Numbers-Riverside wants to limit the 1st Amendment

[Mary Ann]

951-Riverside (6,345 posts)

The 1st amendment ends when the lives of others are put in danger.

Not only was this cartoon contest racist but it was done in poor taste and put the lives of innocent people living in Garland in great danger. The first amendment shouldn't apply here.

The organizers of this event should have been arrested not protected beforehand, what they did was equivalent to throwing a rock through a window then claiming "free speech". Thankfully no-one except for the 2 perpetrators were killed over this little racist stunt by Pamela Geller.

Amazingly enough, most of the DUmmies would agree with us on this subject.

[Carl]

I am so glad the founding fathers had the foresight to know that there would be the left as it exists today.

[Skul]

Free speech for thee, and none.....

Right, numbersRivershit?

[98ZJUSMC]

951-Riverside (6,345 posts)

The 1st amendment ends when the lives of others are put in danger.

 

[Mary Ann]

 

Hmmmmmmmmmm . . . I'd post that over there myself, but I was recently banned for something much less provocative.

[HawkHogan]

Another Dummy who has no idea how the First amendment works. 

[Rebel]

Link?

[Mary Ann]

Ooooooooooooooooooops!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026617810

[Rebel]

Ooooooooooooooooooops!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026617810

Thanks, couldn't find it. Was going to post it on FB to counter some sillyass liberals that love some Muzzies, but trash Christianity. I've been pointing out their hypocrisy all day.

[obumazombie]

There are more libs than Numbers who want to curtail free speech.
Speech must be pre approved by libs before it is spoken...

Former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien appeared on Sunday’s Reliable Sources to add her name to the list of liberals who argue that calling the rioters in Baltimore “thugs” is just “a proxy, is a word we use instead of the N-word.” 
O’Brien asserted she “can't think of a situation where there's ever been a headline or someone has called a white young person who is in the middle of a violent protest demonstration, whatever, a thug.

We use it all the time when we're talking about people in the inner city.”

For his part, guest host Frank Sesno noted that when he “looked the word up in a bunch of different dictionaries.
In no place did I find a racial connection...and the African-American mayor of the city and the African-American president of the United States used the word.”

O’Brien responded by scolding those, including President Obama, of having a specific “agenda” when they chose to use the word “thug”:

Well, doesn't necessarily mean that they don't have a specific agenda in how they're using it.

When you talk about journalists, though, I think journalists shouldn't have an agenda...And I think when you examine when the word is used, it's used to describe the actions of people of color, specifically people who are in the inner city.

I think for journalists to have a debate back and forth about thug and thuggery is naive and sort of misplaced, because it's not really the question. Journalists should strive to use words that describe accurately what's happening.

Sesno attempted to push O’Brien to accurately describe the violent Baltimore rioters but the former CNN anchor was very vague in her response:

You should use words very specifically.
So, I think you say, these are protesters who are now throwing cement blocks at blah, blah, blah.
These are people who are now doing this.
Look at this picture.
That group right there is doing this.

O’Brien insisted that she did not condone violence but suggested that even the word ”riot” had a racial connotation:

I think when you look specifically about how the word riot is used, the word thug is used, it's always used around people of color, specifically in an inner city context.
And, again, I can't tell you how the black mayor does it or the president of the United States chooses to use the word.

I can only comment on how I think journalists should think about a word that actually doesn't have a lot of nuance and isn't specific, but somehow seems to be used a lot when you're talking about African-Americans.
So me personally, I wouldn't call someone a thug.
I think it's not a descriptive term.
The journalist's job, and I think what's been sorely lacking in this story, frankly, is context, right, description and context.

 

Maybe we should just give those non thugs more "space to destroy".


full article...


http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey-meyer/2015/05/03/soledad-obrien-baltimore-riots-thug-proxy-n-word#sthash.hAa85tjD.dpuf

[JakeStyle]

951-Riverside (6,345 posts)

The 1st amendment ends when the lives of others are put in danger.

Not only was this cartoon contest racist but it was done in poor taste and put the lives of innocent people living in Garland in great danger. The first amendment shouldn't apply here.

The organizers of this event should have been arrested not protected beforehand, what they did was equivalent to throwing a rock through a window then claiming "free speech". Thankfully no-one except for the 2 perpetrators were killed over this little racist stunt by Pamela Geller.

When did Islam become a race?  This guy is an idiot.

[JohnnyReb]

It is my opinion that telling the truth about Muslims and their prophet is the only way to defeat Islam. Embarrass the majority of them to leave their religion...which be will hard for them because their prophet instructed them to kill those that leave their religion and their own family will do it. Therefore no restrictions on the first amendment.



A man robs a train and we call him a robber....Muslims call him a prophet and the most perfect example of a man.

A man marries 12 wives and we call him a bigamist.....Muslims call him a prophet and the most perfect example of a man.

A man kills a woman's uncle and husband then has sex that night with the widow we call him a murderer and a rapist......Muslims call him a prophet and the most perfect example of a man.

A man orders the beheading of 800 men and boys we call him a mass murderer......Muslims call him a prophet and the most perfect example of a man.

A man marries a 6 year old girl and then has sex with her at age 9 we call a pedophile......Muslims call him a prophet and the most perfect example of a man.

A man captures men, women and children then sales them into slavery we call him a slaver......Muslims call him a prophet and the most perfect example of a man.

A man demands money for protection we call an extortionist......Muslims call him a prophet and the most perfect example of a man.

....and these are just a few of his good points.

[Ptarmigan]

When did Islam become a race?  This guy is an idiot.

If he keeps up with this, I think we got DUmmy Of The Year.

[blitzkrieg_17]

This FR thread seems appropriate here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3286302/posts
edit: He got blasted on DU. A rare Best of thread.