{"id":4660,"date":"2011-04-24T02:46:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T09:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4660"},"modified":"2011-04-24T02:46:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T09:46:11","slug":"republican-hate-monger-claims-rights-violated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/24\/republican-hate-monger-claims-rights-violated\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Hate Monger Claims Rights Violated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republican Supply-side Jesus (not the real one) must be very disappointed that a Dearborn, MI jury denied him a permit to demonstrate the hatred Republican pseudo-Christians have for other faiths at the local Mosque.  Nevertheless, the case involves some critical issues.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"24Jones\"<\/p>\n

The Rev. Terry Jones said he intends to return to Dearborn, Mich., this week to protest outside City Hall against what he called a violation of his First Amendment rights<\/strong>. The Quran-burning pastor from Florida was briefly jailed by Dearborn police Friday after a trial stemming from an unusual complaint filed by Wayne County prosecutors.<\/p>\n

"It was a total violation of our constitutional rights," Jones said Saturday from Detroit Metro Airport, where he waited for a flight to Florida. "It was a mockery of the judicial process."<\/p>\n

He’s considering suing Wayne County and Dearborn authorities, he said, and he plans a rally Friday.<\/p>\n

County prosecutors filed a complaint Friday to keep Jones away from the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, saying his plans would breach the peace. A jury sided Friday with prosecutors, and Jones was led to jail and ordered not to appear at the mosque for three years.<\/p>\n

"I was shocked," Jones said. "I was horrified."<\/p>\n

"We were arrested and had not even committed a crime. … It was clearly influenced by the mosque<\/strong>."<\/p>\n

Dearborn Mayor John O’Reilly Jr. said the constitutional right to free speech cannot interfere with public safety, which was his concern if Jones protested at the mosque\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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On a personal level, I could not be more pleased to see the evil this man and his Republican minions intended fail.  That he foolishly refused to pay nota $1 peace bond and went to jail for it brings a smile to my face.<\/font><\/p>\n

However, there is the First Amendment it consider.  On the one hand, it is not an absolute right.  I like to say, \u201cMy rights end at the tip of your nose.\u201d  Free speech does not cover libel, defamation of character or perjury.   I may not yell \u201cfire\u201d in a crowded theatre.  During the 2004 and 2008 Republican conventions, I complained vehemently that protestors were relegated to free speech zones, far from the action and press coverage.  As badly as I personally want Jones so treated now, how can I support it without being a total hypocrite?<\/font><\/p>\n

What about the right of Muslim citizens?  Don\u2019t they have the right to worship free from harassment brought on by Republican hate?<\/font><\/p>\n

This is a new issue, as it is the first time in my lifetime that a major political party has actively endorsed hatred and recruited individuals and groups that practice it.  Twenty years ago, people like Jones cowered and kept their mouths shut, not wanting to face public outrage from all quarters.  But that\u2019s before the Republican Party made hate socially acceptable.<\/font><\/p>\n

I wish I had a solution.  I need to think on this some more.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Republican Supply-side Jesus (not the real one) must be very disappointed that a Dearborn, MI jury denied him a permit to demonstrate the hatred Republican pseudo-Christians have for other faiths at the local Mosque.  Nevertheless, the case involves some critical issues. The Rev. Terry Jones said he intends to return to Dearborn, Mich., this week […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","category-5-id","category-47-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}