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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOrganizer of PHX "draw Muhammed" rally: "I'm going into hiding"
My favorite part is where Ritzheimer Haz A Big Sad that the police had to come. You see, it's not because he and his band of thugs showed up with combat weaponry, bullet proof vests, and "Fuck Islam" t-shirts. No, it's because "Tyranny!"
He then pointed to the Muslim congregation and their supporters aligned against the Draw Muhammad rally and said they were getting [things] off their chests too. He said, They are mad. They are mad at us for exercising our First Amendment rights.
When asked about the job Phoenix police did at the rally, he said they did an outstanding job. But Ritzheimer claimed that the very fact that police had to attend, monitor, and control the rally was again, further proof that the First Amendment is under attack. He added: This is tyranny right here. This is tyranny at its finest.
Ritzheimer also alluded to another example of the tyranny he alleges; namely, that he and his family must now go into hiding because of the cartoons and free speech rally. He said: Im having to sell my house, my family has been threatened, so theyre in hiding. Im having to go into hiding after this. Because they are calling for lone wolves to come and behead me. Thats following their book as its written.
Ritzheimer then reflected a moment and said: Thats tyranny. Thats terrorism right here in America. This isnt happening over seas. This is in America.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/05/30/phoenix-draw-muhammad-organizer-allegedly-threatened-with-beheading-goes-into-hiding/
bravenak
(34,648 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)What an asshat this guy is.
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)jmowreader
(50,453 posts)phantom power
(25,966 posts)Neither do I have any evidence that he's lying. It wouldn't surprise me if somebody did threaten him. Considering that he's an attention-whore with a huge axe to grind it also wouldn't surprise me if he just made it all up.
Not sure what he thinks he actually wants, or thinks he's proving, really. He's already said the whole purpose of this stunt is to "expose the truth about Islam," by which he seems to mean that Islam is violent. The fact that there are people who threaten, or commit, violence in the name of Islam isn't new to anybody, nor is it news that radical Muslims are a minority, like radical Christians.
So assuming he's telling the truth, he achieved his stated goal.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)Took me 3 minutes, while doing other stuff.
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Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Trying to cast himself as the brave fighter for freedom of speech, driven underground by murderous Muslim savages.
justhanginon
(3,287 posts)his gofundme account was now open. Man, this tyranny fightin' is expensive.
Hint, hint, hint.
Runningdawg
(4,496 posts)looking for his 15 minutes. He didn't get it so now he plays the victim card.