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PC, be damned: 'Allahu Akbar' can be hate speech Date published: 12/3/2009
Political correctness coupled with an unwillingness to judge something as "wrong" can be a fatal combination. In his Nov. 25 letter ["Warning constitutes 'hate speech'"], Tom Panarese chastised the editors for publishing a Nov. 20 letter titled "Everyone, take cover at these words." This earlier letter's author stated, "I have instructed my family and friends to take cover when they hear the phrase, 'Allahu Akbar.'" Mr. Panarese, a journalism educator, accused The Free Lance-Star of irresponsibly printing "hate speech" by publishing the earlier letter. Sir, wake up. For tens of thousands of innocent people, "Allahu Akbar" have been the last words in the air prior to their violent, sudden, and senseless deaths. That isn't hateful; it is a fact. Recently, 13 of our brave and dedicated soldier-citizens died and dozens more were injured in a hail of gunfire as these words were shouted out by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. While the phrase can be used in peaceful settings, Islamist terrorists have appropriated the words to deliberately strike fear in the hearts of the "infidel non-believers," this according to written directions provided to the 9/11 hijackers. When the Fort Hood investigation is complete, we will find that a host of Maj. Hasan's fellow doctors, soldiers, and neighbors had evidence that Hasan was not stable, that he was sympathetic to the fundamental Islamic jihad against Western culture, and that many opportunities existed for someone to intervene and prevent this tragedy. Misplaced political correctness combined with a moral inability to identify wrong behavior and speech enabled Maj. Hasan to carry out this slaughter. Through his critique of the FLS and the earlier letter, Mr. Panarese identifies himself as a poster child for passively complicit, misdirected PC behavior. Hopefully none of his journalism students is part of the Fort Hood massacre investigation team. Joe Littleton Stafford
Are those sources Wayne LaPierre and the cold dead hand of Charlton Moses Heston? Most of those "self-defensive" firearms wind up being used to kill the householder's spouse, or used by the kiddies to shoot themselves or friends or siblings.
Secretary Napolitano used the word "terrorist" to describe home grown terrorists!! She must be scared....
are they the weird looking people with pink eyes and see through skin?
TP - can you provide any sources re: the "reports already surfacing"? Thanks
Sadly, I don't share your optimism that the lessons learned in the investigation will ever be made public. The administration's (never waste a good crisis) failure to even call this cowardly act "terrorism" is the ominous warning. Reports are already surfacing that this incident will be used to drive new efforts to keep or remove self-defensive firearms from the hands of law-abiding citizens. This can't be done if the cause here were truly "terrorism", so no such blame will be allowed to stick.
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