Comments on: Random News http://www.mahablog.com/2008/07/28/random-news/ Making the World Safe for Liberalism Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:41:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: the exile http://www.mahablog.com/2008/07/28/random-news/comment-page-1/#comment-545801 the exile Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:14:38 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2648#comment-545801 I've been leaving this comment everywhere, so forgive me, but if a muslim shot up a church and then jihad literature was found in his house, the organizations that published the jihad literature would be put on the FBI's terroist list and their assets would be seized. Either Savage and Hannity should face the same legal consequences, or islamic organizations that support jihad without actually engaging in violence should similarly be protected by our free speech laws. It's about time the borderline terrorist right stopped being able to play this double standard. I’ve been leaving this comment everywhere, so forgive me, but if a muslim shot up a church and then jihad literature was found in his house, the organizations that published the jihad literature would be put on the FBI’s terroist list and their assets would be seized. Either Savage and Hannity should face the same legal consequences, or islamic organizations that support jihad without actually engaging in violence should similarly be protected by our free speech laws. It’s about time the borderline terrorist right stopped being able to play this double standard.

]]> By: Raphael http://www.mahablog.com/2008/07/28/random-news/comment-page-1/#comment-545792 Raphael Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:34:53 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2648#comment-545792 "until the accused is thoroughly evaluated it’s a tad premature to call what he did a hate crime, or terrorism. He might be psychotic, for example." I think a lot of political hate crimes are committed by people with serious mental issues (allthough a lot of others are committed by generally well-adjusted people, too). Doesn't stop those crimes from being political hate crimes, IMO. Anyway, best wishes to the survivors, and cudos to the church members who overpowered him. “until the accused is thoroughly evaluated it’s a tad premature to call what he did a hate crime, or terrorism. He might be psychotic, for example.”

I think a lot of political hate crimes are committed by people with serious mental issues (allthough a lot of others are committed by generally well-adjusted people, too). Doesn’t stop those crimes from being political hate crimes, IMO.

Anyway, best wishes to the survivors, and cudos to the church members who overpowered him.

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