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I was trying to ask why are most of us okay with the NY Times allowing attacks on Catholics but not Muslims?
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I'm certainly not but I don't like the NYT in the first place.
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Why is selective discrimination allowed on a variety of fronts? Im not all that outraged by the NY Times and I don’t think anyone else here is either, but shouldn’t we be?
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Which discrimination are you referencing? It's a bigoted newspaper, it's not a surprise.
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Should we care that Muslims are treated differently because people are worried about what some of them they might do?
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Absolutely, as the judge mentioned The atheist would have been killed in the Middle East for his beliefs.
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You started a thread about a Muslim getting off for assaulting an atheist for dressing up as the Prophet Mo, and titled it First Amendment Right. To me that came across as why is offensive speech seemingly not allowed for some things but okay for others, particularly in regards to different ideologies or a nuance outside the word ideology. Whats your reason behind this thread? What do you find interesting in regards to the First Amendment and this case?
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Primarily my post was to gauge whether people even care about the erosion of rights under this administration. Certainly there appears to be an incredibly out of proportion application of 'kid-glovery' regarding a very tiny but extremely vocal minority.
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Prior to knowing more about the case, why did you find the judge’s decision horrendously inept?
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He decided that a police officers sworn testimony wasn't relevant ( I read the court transcripts early on so I'm not sure what you mean by 'prior') despite the fact that the defendant admitted to assaulting the victim.
The judge seemed, from everything I've read, to allow his experience in the Middle East to allow a sliding scale of justice here instead of correctly applying the the law for assault.
I appreciate your response, thanks.