Paul Broun Quotes
I condemn all statements - made in sincerity or jest - that threaten or suggest the use of violence against the president of the United States or any other public official. Such rhetoric cannot and will not be tolerated.
Broun, Paul. "Rep. Broun Condemns Suggestion of Violence Against the President." U.S. House of Representatives, 17 Feb. 2010. Press Release.
Turner is one of the more virulent, neo-Nazis, race haters, and white supremacist. This quotation is often used by Americans to illustrate to foreigners what freedom of speech actually means.
Under this law Kamal Sayid Qadir who had posted material of the on the internet was accused action “defamatory of government leadership” and given a 30 year jail sentence. See {589505}.
In September of 2005 a Danish Newspaper published some political cartoons showing the hypocrisy of some Muslims who use Islam to justify murder of innocents and terrorism. Months later, in January of 2006 many in the Middle East protested vehemently and Muslim riots broke out because the Prophet Muhammad's visage was depicted against Islamic tradition. Many Muslim nations started a boycott against Denmark. Many Muslim leaders claimed that insulting religion was an “abuse” of freedom of speech including those from nations which regularly publish material that is virulent against Christians and Jews. Islamic country newspapers however, when it comes to what is perceived as material insulting to Islam, as typified by this editorial, feel that their religion should never be insulted despite the fact that Saudi Arabian media constantly insult Christianity and Judaism. Their justification of this gross double standard is that Islam is the “true” religion.
La Follette's war stand and attacks on the President were not usually appreciated.
Although it seems incredible to us today, thousands of people were arrested and prosecuted under the Espionage Act. The government particularly targeted leftists such as Eugene V. Debs, Bill Haywood, J. Philip Randolph, Victor Berger, John Reed, Max Eastman, and Emma Goldman. Debs was sentenced to 20 years in prison for criticizing the Act itself.
Danish fundamentalist Muslim Groups were demonstrating, protesting, and threatening Danes who wrote or published cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Other Europeans who had committed what Muslims thought to be blasphemy had been attacked and even murdered by Muslim fundamentalists. Led by Nasim Rahnama, some Danish Muslims, braved attack and possible death, and produced a petition of Muslims defending the right of freedom of publication. See {59932} & {59919}.
She resigned her political job even before West took office. Although there were many in the Tea Party crowd who were enthused by her call to violence if they could not achieve political results, there were also many who did not applaud and were clearly distressed by her statement. The Tea Party is not a classical party and it includes a wide variety of people who have very different views on most issues.
Islamic modernists like Serageldin are many among the educated Muslims but their views are often drowned out by the violence and extremist statements of the fundamentalists.
A privately produced anti-Muslim video was used by Muslim activists throughout the world to whip up violent protests of the United States, Many people were killed. The President was explaining to world leaders the Western view of the importance of protecting free speech, even that which is blasphemous or hateful. One problem of course is that the Islamic holy scripture, The Koran, requires that a blasphemer be put to death. The Jewish and Christian Old Testament proscribes the SAME punishment, and there have been American Christians who have called for a return to literal Mosaic Law. Also ultra-orthodox Jews in America and Israel. The difference of the West is that literal interpretation of the Bible has been given up and the various Biblical Death penalties (including disobedient children and adulterers) and much of the Muslim world has not. For most of the West, democracy has tempered literal religion. For the Islamic world, literal religion has inhibited and obstructed democracy.
The Congressman was not even chastised by the House of Representatives.
There was much similarity between the methods of the Nazis in Germany and the IRA in Ireland at that time. However, their objectives and philosophies were totally different. Like the Nazis, political opponents were “traitors”.
The President was reacting to a chain of vents whereby Sony Entertainment produced a satiric movie which offended the leadership of North Korea who condemned, threatened and may have launched a cyberattack on Sony. That company reacted by withdrawing the movie and the President thought that was a mistake despite the fact that there were threats against theaters showing the movie and people attending the showings.
Paul Collins Broun Jr. is an American physician and politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 10th congressional district from 2007 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party and the Tea Party Caucus.
