Friday, November 9, 2007

CAIR doesn't care for The Savage Nation

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or, NAMBLA, has been trying to convince companies to pull their advertising from Michael Savage's conservative talk radio show "The Savage Nation". They assert that Dr. Savage is a bigot and that he is inciting Islamophobia.
Personally, I would say that he is simply "displaying" Islamophobia, not necessarily "inciting" it.

Read for yourself:

CAIR was particularly disturbed by Savage's "shouted anti-Muslim attacks," which it quoted as follows:-- "I'm not gonna put my wife in a hijab. And I'm not gonna put my daughter in a burqa. And I'm not getting' on my all-fours and braying to Mecca. And you could drop dead if you don't like it. You can shove it up your pipe. I don't wanna hear anymore about Islam. I don't wanna hear one more word about Islam. Take your religion and shove it up your behind. I'm sick of you.-- What kind of religion is this? What kind of world are you living in when you let them in here with that throwback document in their hand, which is a book of hate. Don't tell me I need reeducation. They need deportation. I don't need reeducation. Deportation, not reeducation. You can take C-A-I-R and throw 'em out of my country. I'd raise the American flag and I'd get out my trumpet if you did it. Without due process. You can take your due process and shove it.-- What sane nation that worships the U.S. Constitution, which is the greatest document of freedom ever written, would bring in people who worship a book that tells them the exact opposite. Make no mistake about it, the Quran is not a document of freedom. The Quran is a document of slavery and chattel. It teaches you that you are a slave"

Now on the surface this does sound quite inflammatory. However, if Dr. Savage is exercising his freedom of speech by making a point about certain Muslims who would prefer the United States become a Muslim country, and keeping in mind the on-going violence in current Muslim countries, with or without a U.S. presence, then is he wrong? Is his opinion wrong? After all, it is just his opinion. Now a better question is whether or not his sponsors share that opinion. Obviously Dr. Savage's sponsors would not want to appear bigoted in any way, and therefore they would contend that they don't endorse the content of "The Savage Nation". But by continuing to sponser the show, they really are endorsing the content. So CAIR goes after the sponsors, and bristles like an insulted aristocrat whenever a talk-show host complains about subjugation in the name of Islam and loss of freedom. CAIR contends that they just want to "empower" American Muslims, and defend their rights of free worship. Funny thing is, I was under the impression that the United States of America is a democratic Republic, where the freedom of religion is already protected. But if the U.S. were to become a Muslim nation, then one can reasonably assume, given current and historical examples, that our nation would no longer be a democratic Republic that guarantees freedom of speech.
So how exactly do they want it? Currently here in America, you can actually have your cake, and eat it, too! So do they want the cake, or not?

Now back to Dr. Savage's on-air comments.
When faced by a threat, usually a person will react. Fight or flight response. Simple as that. But if the threat, real or perceived, is slow and gradual, then a person might have time to form a more comprehensive plan of action. Terrorism, including explosive suicide attacks and YouTube decapitations, just might be a kind of threat to some people. Maybe. But people are just people, right?

So after reading Dr. Savage's comments, I imagined the same comments directed at different entities, and with slight changes in wording. Just for fun!

Take, for example, this scenario:

The Communist Party of the United States of America has called for the sponsors of Michael Savage's conservative talk-radio show "the Savage Nation" to pull their advertising. They contend that Savage's recent remarks are anti-Communist and incite patriotism. The CPUSA was particularly disturbed by Savage's "shouted anti-Commie attacks," which it quoted as follows:-- "I'm not gonna put my wife in a factory. And I'm not gonna put my daughter in a mine. And I'm not marching lockstep and raising my boots as high as possible. And you could drop dead if you don't like it. You can shove it up your pipe. I don't wanna hear anymore about communism. I don't wanna hear one more word about communism. Take your failed economic system and shove it up your behind! I'm sick of you.-- What kind of philosophy is this? What kind of world are you living in when you let them in here with that throwback document in their hand, which is a book of hate. Don't tell me I need reeducation. They need deportation. I don't need reeducation. Deportation, not reeducation. You can take C-P-U-S-A and throw 'em out of my country. I'd raise the American flag and I'd get out my trumpet if you did it. Without due process. You can take your due process and shove it!-- What sane nation that worships the U.S. Constitution, which is the greatest document of freedom ever written, would bring in people who worship a book that tells them the exact opposite. Make no mistake about it, the Communist Manifesto is not a document of freedom. The Communist Manifesto is a document of slavery and chattel. It teaches you that you are a slave!"

Now then, if another threat were being presented by a different kind of people, which groups would want to silence the response? And how could they effectively present themselves as victims?

Try this scenario:

W.A.R. was particularly disturbed by Savage's "shouted anti-Arian attacks," which it quoted as follows:-- “I'm not gonna put my wife in a concentration camp. And I'm not gonna put my daughter in an oven. And I'm not throwin’ my hand out and saluting some guy that talks really loud. And you could drop dead if you don't like it. You can shove it up your pipe. I don't wanna hear anymore about National Socialism. I don't wanna hear one more word about National Socialism. Take your dictatorship and shove it up your behind! I'm sick of you.-- What kind of government is this? What kind of world are you living in when you let them in here with that throwback document in their hand, which is a book of hate. Don't tell me I need reeducation. They need deportation. I don't need reeducation. Deportation, not reeducation. You can take W-A-R and throw 'em out of my country. I'd raise the American flag and I'd get out my trumpet if you did it. Without due process. You can take your due process and shove it!-- What sane nation that worships the U.S. Constitution, which is the greatest document of freedom ever written, would bring in people who worship a book that tells them the exact opposite. Make no mistake about it, Mein Kampf is not a document of freedom. Mein Kampf is a document of slavery and chattel. It teaches you that you are a slave.”

And what about this? If it were Jews and Israelis instead of Muslims and Arabs doing the killing, and then whining that people don't like them enough, or embrace their violent world-view, would we be hearing from their lawyers? Just because someone stands up and shouts his opinion?

The JDL was particularly disturbed by Savage's "shouted anti-Jewish attacks," which it quoted as follows:-- “I'm not gonna put my wife in a Yamulke. And I'm not gonna put my daughter through Law school. And I'm not smearing blood over my doorway and lighting a menorah. And you could drop dead if you don't like it. You can shove it up your pipe. I don't wanna hear anymore about Judaism. I don't wanna hear one more word about Judaism. Take your religion and shove it up your behind! I'm sick of you.-- What kind of religion is this? What kind of world are you living in when you let them in here with that throwback document in their hand, which is a book of hate. Don't tell me I need reeducation. They need deportation. I don't need reeducation. Deportation, not reeducation. You can take J-D-L and throw 'em out of my country. I'd raise the American flag and I'd get out my trumpet if you did it. Without due process. You can take your due process and shove it!-- What sane nation that worships the U.S. Constitution, which is the greatest document of freedom ever written, would bring in people who worship a book that tells them the exact opposite. Make no mistake about it, the Torah is not a document of freedom. The Torah is a document of slavery and chattel. It teaches you that you are a slave.”

Fun with words!

That is all.