Posted on 10/21/2010 10:42:59 AM PDT by JedEckert2000
NPR has been looking to unload Juan Williams for a long time. They will tolerate only one way of thinking- only the furthest-left, ultra-politically-correct dogma. Like Pravda during the old Soviet Union, you either toe the line or end up in a gulag. Since there are no gulags in the United States… yet, NPR will have to settle for a contract termination. But make no mistake, if they had their way, I am sure Juan, alongside most of talk radio, the entire staff of Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and others would be in a re-education work camp this morning.
What was Juan's crime? He told the truth about his own personal feelings - something you really have to keep buried these days. Anyone who says they weren't a little anxious about Muslims or middle-eastern people on planes after 9/11 is not just a liar. They're a damn liar. I remember being on a flight a few months after the attack when a man in a turban (not even a Muslim, but a Sikh!) took his seat. The other passengers all looked at each other with knowing glances. "If this guy gets up to use the bathroom, he's going down!"
But you are not allowed to say these things lest they offend the most protected class of people in the history of the world. You simply can't say anything that might in the smallest way make Muslims feel the least bit uncomfortable. Witness the Seattle cartoonist who dared suggest a "Draw Allah" contest. That woman has been forced to into hiding on the advice of our own FBI. Our country either cannot or will not protect her! This is beyond outrageous. This is madness.
America needs to stand together united against this fascism. If we are going to have free speech, then let's have it. If you or your beliefs are so fragile that you can't stand being offended once in awhile, then get out. This is what we do here in America, we debate, we argue, we make fun and, yes, we occasionally offend each other.
If this is not for you-fine. Please take your delicate constitution along with your Sharia law, burqas, veils, fatwas, and honor killings, and please get out. There is plenty of room for your way of thinking in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Not that I care, but just in case some you more feeble-minded readers might think that I am talking about ALL Muslims. I am not. I am talking about Muslims who do not celebrate our freedom. I am talking about anyone who wishes to impose their way of thinking on everyone around them. I am talking about the ones who threaten (even to kill) anyone who dares criticize the most extreme aspects of their religion.
Your intolerance is creating enemies where they did not exist before.
And not for nothing, but isn't NPR the same radio network that just took a bunch of money from George Soros?! Where is that cash going? To hire new reporters. A coincidence?
This firing was done at the best of George Soros. I have not proof, but it fits his MO. Give a million dollars, force out someone who is reasonable and not ultra-left.
He was only saying what EVERYONE else was thinking. I am a black woman and when we visit my husband’s hometown in Michigan I always say “Baby, if you see all of them get up and leave this place in a hurry, we better run too, cuz somethin’ is goin’ down!” (lots of Muslims up there). I try not to be prejudiced but it is really difficult.
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