Saturday, September 14, 2013

"Worried" Semi-Crypto MuBros Go That Extra Kilometer to Try to Silence Spencer and Geller

"Muslim leaders worried about 'hate' message," reads the headline in a local Toronto rag. The message that's got 'em hot and bothered is the one anti-sharia activists Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller will be delivering in the Toronto area this Tuesday. The event is slated to go ahead despite a newly renamed CAIR-CAN's attempts to have local authorities shut it down. Now, because that didn't work, they are soliciting a higher power (and I don't mean Allah):
TORONTO – A Canadian Muslim organization is calling on Ottawa to spell out how it decides whether to allow controversial foreign speakers into the country ahead of a planned appearance by two conservative American bloggers. 
The National Council of Canadian Muslims worries Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer will spread “hate and misinformation” about the Islamic faith when they speak at a Toronto-area hotel Tuesday evening, the group’s executive director said. 
Though it disagrees with their message, the group isn’t seeking to have the pair turned away at the border, Ihsaan Gardee said. But it would like to know how, exactly, that decision is made. 
“What we would like from the government of Canada is clear and consistent direction… when it comes to the eligibility of speakers to enter Canada,” he said. 
“It needs to be consistent and clear because if it isn’t, then it sends a message that freedom of speech and hate (are) being arbitrarily measured.”...
Spoken by someone who has no idea about how free speech--and, for that matter, freedom--actually works. Which is to say that it is not supposed to be subjected to measurement, either purposeful or arbitrary. That sort of measuring occurs in places where there is no free speech, and where sharia law severely punishes those "blasphemers" who dare to examine and criticize any aspect of "perfect" Islam and its "perfect" law.

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