A Defense Against Tyranny

One of my favorite bloggers, Pamela Geller, had a great post about the challenges of standing up to tyranny.  So good, in fact, that I am going to hijack it and replace her Muslim-centric terms with my own:

“…that's why I [blog about the Slumdog Invasion]: to defend the freedom of speech, which is our only line of defense against tyranny. If any group is placed beyond criticism or beyond being offended, that group has become a privileged class that can exert its will over other groups, and they'll have no recourse -- because to speak out against the privileged group would be "hate speech."

Were some of the [posts] I ran offensive to [Hindus, slumdogs, Indians/Pick One]? Maybe. I don't care. Why not? Because I'm a "[Xenophobe]." Puh-leeze. I ran them because we live in a pluralistic society. I ran them because [Hindus, slumdogs, Indians/Pick One] have to learn to put up with being offended in the West just like everyone else; the only alternative is that it becomes against the law to offend them, and they become a special class with special rights, which is just what [Hindu-fascism] demands. On the contrary, in a free society, we don't all think the same way, we don't all believe the same things. So we have two choices: we can all fight each other until one group establishes dominance, or we can learn to put up with people who don't think like we do exercising their freedom speech in ways we might find offensive.

People say and do things offensive to Jews all the time. And to Christians, too. Andres Serrano put a crucifix in a jar of urine and called it art, and the mainstream media couldn't remind Christians about free speech and the dangers of censorship fast enough. But offend [Hindus, slumdogs, Indians/Pick One] and you get threatened with death, or [harassed by the FBI] -- and this is all part of a larger effort: [NASSCOM, USINPAC, TiE/pick one] has been working for years now … to make offending [Hindus, slumdogs, Indians/Pick One] illegal worldwide. If they succeed -- and [you] don't get a clue -- you can the idea of equal rights for all out the window: [Hindus, slumdogs, Indians/Pick One] will be set up as a protected class, beyond criticism. And that's just what the [Slumdogs] want."