yes, juan williams
hmmmm, from eye candy to free speech in one fell swoop...
NPR, bastion of freedom and protector of democracy, has fired someone for honesty. it's not the first time someone is fired or punished or banished or ridiculed or censured for saying the truth (as they see it), but coming from a leftee organization that 'may not agree with what i have to say, but will defend to the death my right to say it' (this was on the wall of the ACLU when i interned there...)it's kinda more glaringly hypocritical.
so, juan williams admitted that when he sees people in traditional muslim garb, it unsettles him. um, ok. let's put aside the fact that if you are wearing a floor length black cape dress and your face is completely covered (except for your eyes sometimes) you are creepy. even if you are a superhero coming to save the day, you are freaking me out. if you are a man in a similar dress (although your eyes are allowed to show, since you have a soul... gotta love that koran!) you are almost as freaky. now, the fact that your ankles may show is cool. the fact that you are not wearing a mask (at least not a synthetic one) in public is very welcoming and all. but if you could comfortably be holding a loaded AK47 under your dress and nobody would even notice a bump, that's a bit unsettling. especially if, being a committed member of the religion of peace, you are actually likely to be carrying said weapon, if not a shrapnel packed bomb belt. am i saying that all muslims are terrorists? potentially, yeah. but i don't work for NPR so i can be honest.
let's alternate the scenario. i am walking down the street, or in my local pub and in walks a bald white guy with blue eyes, a tight t-shirt, steel-toed doc marten boots, and swastika tattoos. he has the freedom to dress however he wants. he can express himself and identify himself however he chooses- but in this case, since he's proclaiming that he is -most likely- a neo nazi skinhead, i'm gonna get the heck out of dodge. why would i do such an offensive thing? maybe he is just an all around solid citizen going out to buy some chicken soup for his poor ailing grandma's sick kitten. maybe he is a cancer patient who works on a loading dock and just has some leftover tattoos from his days as a rebellious teenager. but why should i take that chance? he makes his choice and i make mine. no, my choice is not to kill someone's baby (that would make me bona fide 'pro choice', or at least a muslim terrorist), but my choice might be to preserve my own skin just in case he is who he looks like he is. i CHOOSE to err on the side of prudence.
another option. i am in a movie theater and a teenager walks in with his pants around his ankles (ok, not that far down). his cap is pulled so far down over his face you can just about tell he is not a burn victim. he speaks in 4 letter words, but not in full sentences. his multiple layers of basketball jerseys, t-shirts, and sweatshirts are capped of with a down coat that might be appropriate for an expedition to the north pole, and you can tell he is showing off and posturing for all the young girls around. guess who i am not sitting next to in the movie? guess who i don't want standing between me and the nearest exit? might he be a member of a youth gang? might he possibly be carrying a weapon? perchance will he start a fight in said theater? all good questions. even though he may be a straight-A honors student who got a full scholarship to harvard med school, i'm not gonna go out on that limb. you know what is sadder than a victim? a potential victim who shoved caution aside to be more politically correct. if it's s a choice between my moral conscience and good old common sense, i'm gonna be the one walking out the door before things fall apart.
another example just for your entertainment (because i'm guessing by now you've got my point). you are in the mall (no, i am not really ever in a mall, but let's say for the sake of discussion...) and there is a 15-going-on-25 year old there. her skirt is so small you can see into her intestines when she moves even slightly forward. this will, of course be paired with 'i'm a sexually repressed catholic school girl, so come break me free!' knee socks. her shirt clearly came from the drawer of her toddler sister, except that it has some fleshy advertisement like "juicy" or bootylicious" across her burgeoning chest. she chews her gum in a way that suggests what else she might be willing to chew on, and if she was any more obvious about being on the prowl she would have to move to las vegas and get a license. is it possible that i will make incorrect assumptions about the moral character of this fine specimen? yep. could i make a convincing argument that she is just being 'trendy' and stylish? yep. does that change the fact that she chooses to look like she charges by the hour for her services? not at all. and to say any different would be either disingenuous or downright left-wing.
so, back to juan williams. he is a journalist, but he is a human being. he is blessed with all of his 5 senses in working order, and he has the courage to say the truth on top of it. he admits to being a little skeeved out when people dress like terrorists. does that mean they are terrorists? no. does that mean they want to be terrorists? obviously not. they are not even dressing like that because they like the style- they wear what they wear out of religious conviction. the same religious conviction held by the same religious fanatics who blow up babies so they can cohabitate with virgins in the afterlife. their fashion statement just happens to coincide with the fashion statements of those who believe it is their moral obligation to murder other people. hmmmmmmmmm. kind of gives you pause, huh?
so juan williams said what most of us (who are not purposely brain dead) also think. and he said it out loud. and he works for NPR. or he worked for NPR. so, what's his crime again?
please someone reconcile for me being pro free everything but firing juan williams. just try- i am really listening...
NPR, bastion of freedom and protector of democracy, has fired someone for honesty. it's not the first time someone is fired or punished or banished or ridiculed or censured for saying the truth (as they see it), but coming from a leftee organization that 'may not agree with what i have to say, but will defend to the death my right to say it' (this was on the wall of the ACLU when i interned there...)it's kinda more glaringly hypocritical.
so, juan williams admitted that when he sees people in traditional muslim garb, it unsettles him. um, ok. let's put aside the fact that if you are wearing a floor length black cape dress and your face is completely covered (except for your eyes sometimes) you are creepy. even if you are a superhero coming to save the day, you are freaking me out. if you are a man in a similar dress (although your eyes are allowed to show, since you have a soul... gotta love that koran!) you are almost as freaky. now, the fact that your ankles may show is cool. the fact that you are not wearing a mask (at least not a synthetic one) in public is very welcoming and all. but if you could comfortably be holding a loaded AK47 under your dress and nobody would even notice a bump, that's a bit unsettling. especially if, being a committed member of the religion of peace, you are actually likely to be carrying said weapon, if not a shrapnel packed bomb belt. am i saying that all muslims are terrorists? potentially, yeah. but i don't work for NPR so i can be honest.
let's alternate the scenario. i am walking down the street, or in my local pub and in walks a bald white guy with blue eyes, a tight t-shirt, steel-toed doc marten boots, and swastika tattoos. he has the freedom to dress however he wants. he can express himself and identify himself however he chooses- but in this case, since he's proclaiming that he is -most likely- a neo nazi skinhead, i'm gonna get the heck out of dodge. why would i do such an offensive thing? maybe he is just an all around solid citizen going out to buy some chicken soup for his poor ailing grandma's sick kitten. maybe he is a cancer patient who works on a loading dock and just has some leftover tattoos from his days as a rebellious teenager. but why should i take that chance? he makes his choice and i make mine. no, my choice is not to kill someone's baby (that would make me bona fide 'pro choice', or at least a muslim terrorist), but my choice might be to preserve my own skin just in case he is who he looks like he is. i CHOOSE to err on the side of prudence.
another option. i am in a movie theater and a teenager walks in with his pants around his ankles (ok, not that far down). his cap is pulled so far down over his face you can just about tell he is not a burn victim. he speaks in 4 letter words, but not in full sentences. his multiple layers of basketball jerseys, t-shirts, and sweatshirts are capped of with a down coat that might be appropriate for an expedition to the north pole, and you can tell he is showing off and posturing for all the young girls around. guess who i am not sitting next to in the movie? guess who i don't want standing between me and the nearest exit? might he be a member of a youth gang? might he possibly be carrying a weapon? perchance will he start a fight in said theater? all good questions. even though he may be a straight-A honors student who got a full scholarship to harvard med school, i'm not gonna go out on that limb. you know what is sadder than a victim? a potential victim who shoved caution aside to be more politically correct. if it's s a choice between my moral conscience and good old common sense, i'm gonna be the one walking out the door before things fall apart.
another example just for your entertainment (because i'm guessing by now you've got my point). you are in the mall (no, i am not really ever in a mall, but let's say for the sake of discussion...) and there is a 15-going-on-25 year old there. her skirt is so small you can see into her intestines when she moves even slightly forward. this will, of course be paired with 'i'm a sexually repressed catholic school girl, so come break me free!' knee socks. her shirt clearly came from the drawer of her toddler sister, except that it has some fleshy advertisement like "juicy" or bootylicious" across her burgeoning chest. she chews her gum in a way that suggests what else she might be willing to chew on, and if she was any more obvious about being on the prowl she would have to move to las vegas and get a license. is it possible that i will make incorrect assumptions about the moral character of this fine specimen? yep. could i make a convincing argument that she is just being 'trendy' and stylish? yep. does that change the fact that she chooses to look like she charges by the hour for her services? not at all. and to say any different would be either disingenuous or downright left-wing.
so, back to juan williams. he is a journalist, but he is a human being. he is blessed with all of his 5 senses in working order, and he has the courage to say the truth on top of it. he admits to being a little skeeved out when people dress like terrorists. does that mean they are terrorists? no. does that mean they want to be terrorists? obviously not. they are not even dressing like that because they like the style- they wear what they wear out of religious conviction. the same religious conviction held by the same religious fanatics who blow up babies so they can cohabitate with virgins in the afterlife. their fashion statement just happens to coincide with the fashion statements of those who believe it is their moral obligation to murder other people. hmmmmmmmmm. kind of gives you pause, huh?
so juan williams said what most of us (who are not purposely brain dead) also think. and he said it out loud. and he works for NPR. or he worked for NPR. so, what's his crime again?
please someone reconcile for me being pro free everything but firing juan williams. just try- i am really listening...
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