writes HIS speeches should shortcut to your itemized points.

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  2. Michael in Atlanta says:

    johnnyboy says:
    June 3, 2009 at 10:01 am
    He could fairly point out that there is as much extremism in America as in their parts of the world. One only needs to read the bile on these pages to see that.
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    I agree. There are extremist on both sides of the debate and both need to be ignored. If the the extremist get their way, Bin Laden will get his wish for a Chris.tain vs Is.lam holy war.

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  3. JULES says:

    WHAT LANGUAGE WILL HE TALK IN ENGLISH OR ISLAM?

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  4. bin laden even hates obama… wow

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  5. JULES says:

    MAYBE WE WILL GET LUCKY AND BIN LADEN WILL TAKE OBAMA OUT WHILE HE IS OVERSEAS.

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Greg Gutfield Remains A Proponent Of Torture

Fox News’ television show host Greg Gutfield is one of a large number of people to the right of the political mainstream who favor torture. You see, they don’t call it torture, because torture sounds too evil. So, they’ve made up this less nasty-sounding way of saying it. They call it “enhanced interrogation.” I suppose that sends the Greg Gutfields and the Sean Hannitys of the world to sleep with a smile knowing that we are involved in “enhanced interrogation” and not torture. Sure, “enhanced interrogation” doesn’t sound quite as immoral as torture.

Consider this excerpt from Gutfield’s column:

Lets get this straight: implementing enhanced interrogation techniques is not immoral. What’s immoral is not doing everything possible to prevent an enemy from killing the people you love.That one rule overrules everything – making the actions you take toward that enemy supremely moral – whether the acts involve waterboarding, sleep deprivation, playing loud music, or watching David Shuster.

First Gutfield tries to sugarcoat torture and then he goes to the conservative scare tactic of trying to make it seem as though anyone opposed to torture is essentially cheer leading and enabling our enemies.

More from GutlessGutfield:

The idea that waterboarding is evil really stems from certain folks feeling awkward when asked about it at Brentwood cocktail parties. And that’s the truly immoral element in this ridiculous debate: if saving face means more than saving lives, then we’re totally screwed.I’d rather live in a country that’s despised for waterboarding two asshats, than a well-liked one with craters for cities. The desire for popularity is really at the heart of this: and it’s a far worse moral crime than anything done with a rag and bucket of water.

This depth and breadth of stupidity in the above excerpt is staggering. The Greg Gutfields of the world seem to think it’s difficult (if not impossible) to achieve peace unless torture, excuse me, “enhanced interrogation” is involved. He pushes the idiotic argument that either you torture people or you live in a country with “craters for cities.” This is an old-fashioned Republican scare tactic.

This is not a desire for popularity. Now, it suits people like Greg Gutfield well to portray it in such a fashion. We do not need to be the most popular nation, but we do need to be a nation that is respected by our neighbors around the world (something that was not the case during the administration of President George W. Bush). We need to build bridges and not destroy bridges. I wonder how Greg Gutfield would feel about people torturing our people to keep their cities from becoming craters or to be able to get more information?

We must be a nation that shows people we are the best and not be a nation that flies around the world telling everyone we’re the best and trying to initimidate our enemies and all who have differences with us. To the Greg Gutfields of the world, I say “give diplomacy and peace a chance.” I don’t expect anything other than the politics of fear and intimidation from those on the far right of the political spectrum.

Big Hollywood:
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/05/15/daily-gut-saving-face-vs-saving-lives/

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