My latest in PJ Media:
Democrats who want to browbeat (or worse) Trump supporters in Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and silence all dissent from the hard-Left’s agenda know better than to come before America and say, “We want to destroy the First Amendment and stifle the freedom of expression that is the indispensable foundation of any free society.” Instead, they strike a pose of unassailable piety and tell us how victimized groups need to be protected from “hate,” and that “hate speech” must be eradicated. That approach works like a charm: after all, who wants to speak out in favor of “hate speech”? But George Orwell’s 1984 has become the Democrats’ playbook, and the “hate speech” shell game is a quintessential example of how they manipulate language to hide their authoritarian agenda.
Nevertheless, that agenda was unmistakable Monday, when Middle East Eye reported that “Democratic senators are calling on Facebook to ‘do more’ to mitigate the spread of anti-Muslim bigotry, after the social media giant was criticised for failing to address attacks against the faith group on multiple occasions, including the aftermath of the Christchurch shootings.” Fifteen Senators, including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, penned a strongly-worded letter to Facebook top dog Mark Zuckerberg, telling him that Facebook “needed to immediately enforce its community standards to address anti-Muslim hate and ban the use of event pages for the purpose of ‘harassment, organizing, and violence’ against the Muslim community.”
Who could be against such a thing, right? No one is in favor of bigotry, particularly when these “attacks against the faith group” have led to violence, as in the Christchurch shootings. No one is in favor of “harassment, organizing, and violence,” whether against the Muslim community or anyone else. So these fifteen Senators are on the side of the angels, are they not?
The letter graciously acknowledged that “Facebook has announced efforts to address its role in the distribution of anti-Muslim content in some of these areas.” However, not enough has been done: “Nevertheless, it is not clear that the company is meaningfully better positioned to prevent further human rights abuses and violence against Muslim minorities today.”
Farhana Khera of the activist group Muslim Advocates stated that more needed to be done: “Since 2015, Muslim Advocates had warned Facebook that the platform’s event pages were being used by violent militias and white nationalists to organize armed rallies at mosques. We need to know what Facebook plans to do to end the anti-Muslim hate and violence enabled by their platform – and end it now.”
There is much more. Read the rest here.
jca reid says
What a waste of University Educations. Idiots! They ought to read Islamic Texts & see what it entails for non-Muslims. Since, I suspect, they are Lawyers, they ought to read the Islamic Law book, The Reliance of the Traveller.
Lion heart says
jce Reid : ?? they are really idiots with HONOUR DEGREE ?? so, I couldn’t agree more; and as a Canadian Christian guy myself originally from Iraq, I wanna keep repeating the following proverb by Christian ancestors hundreds of years ago which I often say it to my fellow Canadians as one way of raising awareness among them particularly among the youth & young generation about the evil of Islam : “ if a Muslim is a piece of gold, don’t put it into your pocket otherwise it will rip through “ which means that when Muslims have the power and the chance to hurt non-Muslims especially Christians & Jews , they will do it without any kind of hesitation at all ! and we saw how they stabbed the Christians in Iraq in the back after they had taken Islam seriously especially in Baghdad, Mosul and Basra after the fall of Saddam’s bloody regime .
juleonly says
Anti individual Muslims is one thing but every American should be anti Islam when they find out what it is and what it demands. What is next, promotion of Hitler an neonazi groups? Supporting communist China?
Kepha says
Our president elect [?] Biden seems to be in China’s pocket. The same seems to be true of the Clintons.
A7E.Pilgrim says
How long before they want to ban criticism (hate) of politicians?
revereridesagain says
Depending on which state you live in, that’s either “soon” or “now”.
Giacomo Latta says
No special protection is needed for politicians with a law in place to protect against anti-muslim criticism. Politician can be muslims for a day in the same way shia mufti can marry themselves to comely girls by the hour.
Boycott Turkey says
What a joke how about the facebook accounts that are promoting terrorism and hate and death threats the democrats are totally biased and one sided plus they want to ban free speech also it’s mostly victims of jihad and ex Muslims speaking out against Islam on Facebook not white supremist infact white supremist nationalist are pro Islam
gravenimage says
+1
Shaman says
Boycott Turkey, with my respect for you, being nationalist does not mean neither being hateful nor being pro-Islam ! I am supposed to protect my nation from the alien Islam. Nationalism is not a crime. Every single nationalist is supposed to protect their nations from Islam. But, unfortunately traitor, fake “nationalists” in my Muslim-majority country bow to Islam while discriminating and insulting the non-Muslims of my nation !
You’re right about Facebook being corrupt and so many other biggest social media outlets, they are traitors to their own nations.
Boycott Turkey says
Shaman I meant white Nationalism not the other kind of Nationalism I agree with you it’s right to protect your country from Islam I was referring to Hitlers kind where he was a white Supremist that admired Islam and called Christianity weak I have read stories of Neo Nazis converting to Islam because they hated Jews and the Koran hates Jews also Hitler loved Turkey to and supported Armenian genocide and it inspired him also Joe Biden is also a white supremist who loves Islam but not many people know this unfortunately
Shaman says
Thank you for your reply, Boycott Turkey. I am sorry for the misunderstanding, I meant no disrespect. I am Mafya by the way, I changed my nickname.
You’re right about Nazism and it’s pro-Islamic stances. I know that Hitler admired Islam but I did not know that Neo-Nazis converting to Islam, but this does not surprise since they are both totalitarian ideologies like both Marxism and Anarchism and also hates Jewish People. I can’t stand the hatred against both the Jews and Armenians. But sadly I lost my sympathy for the State of Israel after they supported Nazibaijan by selling drones and arms in their aggression against the little, peaceful country of the Caucasus, Armenia.
Boycott Turkey says
I hope your ok Mafya I also lost my respect for Israel to also Russia for selling drones to NAZIbaijan i was very disappointed with Russia the most they should have helped there Orthodox Christian brothers regardless of differences it’s so unfair having to watch Armenians being forced from there Ancestral land by Turkey and NAZIbaijan but the state of Artaksh was fighting alone Armenians really need to build there military and get nuclear weapons to defeat NAZIbaijan and Turkey I read that now Turdogan is begging to join the EU which was funny after he threatened France and is illegally drilling in Greek and Cypriot waters im guessing Turkeys economy is in a bad way I heard he might lose the elections
Dave from San Antonio says
ALL of these people took oaths of office stating they would uphold, support and defend the Constitution of the United States. That includes the Bill of Rights. If they support this, then they are breaking their oath of office. They should be removed and then tried for treason. They cannot pick and choose.
curious george says
Dave from San Antonio,
Sadly, too many of the “leftist” in the House and the Senate were re-elected, especially, some of the more radical leftist, like, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to name a few.
We are living in dark days, and, it appears, it’s only going to get darker.
Trump Legal Team Distances from Sidney Powell
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/22/trump-legal-team-distances-from-sidney-powell/
A7E.Pilgrim says
If my teenage children are representative of the voting public, they have no idea what they have elected or reelected to office. I have spent hours trying to explain to my kids why socialism fails when the government runs out of people’s money. Furthermore, communism is socialism enforced with guns. God save the Republic.
James Lincoln says
A7E.Pilgrim,
We all have family members, friends, acquaintances who voted Biden/Harris.
My wife’s side of the family are mostly blue-collar, large percent of military veterans, and have strong Judeo-Christian values. They overwhelmingly supported Pres. Trump.
My side of the family are all college-educated, some with advanced degrees, no military veterans, and very liberal values. And there is at least one full-blown leftist.
The only military veterans on my side of the family are myself – and my late father who served as an Army medic in World War II.
Except for myself, my wife, and my daughter – who supported Pres. Trump – my side of the family supported Biden/Harris.
Regarding my side of the family, I feel very isolated – and I don’t fit in. I never bring up politics, but when they bring it up and press me for an answer I am truthful, much to their chagrin. And I remain polite.
Beyond frustrating…
A7E.Pilgrim says
My father was an FDR democrat, mostly because his ancestors going far back in his memory were democrats. It wasn’t until President Reagan was in office that he began to realize his precious democrat party had lied to him repeatedly. He surrendered to his change of opinion.
I served as a naval officer for twenty years. I was a naval aviator. Dad was a technical sergeant in WWII. My uncle, married to my Mom’s sister started as an aviation cadet in WWII until the Army decided it had enough pilots and needed infantry replacements. He was wounded in March 1945. He is a disabled veteran.
I live in Elko County, NV which has a generous population of veterans. I am proud to be living here among them. Elko County overwhelmingly went for Trump.
Joel Hinojosa says
No Dave… The First Amendment and American freedom of speech means the government will not infringe on your speech… Facebook is a platform, created by private parties, that has the right to monitor their content… They actually the better freedom of speech argument in this case, as it is their “freedom” to manage their creation as they see fit… Freedom of speech means the government will not arrest you for your speech; it does not mean Facebook must be forced to communicate nonsense.
I hate fanatical Islam too, but we have to stop getting this civics basic wrong
gravenimage says
Joel, the First Amendment is indeed a great thing, but its protections are not authomatic:
“Biden transition official wants speech restrictions, criminalization of burning of Qur’an”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/11/biden-transition-official-wants-speech-restrictions-criminalization-of-burning-of-quran
Free speech is often under threat, especially if good people fail to take a stand.
Karen says
Dave, I assume you are talking about Muslims swearing an oath of office. I can assuredly tell you, that according to Islamic scripture, an oath, indeed any oath, said by a Muslim is not worth the breath used in its utterance nor the seconds wasted listening to it. A great read on the subject would be Stephen M. Kirby PhD “Islamic Doctrine Versus the US Constitution” or Reliance of the Traveller, the Islamic sharia compendium.
Allah clearly states in the Koran that anything may be agreed to out loud to further Islam’s interest as Allah knows what’s in a persons heart.
The West is hooped unless our leaders learn this and act to protect democracy and its freedoms and I’m not confident this will happen 🙁
gravenimage says
Fifteen Senators (Including Fauxcahontas and Bernie) Want Facebook to Ban ‘Anti-Muslim Hate’
…………..
In other words, they don’t want anyone to be able to speak the truth about the violence of Islam, and Facebook’s censorship even now is not enough for them.
Boycott Turkey says
I’m not American but Doesn’t this go against the American constitution? To ban free speech the only people who will win are the jihadist I thought we lived in a free world but Islam is taking it away
gravenimage says
You are right, Boycott Turkey.
The only caveat is that Facebook is a private company, and so has the right to set its own standards–and these thugs want to influence this as muchb as possible.
Joel Hinojosa says
No you are not right… America’s right to free speech is in place and will be defended, however, what it means is that the State, the government, of any level, will not prosecute you for your speech… That does not mean that an app/website/platform developed by private parties must allow any speech to be communicated through their creation… It means you can say whatever you want on your street corner and the police will not arrest you; it does not mean that FB/Twitter/whomever must allow you to spew nonsense on their platforms…
PS. I am very much pro-criticism of dumb religions, which is all of them… It has to be done the right way though
revereridesagain says
Just changed my password. That’s the most interaction I’ve had with FascistBook in the past 6 months. Only keep the subscription so I can comment on other people’s. Why would I want to give political scum like Liar-watha and Bolshie-Bernie an excuse to tell me what I can say?
James Lincoln says
revereridesagain,
Right now, it’s very difficult to totally ditch Facebook.
Some small businesses use it instead of a website to post menus, hours of operation, etc.
How I wish there was a robust alternative…
Brando says
The Leftists are really stupid, their Muslim ALLIES will kill them as soon as they can, they hate them as much as they hate the Jews.
My impression is those Muslim allies know that once the Leftists get to power in the US,they,the Leftists,
due to their stupidity, will Destroy the US Economy,and that of Europe.
To make the US a Third-World Country,and then they can start making Muslim demands on their Leftists Allies….and if they say NO, then they will start Exploding Bombs.
James Lincoln says
Brando,
To your point, look what happened to the Communists post 1979 Iranian revolution…
Kepha says
Hmmm. Even a broken clock is right twice every 24 hours.
gravenimage says
Kepha, Iranian Commuists were imprisoned, brutally tortured, and mass murdered by the Mullahs.
I am *no* fan of Communism, and never will be, but this is not “right”. There are ways to protect against Communism that do not involved this savagery.
mortimer says
Those politicians with the least amount of knowledge (re the jihad doctrine) preposterously present themselves as experts.
The following commentary is as close to an “official” definition of jihad as we can get. It is contained in ‘The Noble Quran’, which is the translation distributed by the Saudis in millions of copy, a footnote to the mentioned Quran 2:190 (verse of the sword) explains it in detail:
“Jihad is holy fighting in Allah’s Cause with full force of numbers and weaponry. It is given the utmost importance in Islam and is one of its pillars. By Jihad Islam is established, Allah’s Word is made superior (which means only Allah has the right to be worshiped), and Islam is propagated. By abandoning Jihad Islam is destroyed and Muslims fall into an inferior position; their honor is lost, their lands are stolen, their rule and authority vanish. Jihad is an obligatory duty in Islam on every Muslim. He who tries to escape from this duty, or does not fulfill this duty, dies as a hypocrite.”
The Purpose of Jihad is to Force the Infidels to Convert:
Ibn Khaldun categorically states: “In Islam the jihad is prescribed by law, because it has a universal calling and is supposed to convert all of humanity to Islam, be it of their own free will, or by force”.
Allah commands jihad; Allah knows best
Qur’an 2:216 “Jihad (holy fighting in Allah’s Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims), though you dislike it. But it is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and like a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knows, and you know not.”
mortimer says
Robert Spencer has correctly identified the goal of the Dems: “to silence all dissent from the hard-Left’s agenda”.
H. Horovitz says
Isn’t it interesting that those who see an the loudest against anti-Muslim bias are the ones guilty of promoting and spreading the most vile antisemitic and anti-Christian slurs, all with the intent of inciting violence.
Walter Sieruk says
Those senators are showing just how ignorant they really are and how little they actually understand about this “War of Ideas” since September 11, 2001.
For even though ,sadly , there have been some awful people do do keyboarded spiteful things about Muslims,they are few in number then compared to the conservative essays posted by intelligent people who know well that “Muslims are not Islam.” Therefore,its very possible to criticize and be against Islam and not, at all, be against Muslims. Even to like them as people.
In addition , there are some Christians keyboareder on Facebook as well as on other sites who also understand that “Muslims are not Islam” Such Christian writers do ,indeed, care very much about Muslims.
Therefore Christian Bible based essays are , are posted to reveal that the Bible is trustworthy and that the doctrines found in the Bible are in sharp contrast the teaching of the Qu ran. Thus to release Muslims ,if they are will to be released, from the bondage of the false religion that they are chained in by Islamic chains of false doctrines . As Jesus taught “You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32.
So such posted essays are not ,in any way, “Anti-Muslim hate ” but messages sent in a caring and loving Christian spirit of the Apostle Paul who wrote ” Have I become your enemy because I have told you the truth ?” Galatians 4:16.
James Lincoln says
Thanks for the biblical quotes, Walter.
Dachlan says
The 15 senators never do anything about global jihad and radicalism.
Aussie Infidel says
I’ll stop hating Islam, when Islam stops hating me.
“And the disbelief of the unbelievers does not increase them in the sight of their Lord except in hatred”; (Quran 35:39).
“Indeed, those who disbelieve will be addressed, ‘The hatred of Allah for you was [even] greater than your hatred of yourselves [this Day in Hell] when you were invited to faith, but you refused’.” (Q40:10).
“Those who dispute the signs of Allah without authority are greatly hated by Allah and those who believe”. (Q40:35).
JohnTheRevelator says
Free speech is the line in the sand, if we lose this fight, western civilization falls and Muslims know it. This is why they’re pushing their fake ‘hate speech laws.’ If hate speech was a real issue then Muslims should all be in jail right now because the Quran is full of hatred for us non-Muslims.
One of my accounts just got banned from Youtube, this is on top of them regularly censoring me for saying ‘boo’ about Muslims or Islam. Muslims know they have Leftists by the nose and are forcing them to bend over even harder than before. Their next goal will be to criminal criticism of Islam and Muslims and then it’s game over, the only way then to get your freedom back will be violence/warfare.
I’m sure this is how Muslims took over Iran a formerly westernized nation. Recall the Nazis were on a tiny group of extremists when they took over Germany and there are millions of Muslims in the West. Free speech is the only way we can save ourselves from an Islamic take over.
Saleem Smith says
Of course the Muslims and their foolish, clueless allies $$$ are opposed to criticism of Islamic theology/ideology and the behavior of the prophet of Islam. To do so would turn off the spigot of $$$ and expose the horrible truth about the cult of Mohammedanism. We ex-Muslims living with Islam’s formal and informal death penalty for apostasy know that Islam is a sick fraud.
Qur’an 33:21: “There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often.”
Qur’an 9:123: O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him).
Qur’an 47:4: When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefield strike off their heads and, when you have laid them low, bind your captives firmly. Then grant them their freedom or take ransom from them, until war shall lay down her burdens. Thus shall you do. Had God willed, He could Himself have punished them; (but He has ordained it thus) that He might test you, the one by the other.
The Quran and hadith state that all those who deny Muhammad’s claims are the enemies of God and Man and that “unbelievers are the vilest of all creatures” (Quran 98:6) and that the “believers are the best of people” (Quran 3:112).
Hadith: Sahih Bukhari, Vol.4 Book 52, No. 196:
Narrated Abu Huraira: “ Allah’s Apostle said, “I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,’ and whoever says, ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,’ his life and property will be be saved by me except for Islamic law, and his account will be with Allah, (either to punish him or to forgive him)”
Hadith, Sahih Muslim 4294:
“When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to 3 courses of action. If they respond to any one of these, you also except it and withhold yourself from doing them any harm. Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them. If they refuse to accept Islam, demand payment of the Jizyah (the Islamic tax). If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah’s help and fight them.” – Muhammad
Here is a recent statement from a group of Bangladeshi apostates living in the UK explaining the reasons why they have abandoned Islam:
“One who claims to be a messenger of God is expected to live a saintly life. He must not be given to lust, he must not be a sexual pervert, and he must not be a rapist, a highway robber, a war criminal, a mass murderer or an assassin. One who claims to be a messenger of God must have a superior character. He must stand above the vices of the people of his time. Yet Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather. He raided merchant caravans, looted innocent people, massacred entire male populations and enslaved the women and children. He raped the women captured in war after killing their husbands and told his followers that it is okay to have sex with their captives (Qur’an 33:50). He assassinated those who criticized him and executed them when he came to power and became de facto despot of Arabia. Muhammad was bereft of human compassion. He was an obsessed man with his dreams of grandiosity and could not forgive those who stood in his way…
The statement continues,
Muhammad was a narcissist, like Hitler, Saddam or Stalin. He was astute and knew how to manipulate people, but his emotional intelligence was less evolved than that of a 6-year-old child. He simply could not feel the pain of others. He brutally massacred thousands of innocent people and pillaged their wealth. His ambitions were big and as a narcissist he honestly believed he is entitled to do as he pleased and commit all sorts of crimes and his evil deeds are justified.”
tgusa says
The standard was set in 1987 with the piss Christ exhibition. The piece was a winner of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art’s Awards in the Visual Arts competition sponsored in part by the United States Government agency the National Endowment for the Arts.
Anti muslim? Forget Facebook and just have the government support and finance it instead.
overman says
This is why many are leaving facebook and twitter in droves for other social networks like MEWE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UZyaKAQ6-0
Clifford Fodor says
Doesn’t Facebook already have a Muslim on their censorship board?
Also, what about the 9/11 attacks? How long will it be before the observance of the 9/11 attacks will be considered Islamophobic?
Joel Hinojosa says
I love JW, I’ve read Mr Spencer’s books, I’m not the enemy here, but I really do hope everyone here appreciates the irony of decrying Facebook’s content moderation – whether political or this proposal – while on this site, that also, wait for it, moderates their comment content. Stay smart everyone
marc says
Yes we moderate comments, we even have systems in place which automatically deletes with no human interaction often upto and sometimes over 95% of posted comments in a day, beyond that we have some manual moderation and if we didn’t we’d be quickly blocked by even more ISPs, web filters and search engines. I’ve regularly removed comments that would quickly cause a court order / subpoena requesting the users details, which I would be compelled to comply with. And yes, we do try to keep discussion on topic so make those sort of decisions. Some of the offending comments may come from well meaning people who just don’t understand how to behave, but many are intentionally harmful from agent provocateurs. And yes, we get it wrong often, and I will not apologize for that.
But hey, we are not a monopoly like FaceBook, so if you don’t like how we do things, there are many other options open to you.
gravenimage says
Hear, hear, Marc.
Then, it is *certainly* news that politicians are pressuring Facebook to censor their content.
Fred van de Bunt says
I think it is time to redefine what is called “the left”. When I was young, the left was preoccupied with uplifting the lower social classes, which had my attention as an economist. It is like uplifting your human capital, and as Solow and his predecessors studied and found, this capital is the most important part of deciding your economic growth.
Nowadays “the left” are the righteous, the ones that save the world, that bring us tech solutions, that secure justice, and protect human rights and lives. If one black man dies from injustice, like mister Floyd, the left throws a terrible tantrum. If hundreds, or thousands black people die from injustice, like all the Christians under Boko Haram terror, Islam terror in Mozambique, Mali Islam terror, to mention a few terror spots, nobody gives a fuck about black lives?
No, this “left” is not my left.
Kepha says
Floyd was intoxicated with fenonyl while trying to pass a counterfeit bill. That kid in Ferguson, MO had roughed up a convenience store clerk before trying to seize an arresting officer’s gun (before being shot with it). It seems that BLM’s “martyrs” all turn out to be thugs and low-lifes who put themselves in harm’s way. They then burn out an inner city, and accuse the business community of “abandoning” the area. Yes, there should be official concern for the poor in society. But too much of the Left’s agenda is self-destructive. It’s hold on academia, media, law, and bureaucracy needs to be broken.
Paul Aston says
Bye, bye Facebook. What is the point in anything when you cannot express your feelings by addressing the reasons for the problems in this Muslim forsaken world that we are obliged to live in.
David Pimentel says
They can demand suppression of thought and expression all they want. We refuse to comply upon pain of death. I wish to live up to the bravery and ideals of the Greatest Generation — that of those who defended liberty worldwide in the last century.These damned tyrants can shove that in their collective pipe and suck.
curious george says
Guess who warned about Smartmatic’s Venezuela ties in 2006!
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/11/guess_who_warned_about_smartmatics_venezuela_ties_in_2006.html
OLD GUY says
Since when is telling the truth about a subject hate speech. Islam is open to hate speech through its own actions and words. When islam allows and approves of the rape, and murder of non-islam believers than they deserve what they get in return. When islam fails to follow the laws of the countries they migrate too they need to be held accountable, not ignored.
Check Burry says
Yes, yes.YES BIG TIME