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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Radical Muslims are murdering Christians, raping children, forcing women to be sex slaves and this is what has people's panties in a bunch.Really?[/quote]

If your problem is with "radical" Muslims, why do you support insulting all -- or at least the great majority -- of Muslims? I am sure that you don't think other religions should be judged by their most radical members, so why treat Islam that way? Wouldn't you want to encourage a more targeted strategy that didn't actually alienate more Muslims?

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If Muslims want to live in the USA, the have to learn to roll their eyes if someone insults their prophet and go on with their day.

Insulting their prophet isn't alienating them, it is protected free speech. They can find it distasteful, it can sicken and anger them, but they can't limit another American's speech because of those feelings.

Ms. Geller is pointing out that some Muslims will kill in the name of their religion and not adhere to our laws.

The non-radical Muslims should understand that and not be offended.[/quote]

Muslims have every right to be offended. Just because something is legal doesn't mean that it cannot be offensive. I am sure there are any number of legal activities that offend you. I agree that Muslims should channel their anger in more productive ways -- violence only increases the problems they face -- and the vast majority of Muslims do exactly that. But, I ask again, wouldn't you want to encourage a strategy that was more productive? Don't you think there are ways to support the 1st Amendment that have less collateral damage?

My issue with Geller is that she is more focused on opposing "radical" Islam than actually protecting free expression (and acting in ways that insult most Muslims rather than just "radical" ones). Geller opposed the Times Square Mosque citing the "message" such a mosque would send. Isn't that a type of expression? Shouldn't a Mosque that insults people (I actually don't believe this Mosque was meant to do that) be exactly the sort of 1st Amendment activity she should support?

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