Tucker Carlson is way off base when he says that Pamela Geller “sets out to infuriate people.” What she does is tell truths that others fear to tell, and that infuriates the moneyed and powerful Leftist and Islamic supremacist elites. But his little avowals that he is not off the PC reservation concerning Geller aside, Carlson is absolutely right that jihadists “already won because they have successfully intimidated many of the elites in this country.” He is also right when he says: “The New York Times editorialized on behalf of Andres Serrano to do the crucifix in urine; they editorialized on behalf of The Book of Mormon, even though it offended religious groups; they editorialized against Pamela Geller. What’s the difference? Well, the Mormons and the evangelicals weren’t threatening to murder those artists.”
Indeed. The opposition to Geller by the erstwhile champions of free speech is a canonization of the assassin’s veto, an affirmation that terrorism works, which means we will only see more of it.
“Tucker Carlson: The Jihadists Have ‘Already Won,’” by Andrew Kirell, Mediaite, May 8, 2015:
According to Fox’s Tucker Carlson, the jihadists have already won by effectively “intimidating the elites” into never publicly criticizing Islam.
Appearing Friday morning on America’s Newsroom, Carlson suggested that while controversial anti-Muslim activist Pamela Geller “sets out to infuriate people” and uses tactics that many reasonable people would find disagreeable, “you can’t use violence to stop people from saying things you don’t agree with.” The Fox & Friends Weekend host was referring to the thwarted attack on Geller’s “Draw Muhammad” contest in Garland, Texas, this past Sunday afternoon.
“You have a right to say what you think, period,” Carlson continued, in the clip first spotted by Grabien. “Nobody has a right to kill you for saying that; that’s the core value of America. Once you give that up, everything falls apart.”
Asked what would have happened had the two deceased gunmen been successful in their attempt to kill people at Geller’s event, Carlson said that jihadists “already won because they have successfully intimidated many of the elites in this country.” His example: “The New York Times editorialized on behalf of Andres Serrano to do the crucifix in urine; they editorialized on behalf of The Book of Mormon, even though it offended religious groups; they editorialized against Pamela Geller. What’s the difference? Well, the Mormons and the evangelicals weren’t threatening to murder those artists.”
Watch below, via Fox: