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cwydro

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9. Oh please. nt

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Mon May 4, 2015, 05:26 AM

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If one needed proof that the anti-Muhammed exhibition was intentional provocation.... [View all] RandySF May 2015 OP

Any time Geller is involved it's provocative... TreasonousBastard May 2015 #1

Anytime she's involved HATE and BIGOTRY is involved. sabrina 1 May 2015 #53

She is a reverse Stochastic terrorist the person who is responsible for the incitement. Katashi_itto May 2015 #61

I couldn't agree more with this post. Aerows May 2015 #99

It does not matter. You either believe in the constitution and the first amendment or you don't CBGLuthier May 2015 #2

It's not really a constitutional issue Scootaloo May 2015 #5

No, but the government is obligated to protect people from violence. Nuclear Unicorn May 2015 #66

It is looking to reassign the blame. Behind the Aegis May 2015 #7

Geller got exactly what she wanted leftynyc May 2015 #8

Yep. They could not have played into her hands better. Recursion May 2015 #12

Whose hands? JonLP24 May 2015 #34

Can you imagine if someone decided to ridcule the Holocaust or Jews? Behind the Aegis May 2015 #13

Exactly what I was thinking about leftynyc May 2015 #14

Do we know ANYTHING about them yet? annabanana May 2015 #16

that's what i'm dying to know. barbtries May 2015 #20

Yes. Igel May 2015 #28

We know about one of them leftynyc May 2015 #32

Actually it was predictable, and I imagine Gellar predicted it. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #52

No one should worry about getting killed for drawing a cartoon oberliner May 2015 #75

There's a hell of a lot about the world that is 'not as it should be'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #77

That's why we fight for the causes we believe in oberliner May 2015 #79

I'm an atheist. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #84

"she can't even pretend she was unaware of the danger in which she was placing those cartoonists" EX500rider May 2015 #96

Very well said Yorktown May 2015 #19

You got it right. Who and why the event came to be is not relevant. Free speech is. on point May 2015 #30

You can believe in the Constitution and yet decide something is still to offensive to do treestar May 2015 #39

If you can't say/draw something without fear of being physically attacked, you aren't free to say it NutmegYankee May 2015 #48

And who said there is treestar May 2015 #69

The difference is victim blaming. NutmegYankee May 2015 #71

And people are doing no more than treestar May 2015 #72

No, it's not nearly as black and white as that. All of the Bill of Rights amendments have limits and stevenleser May 2015 #58

There is nothing about this conversation worth having. CBGLuthier May 2015 #59

And of course you mischaracterize my argument. Of course, because you cant attack the real one. stevenleser May 2015 #60

She is an asshole, cwydro May 2015 #3

Yep. hifiguy May 2015 #74

It really is that simple. arcane1 May 2015 #78

Sad though, huh? cwydro May 2015 #81

Baited trap. Downwinder May 2015 #4

SOMEthing stinks pretty bad here..n/t annabanana May 2015 #18

If the Fan belt inspectors had picked them up, Downwinder May 2015 #22

No it doesn't leftynyc May 2015 #33

What a complete fool. cwydro May 2015 #40

Do you consider "hands up don't shoot" to be intentional provocation? (nt) Recursion May 2015 #6

Oh please. nt cwydro May 2015 #9

Oh please what? It's definitely goading cops. Recursion May 2015 #11

How is that related to this topic? ann--- May 2015 #86

By being a deliberate provocation (nt) Recursion May 2015 #88

It would only be ann--- May 2015 #90

It was deliberate provocation by right-wing extremists mwrguy May 2015 #10

I'm glad the gunmen are dead leftynyc May 2015 #15

Have you found any info about them? annabanana May 2015 #21

One has a federal conviction of lying to FBI. former9thward May 2015 #56

Try changing this situation around to another view SickOfTheOnePct May 2015 #24

In your scenario, the doctor is risking his own life. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #54

I disagree. Gellar has painted a target on herself. Throd May 2015 #62

That is so ironic from a guy with a Malcolm X avatar theboss May 2015 #95

This OP is amazing: blame the guys who got shot at Yorktown May 2015 #17

I blame the shooters and Geller who was looking for trouble. RandySF May 2015 #43

Then, you are plainly irresponsible. Yorktown May 2015 #51

Does anyone ever accidentally draw these cartoons? The2ndWheel May 2015 #23

You know what sane people do when they see cartoons they don't like? melman May 2015 #25

Doesn't change anything The2ndWheel May 2015 #38

I agree, and we specifically know that in this point in history treestar May 2015 #41

False Flag!!! False Flag!!! Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #26

So what? Provoke em.... Oktober May 2015 #27

Exactly... EX500rider May 2015 #98

It's weird that everyone seems to know they came to shoot up the exhibition ck4829 May 2015 #29

This thread is illuminating from several of the responses, I think so too, considering the reality: Jefferson23 May 2015 #31

United States of America v. Elton Simpson Jefferson23 May 2015 #35

Geller is a hate monger Gothmog May 2015 #36

And should be praised as such. Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #37

You don't know much about Pam Geller, do you? RandySF May 2015 #46

None of that changes the truth of the post you responded to... beevul May 2015 #82

Wow ann--- May 2015 #89

So, RandySF, riddle me this. If preachers, Popes, Imams and their followers provoke LGBT people with Bluenorthwest May 2015 #42

That is a dumb question. RandySF May 2015 #44

I'm sure most of us know who Pam Geller is,along with sufrommich May 2015 #47

No, it's not. It's a question you are afraid of. So skip the last one and address the rest. Bluenorthwest May 2015 #70

Not really the point treestar May 2015 #73

Only morons kill people because of cartoons. Shoulders of Giants May 2015 #45

Thanks for trying, RandySF, but I'm afraid discussion here is pointless closeupready May 2015 #49

you K&R someone for equating vitriolic rhetoric and assault rifles??? Yorktown May 2015 #55

Bullshit FLPanhandle May 2015 #50

I think Bill Maher ought to have Geller on his show this week. Seriously. Paladin May 2015 #57

provactive is not a reason to attack - and if the attack happened as it did - samsingh May 2015 #63

it seems to me anyone who believes in free speech is being taunted by the jihadees. samsingh May 2015 #64

What's wrong with provocation? nt Codeine May 2015 #65

Exactly FLPanhandle May 2015 #68

If Muslims had a "Jesus Cartoon Contest" redstatebluegirl May 2015 #67

Have you ever watched South Park? oberliner May 2015 #76

The Family Guy Jesus is much more fun.... MADem May 2015 #83

Yeah that is probably a better example oberliner May 2015 #91

Don't think so-he tends to take his humor from his personal experience. MADem May 2015 #92

I have don't watch either program. redstatebluegirl May 2015 #93

Jesus is a semi-regular character on FG. nt MADem May 2015 #94

That's exactly my thought too ann--- May 2015 #87

No, they wouldn't theboss May 2015 #97

Not likely... EX500rider May 2015 #101

Yeah... cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #103

It doesn't matter what her goals are get the red out May 2015 #80

I'm wondering what ann--- May 2015 #85

OF COURSE it was "intentional provocation". So what? Quantess May 2015 #100

This whole argument is right up there with: "her skirt was too short:intentional provocation" EX500rider May 2015 #102