You should give a damn what she believes: Pamela Geller is flat out dangerous.

[Scootaloo]

110. There's some problems there.

First and foremost, Gellar's 1st amendment rights are in no danger. They do not actually need an impassioned defense, for the same reason there does not need to be a "White Entertainment Television." Not only are her 1st amendment rights well-protected, but her outlook is actually a fairly popular one in this country, to boot.

Second, she's actually an opponent of the 1st amendment. she wants media censorship, cheers violence against the press and her opponents, and seeks anti-Islam legislation. To see purported advocates of free speech use Gellar as their cause celebré is rather disturbing.

Third and finally, very few of these people actually give a shit about the 1st amendment. Beyond the people who are simply arguing for the sake of being hip and topical, there really are people who simply use that argument as a cover - it's like Halloween for them, they can go out in their full bigot outfit and so long as they hold up a mask of "1st amendment!" they can pass among the general population. Over in Baltimore, the police have decided that the press be confined to "staging areas" and journalists have been assaulted and their recording devices confiscated if they are found outside those staging areas. I've seen maybe two threads on this violation of the 1st amendment, and none of the Pam Gellar Defense league posters seem to have noticed htem.



I think it says something, when the only time some people speak out about the 1st amendment, is in defense of a bigoted demagogue who is opposed to the 1st amendment, whose rights are actually in no danger.