Something along the lines of being a condescending smug git? If this really is about the Age of Reason and 18th century enlightenment you should read some Thomas Paine and consider what his opinion on the matter would be.
I don't see what this guy is doing as freedom of expression as the reason he's doing it is purely as an offence towards the freedom of religion for followers of Islam. Is Rev Jones exercising a protected right in treading on the rights of others? Being free from persecution is exactly that, be it from the Government or your fellow citizen. Labelling all Muslims as the perpetrators of 9/11 and burning their religious text
is persecution. It's an attitude and speech that incites hatred towards Muslims and by proxy breeds racism against asians of Middle Eastern descent, whether they be Americans themselves or foreigners. Regardless of whether or not he's
allowed to go ahead with it, the only reason he's doing so is because of the protracted media fuss it's generating. If people ignored him as the hicksville, inbred moron that he is it really wouldn't be causing anywhere near as much of a problem as it will do.
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Originally Posted by bungalow
where is r/t and dr seuss' moral outrage at bible burnings that happen all the time,
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Maybe if you cared that much you'd start a thread on it and then they could voice their opinions? Or would you rather every time any vague subject is brought up people list every single one of their moral indignations for the purposes of completeness?