Topic category: International Affairs/Foreign Policy
Hillary Clinton Conveys President Obama's Appreciation to Egypt's President Morsi for Moderation by Muslim Brotherhood Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expresses President Obama's appreciation to Egypt's President Morsi for the Rotary-Club-Like Moderateness of his Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt in seeking only moderate death penalties for blasphemy.
Defenders of the progressively nuanced nature of Obama's response to Islamic demands for criminal punishment of blasphemy defend his approach against criticism by the right-wing crazies (who foolishly think blasphemy should be protected by the First Amendment) do so by stressing the "brilliantly nuanced" nature of Obama's diplomacy in the context of the Arab Spring in the Middle East Middle Ages.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expresses President Obama's appreciation to
Egypt's President Morsi for the Rotary-Club-Like Moderateness of his Muslim
Brotherhood of Egypt in seeking only moderate death penalties for
blasphemy. In the wake of Egypt's
issuance of criminal arrest warrants against Americans in the United States
who participated in making
a movie insulting Islam, some (if not many)
progressives (for two examples go here
and here)
rush to assert that the making of a movie expressing what is known to be deemed
blasphemous by Muslims is the equivalent of "shouting 'fire' in a crowded
theatre" rather than free speech protected by the First
Amendment.
Defenders of the progressively nuanced nature of Obama's response to Islamic
demands for criminal punishment of blasphemy defend his approach against
criticism by the right-wing crazies (who foolishly think blasphemy should be
protected by the First Amendment) do so by stressing the "brilliantly nuanced"
nature of Obama's diplomacy in the context of the Arab Spring in the Middle
East Middle Ages. Meanwhile, in a "tribute" to
the role of Egypt in the "Arab Spring," Obama's critics are shouting
in unison (as they again seek to completely escape bondage via the Red
Sea:) "We must let our Pharaoh go in 2012":
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