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Assassin’s veto: Washington Transit Authority shuts down free speech, suspends all issue-related ads

May 28, 2015 5:29 pm By Robert Spencer

AFDI-Free-speech-ad-We had submitted our winning Muhammad cartoon to run on Washington, DC buses. This was obviously not to endanger people, but to determine whether American authorities would have the will to defend free speech rights, or would surrender in the face of threats of violence. The decision has been made. Here is an important message from Pamela Geller:

Following the cowardly policy change for the New York MTA, the Washington MTA has suspended all issue-oriented ads through the end of year after we submitted our free speech ad.

Oh, the irony.

This is an end run around the First Amendment.

These cowards may claim that they are making people safer, but I submit to you the opposite. They are making it far more dangerous for Americans everywhere. Rewarding terror with submission is defeat. Absolute and complete defeat.

More demands, more violence will certainly follow. The message is that terror works.

This is sharia in America.

The only upside is the antisemitic groups will not be able to run their blood libels.

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Filed Under: American Freedom Defense Initiative, dhimmitude, Featured, free speech, Muhammad cartoons Tagged With: dc, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Pamela Geller, washington


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  1. Champ says

    May 28, 2015 at 5:36 pm

    Brava, Pamela!! …sadly, you’re absolutely right.

  2. Ren says

    May 28, 2015 at 5:41 pm

    For some reason, America is not America anymore… so let’s sue Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for infringing the first American constitutional amendment!

    • Papa Whiskey says

      May 28, 2015 at 7:34 pm

      Hell, the District of Columbia hasn’t been America any more in decades.

  3. mortimer says

    May 28, 2015 at 5:44 pm

    Americans may just as well give up having a defense attorney in court!

    With no one to CROSS-EXAMINE the witnesses, the accused is easily convicted if the prosecutor and judge cooperate!

    The Leftarded cultural Marxists want to implement culturally totalitarian uniformity.

    The freedom of speech is under attack in the capital of the USA. This is a very sad day.

    SHAME! Shame on the MTA. They have let down their country.

    • The plain truth says

      May 29, 2015 at 5:54 am

      Those “leftarded cultural Marxists” have never ever read Marx nor would they know what Marx’s writings entailed . Best to describe them as “Islamophiles” or “Islam fellow travelers”.

  4. Angemon says

    May 28, 2015 at 5:44 pm

    The only upside is the antisemitic groups will not be able to run their blood libels.

    I wouldn’t be so sure of that. They can very well go to the media and complain about “discrimination” and “islamophobia”, and how the TA is “supporting the oppressor who is killing thousands of children everyday”…

  5. Edward says

    May 28, 2015 at 6:21 pm

    A Higher up Authority will have to mediate……perhaps a Transcendental Authority!

    To override the lower level terrestrial spineless leaders plans……the proxies, of the spoken ones named in Ephesians 6:12 “For it is not against human enemies that we have to struggle, but against the principalities and the ruling forces who are masters of the darkness in this world, the spirits of evil in the heavens.”

    Ephesians 6: 11 “Put on the full armor of God so as to be able to resist the devil’s tactics.”

  6. Neil Jennison says

    May 28, 2015 at 6:24 pm

    The same all over Europe. What the f**k is going on? Freedom of speech, abolished. Freedom to criticize religions abolished.

    Dear God, it is only 70 years since we were all fighting for freedom……how easily it goes when the current people in power never had to fight for it!

    I live in the UK…..I think Islam is evil……I have read the Koran and many Hadith……..I am sure Islam is evil and dangerous. It is incompatible with freedom.

    Am I allowed to say that? I think I am just about allowed to say it in Britain……at the moment. Austria….Denmark? May be illegal there! Whether it will still be legal in Britain in two years’ time……..I doubt……….

    • Alissa says

      May 28, 2015 at 7:29 pm

      So sad that the UK has come to this because of a minority of evil assholes. So much to lose and nobody seems to care…at least not enough to take action en mass.

    • t. says

      May 29, 2015 at 12:01 am

      “I think Islam is evil……I have read the Koran and many Hadith……..I am sure Islam is evil and dangerous. It is incompatible with freedom.”

      You’re absolutely right, Neil! Having studied and known about this religion, inside out, I can say with 1000000 % certainty that it’s the biggest lie and evil, humanity ever faced and is still facing.

      It’s not only incompatible with freedom but with humanity, itself!!

      • Dr John says

        May 29, 2015 at 4:26 am

        t, you are so right. I to have studied the Qur’an and Hadith. This ideology is far more lethal to the entire world than a nuclear war. I would recommend that all of us fighting Islam as Christians should also read “The Islamic Antichrist” by John Preacher and published by Kingdom Publishers.

        The idea of vast mailings of AFDI post cards is a great idea. Get them printed cheaply in China.

  7. Wellington says

    May 28, 2015 at 6:42 pm

    The root cause of this ignorance and cowardice is the continued erroneous assumption that Islam is something good. Minus this egregious error, even many fools and cowards would “fall into place.”

    At least during previous battles between freedom and totalitarianism, free forces were able to name the enemy (examples being Nazism and Marxism). But now, in this strange and extra stupid world we live in, the forces of freedom can’t even name the enemy without being excoriated for being bigots. All those liars and idiots out there crying “Islamophobia” could be exhibit Number One demonstrating this sad truth of our times.

    Got to give Islam this much though, to wit, it is arguably the best disguised form of evil of all time. Otherwise, why would so many, including the Blairs and Bushes out there, let alone the decrepit like Kerry and May, continue to give it cover? Oh yeah, right now the West is being snookered, courtesy of Islam and ignorance of Islam. Strange, even unique, times indeed.

    • Alissa says

      May 28, 2015 at 7:33 pm

      I don’t think they are fooled by islam. I think they are afraid of violence against them and they think by pandering that extremists will spare them…which they will because they are useful to them…but only for a while. We will see mass conversions of cowards to that evil religion.

      • Wellington says

        May 28, 2015 at 8:00 pm

        Well, Alissa, assuming you are correct (and I admit you could be) that a multitude of Westerners, most especially the pathetic elites of the contemporary West in the political realm, academia and the media, are not fooled by Islam but “only” afraid of it, then a curse upon them nonetheless.

        Actually, whether one is aware of Islam’s nefariousness but continues to ignore it and make excuses for it, or still engages in willful ignorance about it, adds up to the same thing essentially, i.e., the betrayal of Western liberty to the longest-lived and best disguised totalitarian ideology of all time———Islam. Nothing truer or starker for the West, I submit, exists in our time than this which I have just stated.

      • t. says

        May 29, 2015 at 12:33 am

        “We will see mass conversions of cowards to that evil religion.”

        That’s unfortunately true, Alissa! At least most, if not all, of the so called “leftists”, atheists, those who don’t have any spiritual foundation or consciousness, and all those masses who are living only for their pleasures and the present moment and don’t have any hope for any future beyond their present life, will be first to convert when that machete or sword of a jihadi is hanging over their neck!

        “One can ignore reality but can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring it”, wise words for eternity!

  8. William Lucas Harvey Jr. says

    May 28, 2015 at 7:52 pm

    THIS IS exactly what Islam is attempting to achieve, with it’s attempt at Forcing “Blasphemy Laws”, with Criminal Penalties on the World, and now the apparent “Islam, Muslim Controlled” MTA IS “Bending Over” – “Following the cowardly policy change for the New York MTA, the Washington MTA has suspended all issue-oriented ads through the end of year after we submitted our free speech ad”.

    Oh, I see – that’s because in America, our Obama Administration. apparently Pro Islam, Pro Muslim, seemingly Anti America, Anti Constitution, Anti Christian, Anti Americas Free Allies such as Israel, has told America that “Islam has always been part of America”, “Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation, We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.”, “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam”, etc.

    HOWEVER Islam and Muslims seem Free to “Blaspheme, Degrade, and Spew Hate” towards ANY Non Islamic Belief or Faith, with an expected Allah, Muhammed, and Qur’an, given Impunity.

    Oh I see again – that’s ALSO AKA America’s Obama Administration.

  9. tilda says

    May 28, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    Hmmm…. What about aerial advertising? Sky writing, flying banners, hot air balloons?

    • tilda says

      May 28, 2015 at 9:36 pm

      Or postcards — bulk mailing — advertisers do it all the time. See how the USPS reacts.

    • tilda says

      May 28, 2015 at 10:20 pm

      USPS allows personalised postage stamps. That might be something to add to the merchandise section along with the t shirts and etc.

    • Know Thy Enemy says

      May 29, 2015 at 3:22 am

      Hmmm…. What about aerial advertising? Sky writing, flying banners, hot air balloons?

      IMO, Great idea! The cowards in power cannot use the “public safety” excuse to prohibit that. Also, whereas people (and their children) tend to ignore buses, they get attracted to whatever is happening in the sky!

  10. awake says

    May 28, 2015 at 10:03 pm

    The not so soft bigotry of abject dhimmitude.

  11. thelmalou says

    May 28, 2015 at 10:33 pm

    How about just a little 3×5 card that says “freedom of speech” taped on a window in your car? Would that be too dangerous? What a sad state we have come to, to even have to ponder this question.

    • thelmalou says

      May 28, 2015 at 10:35 pm

      By the way, keep up the pressure Pamela. Future generations will know your name, and thank you.

  12. Sabri S. says

    May 28, 2015 at 10:59 pm

    Allah u akbar!….i think it is time to run
    An ad on all buses throughout America calling
    All Americans to islam….another 4% or so pious
    Converts, and the numbers will make a positive
    Difference….muslims are not the ones pushing war,
    Misery and occupation throughout the world…this
    Is obvious

    • t. says

      May 29, 2015 at 12:07 am

      F*ck off!

    • Angemon says

      May 29, 2015 at 7:05 am

      Sabri S. posted:

      “muslims are not the ones pushing war,
      Misery and occupation throughout the world…this
      Is obvious
      ”

      LOL!!! Great joke, Sabri. One only has to look at the number of islamic terror groups worldwide pushing for sharia law and murdering innocents to know the truth. In fact, don’t you support the islamic state, who has been invading foreign lands and butchering innocents?

  13. Porkistan says

    May 28, 2015 at 11:22 pm

    If they want to play legal games then why not play legal games back at them? Change the ad to one for a STORE that SELLS counter-jihad merchandise. One thing you can sell at the store is a print of that exact picture, thus giving a legitimate excuse to show the picture. As long as the ad if for something that you can BUY, then it should be considered a commercial ad and not an ‘issues’ ad.

    If they ban commercial ads and issue ads then what’s left? PSAs to wear your seat belt and not text and drive?

    • t. says

      May 29, 2015 at 12:12 am

      A very smart idea, Porkistan! Bring it to the attention of Pamela Geller, on her site.

  14. Ben Smith says

    May 29, 2015 at 2:33 am

    So is it ok to the hang a poster of Jews being gassed by Nazi’s? Will that fall under the “freedom of speech” umbrella?

    • The plain truth says

      May 29, 2015 at 5:41 am

      How can the drawing of a man’s face–only assumed to be that of Muhammad–be equivalent in provocation value to “Jews being gassed by Nazi’s[sic]”.? Yet there would be nothing wrong with hanging a poster of “Jews being gassed by Nazi’s[sic]” to demonstrate the barbarity of the Nazis to commemorate Holocaust day.

      An intelligent Muslim could say: “we have no idea what Muhammad actually looked like so any drawings of him would be purely speculative, So go ahead and draw. No big deal”.

      But if the idea that any representation of any object is blasphemous, once that object is labeled “Muhammad” then Muslims who name their children and themselves are all committing massive blasphemy. So why aren’t all those millions and millions of Muhammad not being slaughtered for blasphemy?

  15. Richard says

    May 29, 2015 at 2:58 am

    A golden cow moment in the context of world history, as some would say …

  16. torino390 says

    May 29, 2015 at 4:42 am

    I was so hoping America would not go the same way as us here in the UK and other parts of Europe, but sadly, it seems I my hopes have been dashed. This is not good. Tension is mounting worldwide, and something will have to give sooner or later. It won’t be pretty.

    • Alissa says

      May 29, 2015 at 11:34 pm

      “I was so hoping America would not go the same way as us here in the UK and other parts of Europe, but sadly, it seems I my hopes have been dashed.”

      Thanks to the current buffoon in the White house. There is no leadership. Obama enables the advancement of this evil. He’s a traitor. Why is he not impeached. Why is there no action taken in that direction.

  17. David Taylor says

    May 29, 2015 at 5:25 am

    This whole scenario is pathetic. Washington claims that Iraq must preserve their sovereignty on their own. America decimated a generation of Iraqi’s and now we have two occasions where the Iraqi armed forces downed weapons and fled.

    If all the Intelligence report is correct, that Obama, as CIC, could see the build up of ISIS forces outside of those historic cities, not forgetting the carnage they perpetuated on innocent citizens, regardless off faith, then why did he not “push the button”, so to speak. For heavens sake, they land craft on Mars, why can’t they pinpoint a few hundred thousand ISIS rebels?

    Reeks of Political and Industrial graft on a huge scale. Not just America.

    And I am from Australia, where the situation is not that much better.

    • Carolyne says

      May 29, 2015 at 12:23 pm

      It was allowed because the CIC is likely a Muslim.

  18. Kenster says

    May 29, 2015 at 12:27 pm

    Dr. John, you are so right. I am going to look into this book you recommend. Some question if Muhammed even existed, and who says he is the be all and end all of all revelations? what happened to the natural law? is that to be ignored because someone believes God created his creatures so that some ignorant knuckleheads can decide who should live and die because of what someone had (supposedly) revealed to them? it’s unbelievably incredulous, and unnatural. it can only be evil directing these thugs.

  19. voegelinian says

    May 29, 2015 at 3:08 pm

    Why hasn’t Jihad Watch posted a notice about the upcoming free speech rally organized by bikers in Phoenix, Arizona?

    From one recent news report:

    Jon Ritzheimer, a former Marine and current anti-Islam activist, is the force behind the event, which will be held Friday outside of the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix at 6:15 p.m. local time. Friday just happens to be the Muslim day of communal prayer.

    A Facebook page has been created for the event, which is being called “Freedom of Speech Rally Round II.” In the event’s description it says that contest is a “response to the recent attack in Texas.”

    http://phoenix.suntimes.com/phx-news/7/83/205637/armed-bikers-will-host-draw-muhammed-contest-at-phoenix

    It seems an odd omission.

    • Angemon says

      May 29, 2015 at 3:42 pm

      Have you contacted JW (through, for example, the on-site form) to let them know about it or do you think that JW is somehow magically aware of all and every pro-freedom of speech events taking place in the US?

      • voegelinian says

        May 29, 2015 at 11:34 pm

        It’s still an odd omission. It’s not like it’s a peripheral story — it’s centrally related to one of the biggest stories this year relating to Jihad Watch. And there are hundreds, probably thousands of people who send in tips to Spencer for stories. None of them has sent him this story? And Spencer himself, and Marc, and all of Spencer’s friends and colleagues, have never heard of it? Or they have heard of it, but they decided not to print it.

        Either way. Odd. And no amount of sophistry from Angemon will distract from the oddity.

        • Angemon says

          May 30, 2015 at 8:00 am

          So… Have you contacted JW (through, for example, the on-site form) to let them know about it or do you think that JW is somehow magically aware of all and every pro-freedom of speech events taking place in the US? Also, is there any law forcing JW to attach itself, or give its its seal of approval, or mingle into every and all free-speech events taking place in the US? Also, have you publicized the event in our blog? Have you dedicated an “essay” to it? Are you picking up and fixing what you perceive as a flaw in JW or are you just posting for the sake of posting?

          When you try to force unjustified criticism on JW you sound like a muslim apologist, voeg. Just saying…

  20. Rezali Mehil says

    May 29, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    Salaam All,

    So there you have it …so fond and proud of your 1st amendment … in tatters, downtrodden by the very people of government who could have uphold it.

    O peoples of America, …can you now see the noor of Islam?…like I have told you for so many years here. Not only will there be no more ads …there will be no more cartoon competitions either…no fool facility will hold them…except for maybe on the Internet.

    Pam’s and Spencer’s foolishness has advanced Sharia in America by a decade…those who didn’t want the water tested …now know that the 1st amendment are just words…it does not matter.

    What matters is your 2nd amendment …your right to bear arms …that is the one that needs to go…best not to try and test that …it will go oh so quickly …short amnesty, mass arrests ..heavy fines, long prison sentences…but peoples of America ..it does not have to be bad. …why….

    Well join us …become Muslims …be on the better side, the winning side. I said that there would be upto a million Muslims coming to the West within a decade…actually …that was a conservative estimate…it will be much more than that…what with all the kuffara wanting to becoming jihadi brides…stroking that beard and yet feeling the emptiness above the lip (I can picture Champ quite enjoying that) … I mean that combination will drive them wild with desire.

    Be calm Americans …and join….simply recite the sahada and you are in….welcome…

    More Later …

    Rezali

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