Baraka_Guru

As far as I know, Sarah Palin is a registered Republican, and has worked within the party for a number of years. Is there any indication that she has declared her breaking from the Republican party? I thought she supported it.

I haven't read anything to suggest that Reid and Graham condone the actions of "bloodthirsty" Muslims. And, no, Terry Jones didn't cause anybody to die or anything, but I would say that the burning of the Quran in the current geopolitical environment is both un-Christian and un-American. As a pastor, Terry Jones is a hypocrite and the "Dove World Outreach Center" is a mis-fucking-nomer. What Terry Jones and his supporters represent is a cesspool of hatred and ignorance as an undercurrent within American culture, and I sincerely hope that people within and without government don't simply sit idly by and suggest that it's merely a matter of free speech, because it's not.

But rather than call this book burning as an act of which it is not, let's call it for what it is: fascism. Americans should be appalled by such and action instead of suggesting it's merely a matter of free speech. It's not. Neither is Holocaust denial and other contenders of classy topics that could fall under free speech (at least in America...I think).

This is a nonsense "what if" question. Kind of like, if America's geographic and demographic situation were like France's during WWII, how long would it have been before America surrendered to the Nazis?

How about just talk about the issue. What does the current topic of gun control and free speech have to do with Rosa Parks. Very little.

What does McCain support/oppose exactly, and what about it do you disagree with?

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