Pamela Geller, Wednesday WND Column:
The strong-arming of a dhimmi Catholic diocese

If you haven't signed the petition asking the bishop of Worcester to reverse his decision and allow Robert Spencer to speak, sign it now. Also, speaking of petitions, I especially liked this one: Robert Spencer should be made a Cardinal of the Catholic Church — lml. Sign that one, too! And why not Pope?

The strong-arming of a dhimmi Catholic diocese WND

Exclusive: Pamela Geller blasts reporter who spearheaded silencing of anti-jihad activist

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Those
of us who still have the fortitude to cover jihad-related news are
routinely marginalized, demonized and accused of inciting “Islamophobia”
and or “anti-Muslim” backlash. Last week, under heavy pressure from a
Boston Globe reporter and Islamic supremacist groups in the Boston area,
the Roman Catholic diocese of Worcester, Mass., canceled a scheduled
March 16 talk by my colleague Robert Spencer. It’s the latest salvo in
the Islamic supremacist war on free speech.

Spencer says
the Globe reporter instigated the whole thing: “I have been told that
Lisa Wangsness herself, the Boston Globe reporter, exhorted people to
call the diocese of Worcester and ask that my talk be canceled. She
denies this, but I don’t know why my sources would invent such a story
if it weren’t true. It’s extraordinarily irresponsible behavior from a
‘journalist,’ of course, but journalistic integrity is pretty much a
thing of the past these days, and virtually all mainstream media
journalists are propagandists for causes rather than objective
reporters, so I am not all that surprised.”

This is unconscionable. Which is more egregious: the diocese caving
to the same pressure that Christians, Jews, Hindus and countless others
suffer all over the world, or the Boston Globe strong-arming behind the
scenes to get Robert Spencer canceled? When did the Boston Globe start
taking lessons from Hamas-TV? (Don’t answer that.) The enemedia have
morphed into a criminal syndicate. This is a national scandal, but the
American people are completely in the dark, because the enemedia control
the major flow of information. And the quislings on the right say
nothing because they, too, have been cowed, which is why the right is in
the dismal state it is in.

In what bizarro world is the moral high ground ceded to America’s
most oppressive and subjugating influence – Islamic supremacists?
Islamic supremacists, Shariah enforcers and stealth jihadists (all of
the same piece) silence champions of freedom, whitewash an ideology that
ethnically cleanses non-Muslims and secular Muslims from Muslim lands,
subjugates women and incites the most vile Jew-hatred. One single
ideology that is responsible for 1,400 years of abject human misery.

And those few brave ones who speak to the good are silenced and
demonized. As soon as the cancellation of Spencer became public, Salon
tool Alex Seitz-Wald published a self-congratulatory piece
celebrating this victory in the war against free speech. Has anyone
ever seen or heard Alex Seitz-Wald of Salon rail against, pummel and
smear the devout jihadists who slaughter in the name of Islam? Has
anyone ever heard him apply even the most remote standard of humanity to
those committing holy war in the cause of Islam? Ever heard him
denounce the Shariah that brutally subjugates women and non-Muslims? Me
neither.

And yet from his airless chamber, he fashions himself morally
superior. Do these self-important clowns ever catch a cold hard glimpse
of themselves in a mirror? We ought to stage an intervention for these
hapless, ego-mad scribblers. Alex Seitz-Wald took issue with Robert
Spencer and me for defending ourselves against the onslaught of libel,
misrepresentation of our ideas, smears and lies. It is wickedly funny.
This spineless, gutless wonder whines about how mean we are, and even
says that our meanness has made many of our critics too scared to
confront us.

It’s hard to imagine that I have scared my critics into silence – you
mean there would be even more daily attacks on my character, cred and
body of work? But there are only 24 hours in the day.

Seitz-Wald claims that we “want the First Amendment to work only in their favor.” Uh, wrong. I only want the First Amendment to work.
Period. I want to be able to run my pro-freedom ads without having to
file six-figure First Amendment lawsuits. I want to speak and not get
canceled. I want a scintilla of truth to be reported about the work I
do. Just for starters, we are anti-jihad, not anti-Muslim. No matter how
many tens of thousands of posts, columns and books I write to the
contrary or how many Muslim girls we help get to safe houses – these
tools propagandize and carry water for the most notorious Islamic
supremacists. Seitz-Wald shills for the most brutal and extreme ideology
on the face of the earth and he is pulling moral superiority. What he lacks in spine and guts he compensates for in cojones.

Calling on the media to be accurate is an insult to their craft. And when I defend myself and pointedly expose their agenda, that whole ship of fools starts bawlin’. Whaaaaaaaaaaaa.

This is further collusion between the enemedia and Islamic
supremacists to destroy our First Amendment rights. The Boston Globe is
not unique in this. Chicago Transit, San Francisco Transit and WMATA
appear to be colluding with Hamas-CAIR to keep our ads off city buses.

People, this is not about Robert Spencer or Pamela Geller, this is about freedom. This is about you.

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Larry S.

11 years ago

I want to publicly thank the Bishop McManus. I assume that the conference in question is at least conducted under the aegis of the diocese of Worcester, if not under its direct sponsorship. Accordingly, particularly if the decision regarding cancelling an invitation to Robert Spencer to speak at the conference in question is not reversed, the bishop has made it crystal clear what a craven organization the modern Catholic Church is.
Let co-religionists and supporters of those who oppress Christians in much of the world today- and throughout history- complain about someone invited to speak about a mortal danger to Christianity and to civilization itself, and the official representatives of the Catholic Church will capitulate. Appropriately enough, it appears that they do so in part at the instigation of a mendacious reporter at the Boston Globe, Lisa Wangsness (although Ms. Wangsness should be given the benefit of the doubt at this point).
Other than Robert Spencer himself, who risks his life whenever he speaks in public, no lives are reasonably at stake here that could justify such cravenness. Rather, the Church’s misbegotten sense of wanting to avoid politically incorrect controversy impels them to the status of dhimmitude. Once, the USA stood as the land of the free and home of the brave. While a few courageous souls still walk this Fair Land, to judge by the diocese of Worcester, our institutions are crumbling into moral rot.
Thank you again, Bishop McManus, for revealing the true colors of your diocese, and, by extension, the Roman Catholic Church.

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11 years ago

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prestigio

11 years ago

how smart is
the roman church
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Stephanie

11 years ago

Feb 5, 2013: Boston Globe reporter persuades Catholic conference
to CANCEL Robert Spencer appearance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R92E58shrSE

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Chervil

11 years ago

Yes, Robert would make a great Pope. Good idea.

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BethesdaDog

11 years ago

Alex Seitz-Wald?
Geez, even the name sounds gay. Sorry. I know it’s not politically correct, but something about that name.
Was this guy ever at Gawker?

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Paddy O'Connor

11 years ago

Just like their childmolesting priestly brethern back in Ireland they’ll clutch at any straw,even an evil one, in an attempt to regain the moral highground.If only they knew how ridiculous they look….

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pro west

11 years ago

The catholic church is giving in to the Islamists. Now i wonder where they would be when the muslims are lucky to have their way ? The Jihadist or the Muslims they are all the same .There is no difference.
The bishop will be put to shame. and Robert Spencer will speak ! And if he doesnt like it , he should go to blazes.

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