September 12, 2012

• Dear Ms. Clinton…

  Using freedom of speech to criticize, condemn, mock, or belittle the religious faith of violent, ignorant, illiterate morons, whether in Cairo or Kentucky, is not an “abuse” of free speech. It is one of the most, if you will pardon the term, sacred purposes of it. When you apologized for Americans having the audacity to say something a bunch of imbecilic third-world peasants couldn’t fit their uneducated pseudo-brains around, you disgraced your office. There is no need for apology, no need for excuses, no need for politeness. There is no need to claim to “understand” the mindless violence of the howling mob, no need to “see their point of view”, no need to offer them a hint of sympathy or respect. If they can’t deal with the fact they are living in a global community where they will be constantly exposed to ideas they do not like, let them crawl back into their caves. Your role as the spokesperson for American foreign policy is to tell them that if they continue to unleash violence against American citizens, we will create the caves for them. Well, craters, really, but you get the idea.

  I have many strong and continued disagreements with the policies of the Obama administration, but, unlike many of its critics, I have never considered it to be unamerican or anti-American. Until now. Your craven apology to those who would respond to ideas with violence shames your office. Resign.

  EDIT: OK, somehow, I’d gotten it into my mind when I read this nonsense late last night that it came directly from the State Dept, not the Cairo Embassy. That changes the focus of my anger; I can’t and don’t expect a huge government bureaucracy to monitor every one of its countless flunkies. I do expect, though, not just a half-hearted semi-retraction to come from official channels. I expect whoever wrote and took responsibility for this piece of unamerican drivel to be cast into the outer darkness, his/her career completely over. And I do expect the official State Dept. response to be “We have free speech, assholes. Deal with it.”

   

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