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Maybe we should rein in these blasphmous, deceptive provocateurs of thought.
The rest of the world seems to have the jump on us, and it may be time we
put a stop to shit stirring before another Hebdo massacre occurs.
At least Jon Stewart had the sense to step down before somebody got hurt,
but what about the next wiseacre?
http://moldovanpolitics.com/category/moldova/political-satire/
the French need to learn this lesson as well-
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/01/why-satire-holy-french-islam-2015113124829607350.html
at least the Saudi's know how to handle upstarts
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jan/12/laughing-in-face-of-danger-satire-in-muslim-world
the cradle of democracy, Egypt has their act together as well
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/68050/Egypt/Politics-/BREAKING-Egypt-top-prosecutor-orders-arrest-of-pol.aspx
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0403/When-Egypt-s-satirists-poke-fun-public-prosecutor-hits-back-video
Strong leadership from the great state of Wisconsin serves as the best example for how trouble makers should never cross the line
http://www.wisbar.org/newspublications/wisconsinlawyer/pages/article.aspx?Volume=85&Issue=5&ArticleID=2427
Turkey is working hard to rehabilitate their image, and presumably to eliminate the old school insult/pejorative "turkey!"
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/world/europe/turkish-leader-traces-a-new-internal-threat-the-way-hes-drawn.html?_r=0
Singapore has taken a bold step forward, beyond caning tourists and shutting down the utter pornography of satire
http://asiancorrespondent.com/132826/court-verdict-pornography-law-political-satire-amos-yee/
New Zealand has a handle on their cultural infidels as well
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6266312/new-zealand-darren-watson-political-satire-banned
here in the home of the brave, we have ways of dealing with this sort of filth
http://observer.com/2015/01/dont-believe-what-the-government-says-about-barrett-brown/
These terrorists need to be smoked out.
Isn't is enough we have strong rightfully funny broadcasters like Rush Limbaugh to keep us busy?
Did you hear what Rush said?
MisterP
(23,730 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)That's a new one...
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Brown is no more and no less a satirist than a college frat member running into a minority neighborhood and yelling racial epithets. But... free speech and all that.
A new one, indeed.