We should have expected this. When challenged with the reality of what happens when free speech is practiced, the prevailing view appears to be blame the victim.
#YouMightBeALiberal if Islamists try to kill someone and your first instinct is to wonder what that person did to deserve it.
— CounterMoonbat (@CounterMoonbat) May 6, 2015
Media to @PamelaGeller: You wore such a short free speech skirt, you kinda had it coming.
— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) May 4, 2015
When Pamela Geller, organizer and host of the recent Draw Mohammed contest and free speech event held in Garland, Texas, challenged the boundaries of free speech in America, she was virtually lambasted by all political persuasions.
Is anyone keeping a list of the conservative pundits criticizing free speech this week?
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) May 6, 2015
.@PamelaGeller is a total whack job who doesn't have a clue. Don't provoke the enemy, go get them and make them pay. No signals, just do it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 6, 2015
.@oreillyfactor: The contest in #Garland “does not advance the cause of defeating the fanatical jihadists.” pic.twitter.com/KUweoAeHuy
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 6, 2015
Just because you have a right to do something, doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. #PamelaGeller
— martha maccallum (@marthamaccallum) May 6, 2015
I understand and respect free speech. But to organize hate speech events, purely because you're legally allowed to, is disgusting.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 4, 2015
The #TexasAttack was cowardly and reprehensible. But #PamelaGeller's group are not heroes, they're hate mongers. See: http://t.co/Hib33EaDb9
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) May 4, 2015
We are talking abt what is EFFECTIVE, not what is const'l. Of course their speech is protected under 1A. https://t.co/BmeEIEwKzp
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) May 6, 2015
But has anyone stopped to ask . . . where were the protesters at this free speech event in Garland? The event wasn't secret. Breitbart was even promoting and streaming the event live. Doesn't it almost appear as if the Muslim community was warned to stay clear of the event in anticipation of the terrorist attack that occurred? How long did it take the majority of us to realize the hashtag #texasattack was, in reality, claiming credit for what would turn out to be a failed attempt to massacre Pamela Geller and other attendees of this event? Instead of focusing on the attack on free speech, which could have been devastating, most of the chatter has been directed at shaming the speech and speakers/cartoonists.But how many have considered that Pamela Geller did us a favor? She has shown what happens when someone in America speaks in offense of Mohammed. She has shown that the majority of the mainstream media prefers bowing to Sharia law instead of upholding basic human rights endowed by the Bill of Rights. She has proven that ISIS has a foothold in this country.
If Geller set a mousetrap for terrorists, maybe we should set more. http://t.co/NJuYuwQqo8
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) May 5, 2015
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