[Faith-talk] Liberty versus travesty.

[Kirt Manwaring]

Mostafa,
  I think I understand a little bit of why you see freedom of speech
in such a narrowly defined way but, and I say this as respectfully as
possible, that is not how it is interpreted in America, or indeed the
democratic world as a whole. The idea that freedom of speech is only
the right to civaly and courteously disagree with someone runs counter
to the American tradition and, I submit, is actually dangerous though
doubtless well-intended.
  First, the precedent of American law has protected many hateful and
disgusting activities as free speech. This includes, but is no means
limited to advocating racist/white supremmecist beliefs, burning
American flags in public, legal toleration of American Nazi parties,
legal protection of hatemongering groups like the Danbury Baptist
church (which makes much of the Anti-Muslim rhetoric you call
attention to look quite tame), and the list goes on and on. The idea
behind this is that government, with very narowly defined exceptions
when there is a clear and present danger to national security, does
not have the legal authority to surpress a person's right to express
opinions, no matter how disgusting and even harmful. In America, and
most other western style "democracies" the line is drawn when violent
speech turns in to violent action; in other words, people here have
the constitutionally protected right to, say, venemously and
vitriolicly mock whatever religion they want but are breaking the law
if that speech turns into violence or harm to property. And, while
it's far from perfect, it works.
  Of course there is descrimination and terrible misinformation about
Islam in America but, by and large, Muslims are safe to practice their
religion here. In contrast, you need only look at countries where this
freedom to say hateful things is not protected and enforced and you'll
find, generally, violence and vandalism and even sectarian warfare.
Better to let hateful insults be spewed than insight killing and
luting and violent uprising by telling people they cannot speak their
mind, even though a few will use this freedom to spew vial and evil
rhetoric. I have several Muslim friends in America, and I'm willing to
bet they'd rather be living here, though they are sometimes
disrespected and sometimes mocked, than in, say, Iraq or Syria or even
your own Egypt where they would face the very real possibility of
having their mosque burned down, being blown to bits by a suicide
bomber, facing violence between protesters and government on a daily
basis, etc. The very right given to evil demogogues to insight hate
and misinformation, much as it may seem paradoxical, is what keeps
minorities safe and mostly free to practice their beliefs.
  Best,
Kirt

On 1/23/14, Mostafa <mostafa.almahdy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all, peace be with you.
>
> Today I just wanted to slightly extend my script on recognizing the
> difference in between freedom of expression and the offence of committing
> verbal violence.
>
> For many Americans, it is difficult to differentiate in between the freedom
> of speech, and the hate incitement or the action of committing verbal
> violence toward minorities.
>
> I have heard about dozens of domestic chronicles which contained
> discrimination on either ethnical, religious, or even racial basis.
>
> That should not be tolerated any more now in America, whilst the world has
> entered the phase of the twenty first century.
>
> Kids should be taught from even kindergarten level how to respect each
> other, and how to unconditionally love one another.
>
> Americans ought to plainly differentiate in between the freedom of speech
> and the offence crimes which are committed all the time now in America.
>
> I do not really know why many of my American friends have failed to
> recognize the plain difference between them.
>
> The freedom of speech is your legal right to disagree with me, and to freely
> oppose my opinion, whilst adhering the principles of courtesy and
> deference.
>
> I have some friends who openly have expressed their opinion about Islam,
> they disagree with Islam, and I was never offended at all, because they
> convey their standpoint politely.
>
>   But, the problem lays over with those who took advantage of the vast
> freedom that were given to them constitutionally, and they deliberately
> perverted their constitutional rights, whilst justifying their broad
> intrusion of other people rights to just live prosperously and
> harmoniously.
>
> I want to highly encourage my nice and respectful friends in America to
> stand for truth, and to defend the fundamental rights of racial minorities.
>
> Christian Zionism commits interracial crimes in the name of the divine in
> the United States.
>
> There are many Pastors who abuse the religious rhetoric to incite for hate
> and discrimination toward others.
>
> I still do not understand why this hateful Theology is not constitutionally
> prohibited  in the United States.
>
> I still do not get the major motivation of tolerating the mass incitement of
> hate crimes in the name of the religion in America.
>
>     I still want to understand why Pastor Hagee is not criminalized of
> deliberately committing public hate incitement rhetoric.
>
> For those who do not know Pastor Hagee very well, he is a radical right-wing
> Texan, the self-appointed chief of the Cornerstone Church, the cofounder of
> a cult Lobby called Christians United for Israel, and it is essentially
> based in America.
>
> Pastor Hagee occasionally advocated for waging pre-emptive strikes and
> nuclear holocaust against Islam.
>
>   Pastor Hagee preached for his audience, that worldwide third war has
> already commenced, and it has to be with or against Israel.
>
> Pastor Hagee calls us the devilish infidles, and he considers the commission
> of the union of supplying Israel militarily a religious duty.
>
> Israel has the right to exist, and that is the problem of Islam hostility to
> the nation of Israel, these are the precise quoted hate sentiments of Pastor
> Hagee.
>
> He okays bombing innocent civilians in Jerusalem to allow his pro Zionist
> allies to build their racially settlement constructions, and he supports the
> warfare industrialized complex in Washignton, which explicitly appends to
> this inhuman disposal.
>
> Hagee uses the theological rhetoric to gravely misguide his innocent
> audience, and he uses his global evangelism television to essentially
> promote for vandalism and to evoke hate incitement crimes against Muslims in
> the United States and beyond.
>
>       I have substantially observed the phenomenon, that if a right-wing
> Pastor wants to express his extremist views, he moves to the States, so he
> guarantees that he would not be countered with security review or censorship
> because of the significant liberty therein.
>
> It seems to me, that the United States utterly tolerates religious
> radicalism of right-wing evangelists from the protestant denomination,
> whilst simultaneously, it speaks against Islamic fundamentalism.
>
> I am not sure though, are we dealing with a unilateral subjection at this
> point?
>
> I am critically speaking against the demonize Islam bandwagon in the United
> States.
>
>
> Well I emphasize once again, that we are confronting an eminent threat to
> the religious tolerance that we mutually abide by.
>
> I do not call for eliminating the constitutional rights of expressing your
> opinion outspokenly in America.
>
> But at the same time, something has to be done, to prevent misusing your
> freedom of expression.
>
> If someone gets out of his private territory, he sequentially transgresses
> the boundries of others and their private space, that in my humble opinion
> has to be considered a violation of the law.
>
> You can appreciate your opinion whilst courteously prising my different
> perspective.
>
> Even homosexuality, you can respectfully criticize its conception and
> disagree with it, but at the same time, you should not lead a demonize
> bandwagon against  it.
>
> That has to be classified as public incitement of hate against minorities.
>
> Even in Islam, we do not hate  homosexual people, we just condemn this
> unrighteous deed, we criticize this unethical act which violates the human
> nature,  but certainly we do not hate them.
>
> I hope I made my point clearer.
>
> Well, that is what I have got for the time being.
>
> I hope you enjoy reading my posts, and peace be with you.
>
>
>
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