UGH, what a tasteless ad campaign. Disgusting- and typical.
That’s a tough one. On the one hand, I don’t like the message the maps send, which is not one of peace and harmony as the organization claims to be in favor of; on the other hand, there is no use of inflammatory language such as the anti-Arab ad which calls Arabs savages. It’s a concise history lesson with many details omitted. So I would, reluctantly, have to allow it as legal free speech. The message is not in good taste, however, and probably should also be removed.
And Ayn Rand the atheist, social Darwinist was oh so civilized, with dollar signs made of flowers at her funeral.
So you actually typed that. Thanks God that most do not share your views here.
I read that post and had to take a break… I can only take so much in one night
I condemn any public advertisements showing anti-religious or anti-national bias. Have Catholics forgotten that there are those who condemn us as “holy cracker worshipers”?
You are off-topic. If you want to argue history, start a new thread. The subject of this thread is bias against Moslems and Jews…
Why? Do two wrongs make a right?
I know some fundamentalists who believe pretty much the same thing about Catholicism. I’m sure you’d say that’s different.
Just look at examples of what an extreme Catholic behaves like (ie. Pope John Paul, Mother Teresa, etc…) and what an extreme islamist behaves like and I think it’s obvious why there’s a need to regulate one faith but not the other.
You have a good point and I find it difficult to argue with you. It’s the use of the word “savage” that strikes me as inflammatory speech in the anti-Arab ad; but the implication that Israel stole land is also unfair. The question, as Rich states, is how far does the first amendment extend to protect freedom of speech, even hate speech in the form of advertisements and billboards that we may find repugnant.
The only thing they expose is the racism of the person(s) who paid to have them put up.
No, I mean referring to all Arabs as “savages.” But don’t let facts get in the way of paranoid delusions of “evil” Arabs hiding in every bush and lurking around every corner. BOO! :bigyikes: You know, the real tragedy of September 11, 2001 isn’t that 3,000 people died; its that the event has become a rallying point for racists and Islamophobes to drum up support for Ayn Rand’s work and create a culture of hatred and bigotry in this country against Arabs and Muslims. This kind of stuff was considered unacceptable in the mainstream before then but I’m not so sure it is now and I was surprised to find support for it here.
I heard previously that the word “jihad” has more than one meaning. Thanks for explaining this.