Comments on: The Courage To Be Free http://www.theamericanconservative.com/postright/2009/11/16/the-courage-to-be-free/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-courage-to-be-free Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:49:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pons Seclorum http://www.theamericanconservative.com/postright/2009/11/16/the-courage-to-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 Pons Seclorum Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:30:59 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/postright/?p=1293#comment-2748 "I would also add that in this case as well as that of Nidal Hassan we are dealing with an arbitrary conclusion (Hassan was motivated by Jihadism) leading to an arbitrary classification (Hassan is a terrorist). Or as certain friends of the neocons might put it, A is A." An arbitrary conclusion? What are we to make, then, of Hasan's powerpoint presentation delineating the punishments designed for infidels, which was obviously inspired by Jihadism? Hasan was clearly moved to rage by more than America's entanglements in the Middle East. If Hasan was not a terrorist per the current classification, he was a jihadi who acted alone and whose ideology is akin to that of Islamic terrorist groups. “I would also add that in this case as well as that of Nidal Hassan we are dealing with an arbitrary conclusion (Hassan was motivated by Jihadism) leading to an arbitrary classification (Hassan is a terrorist). Or as certain friends of the neocons might put it, A is A.”

An arbitrary conclusion? What are we to make, then, of Hasan’s powerpoint presentation delineating the punishments designed for infidels, which was obviously inspired by Jihadism? Hasan was clearly moved to rage by more than America’s entanglements in the Middle East. If Hasan was not a terrorist per the current classification, he was a jihadi who acted alone and whose ideology is akin to that of Islamic terrorist groups.

]]> By: Jeremiah Whitmoore http://www.theamericanconservative.com/postright/2009/11/16/the-courage-to-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-2714 Jeremiah Whitmoore Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:12:42 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/postright/?p=1293#comment-2714 Everyday, since 911, on radio, t.v, and in print these scoundrels have continued their propaganda effort in favor of perpetual war, perpetual fear, and ubiquitous paranoia. Every effort to return sanity to the debate- even the smallest injection of reality- has resulted in even more fear mongering, name-calling and character attacks. I have discovered the best solution is to just ignore them as they are entirely incapable of understanding anything besides the next "threat" against our precious freedoms. Everyday, since 911, on radio, t.v, and in print these scoundrels have continued their propaganda effort in favor of perpetual war, perpetual fear, and ubiquitous paranoia. Every effort to return sanity to the debate- even the smallest injection of reality- has resulted in even more fear mongering, name-calling and character attacks. I have discovered the best solution is to just ignore them as they are entirely incapable of understanding anything besides the next “threat” against our precious freedoms.

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