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Mona Eltahawy: If Anti-Muslim Ads Are Protected, So Must Be My Free Speech Right to Protest

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Flavia10/14/2012 4:29:41 pm PDT

re: #5 wrenchwench

Pamela’s posters had already been to court and been approved. Yes, it was vandalism. Yes, it was an illegal violation of someone’s private property. It was still the right thing to do. Eltahawy did not want to deny Pam’s right to post the things, she wanted to show Pam how socially unacceptable her message is.

Except that, in so doing, she is admitting that all Muslims are savages & all Muslims hate Israel. Nowhere in these posters does anyone say “Muslims are savages”. I will be the first to say that this is what Geller says (WTTE) on many occasions, but, in these posters, she was very careful.

So Eltahway was wrong on all counts.

Do you have any other suggestion for how one can show Pam’s message to be socially unacceptable beside talking to a lawyer?

Buy their own ads. How hard is that?

Don’t tell me Eltahway has a “small” or “nonexistent” budget. The groups who hate Geller have lots of money, too.