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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Fringe right, indeed. According to Google News, this is getting a fair amount of coverage, but not a ton. Though that could change, of course.
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It changed. I'm not a fan of what they are doing. If they wanted to attack Islam, there are other more effective ways to do it. ("You don't gotta burn the books, you just remove them." -Rage Against The Machine)
But, I am blaming the media for amplifying this event. It is all over the place now.
I am a fan of freedom of speech, but I would think this would fall under hate speech.
If the Muslims wanted to 'win' this, they would gather in a public location nearby and say that they were showing hatred towards their religion.
And the news media made sure to show off the guns that the pastor and 'followers' were carrying... (If bodily injury results or if such acts of intimidation involve the use of firearms, explosives or fire, individuals can receive prison terms of up to 10 years)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_cr..._United_States
*And I did read about this here last month, but I chose to ignore it. If the media had done the same and reported on a real news story, this wouldn't have been nearly as big of a deal.