AFDI Freedom Rally: Nearly 2,000 Patriots Throng to Tennessee to Defend Free Speech

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Robert Spencer and I blew into Tennessee after numerous flight delays, draconian TSA patdowns and security checks, and crippling rush hour traffic, and imagine how thrilled we were when we rounded the corner and saw throngs of patriots and freedom lovers, all happy warriors who had converged in Manchester, Tennessee to oppose the latest Obama Administration salvo against the freedom of speech — a seminar led by an Obama-appointed U.S. Attorney on how civil rights laws could and should be used to shut down speech deemed “inflammatory” against Muslims (a label that has been used before to shut down truthful speech about jihad and Islamic supremacism). SION Board member James Lafferty, Tennessee freedom activists
Lou Ann Zelenick, Joan French, Bill Warner and Rebecca Bynum, ex-Saturday Night Live cast member
Victoria Jackson, and numerous other freedom fighters made their opposition known to this outrageous anti-free speech initiative, and their determination to resist it.

Numerous speakers addressed the roaring crowd — including Lafferty, Spencer, and I — and what was really beautiful was that over 600 of these folks couldn’t even get in to the event, but they stayed outside and held a freedom rally. This event showed that Americans aren’t going to sit quietly while our freedom of speech is taken away, and are never, ever, going to submit and stop telling the truth about the jihad that threatens us all. We are an army.

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Jesse Nieto is a 25-year veteran of the Marines. His son was killed in the jihad terror bombing of the U.S. Cole in October 2000. After 9/11 he put anti-jihad decals
on his truck, but military officials told him to remove them. When he refused, he was forbidden to drive onto the base at Camp Lejeune, where he worked, or to visit his son’s grave at Arlington
National Cemetery. He sued, and with the help of lawyer Robert Muise, who has aided us in numerous free speech cases, he won.

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Liberal USA
Liberal USA
10 years ago

Let me The LIbetal to fire the first comment here.
Pamella was expecting the thousands but she
got only 2000.. That shows how much
The Tennessee people do not support pamela and
Spencer.. Numbers matters and we liberals
Will support the Muslim cause to propagate
Islam in USA.. I am not a Muslim but I feel
that America has lost it’s moral compass and
Only Islam can save Americans. In order to do
This we must stop free speech on your terms… And let
Sharia law speech be the word of USA..
I am saving USA for our own good..
Only Koranic verse is to be taught in all school
And not pamela and spencer hate speech so called
Free speech is allowed.. It divides people and tear
Nations apart.. Look around the world..
Muslim sing in 1 voice and the sheer numbers
Of 2 billions shouting in unision is greater than
A billion spencer and pamela.. Even the andromeda
Inhabitants can hear the voice of Muslim shouting
For its right.. You can fight Islam.. Accept with
Grace.. I urge you all for ISlam sake

Burkasrugly
Burkasrugly
10 years ago

This is a great showing and I think sends a strong message that patriots will not be shut up. I’m glad that people thought this was important enough to attend and took time out of their busy days. This gives a lot of us hope! Pamela, I don’t know where you get your energy, but I can’t help but think that God has a hand in it. Please keep doing what you are doing!

Liberal USA
Liberal USA
10 years ago

You can’t fight Islam….Accept with grace

BUTSeriously
BUTSeriously
10 years ago

Pam, not Kerri, should replace Hillary. Truth is a powerful force which always comes back to settle scores.

TalkGOP
TalkGOP
10 years ago

Thanks Pamela for coming all the way to Tennessee and supporting freedom of speech. Despite what anyone else may say, that was a huge crowd for our small community.
I thought U.S. attorney Bill Killian did a very poor job with his cookie-cutter powerpoint presentation. He certainly did not address the concerns of the crowd in any substantive way.

Linda Arney
Linda Arney
10 years ago

Thank you for coming all the way to Manchester tonight, Pamela. It was great to meet you in person.

BUTSeriously
BUTSeriously
10 years ago

Sure – we see Islam in 60 countries performing excellently. That’s where today’s Libs belong – be sure to cover your women, call Muslims as Palestinians and demand serial 2-states in Israel till there is none. Its clear there is infiltration of Un-Americanism fostered by the WH – its called plausible non-deniability.

Gullah
Gullah
10 years ago

Is this a joke??
Sorry pal, but I’m not interested in shariah law where no one has freedom…where killing your children is fine and dandy…where stoning is fine and dandy…where killing a woman for being raped is fine and dandy…do you savages get how incredibly…well, savage it is to murder a woman because she was raped??? How about giving the woman love and compassion and punish the rapist instead?
What poor lives you lead. You muslim men have no idea what it is like to be friends with women…how much it enriches one life.
No thanks on the shariah.

Cate
Cate
10 years ago

You bet, Mohd ISlam. You keep coming back here. You must be intrigued. Turn your life around, get away from the death cult. Come to the light, and learn to live in REAL freedom in your life.

Cate
Cate
10 years ago

Fantastic, Pamela! Great update. And I’m so very glad to see there were lots of people standing up for freedom this evening in Tennessee!

Choi
Choi
10 years ago

Sooooo,you’re a Non-Muslim who performs ‘”da’awah” for Muslim jihadis?
A real Cyber “Tokyo Rose”are you…
Next you’ll be extolling the”virtues of “DHIMMIHOOD”!
Is Quisling your ROLE MODEL?!

Rudy Bowen
Rudy Bowen
10 years ago

Go to hell.
I’ll fight you and your fellow scum to the death, pal.
You got it to do.

iAmSam!
iAmSam!
10 years ago

you’re an idiot…

Regnad Kcin
Regnad Kcin
10 years ago

Ahh yes…and Icarus flew wonderfully until he flew just high enough to melt his wings.
Lemming migration behavior can appear much the same.
They would have you be afraid. They will do anything in order to have their way.
“Panic’em” Geller is the harbinger of fear, and I refuse to be afraid.

Scott in Texas
Scott in Texas
10 years ago

Yay!
Keep up the fight!

Robert Norvell
Robert Norvell
10 years ago

Way to go Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller. Thanks
for your articulate, disciplined stand for our 1st Amendment
Rights. And shame on you FBI and Department of Justice for
siding with the enemies of freedom and decency.
Constantine

DEB
DEB
10 years ago

WHY is it that when Conservative PATRIOTS tell the TRUTH, we are “harbingers of fear”?????? Well just LOOK what we TRIED to tell you people BEFORE you elected the dictator back in. EVERYTHING we said has or is happening. THAT is not FEAR..THAT is TRUTH! People like you are what is wrong with this country. Had you rather Islam take over and THEN try to do something? THINK ABOUT IT.

g
g
10 years ago

This is America if you don’t like our way of living. Get the “F” out!!

Rob
Rob
10 years ago

Yes, Pamela. You rock! All of us need to do our part to fight for our freedom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe0BNKoGON4

DEB
DEB
10 years ago

LOL..I think most of us stopped reading after your first sentence..I know I did. I did see one line down there that said something about us not having “moral compassion”..Can you HONESTLY say that the cult of ISLAM is “morally compassionate”..I think not. Have a good evening and GOD BLESS YOU. May He open you heart to the truth~

Peter
Peter
10 years ago

Ahh yes…and I see Danger Nick is so afraid of being identified he’s still hiding behind his backwards pseudonym…tool.
No logical arguments, no courage to be up front with who you are or what you stand for.
Please go chase the other liberal nazi lemmings over their i-slamic cliff.
I guess for liberals, free speech is only free if you agree with them, otherwise you’d better shut the heck up!

Peter
Peter
10 years ago

Nobody in their right mind would ever accept the evil that is i-slam. Please feel free to migrate to any muslim filth-hole you would like to choose.

DEB
DEB
10 years ago

SO SORRY..that comment was meant for LiberalUSA…this doesn’t have it’s reply button in the right spot. I totally agree with YOU BURKASRUGLY!

Madeleine
Madeleine
10 years ago

Thank you, muslims, but I prefer to abide by a religion that preaches unconditional love, and not intolerance. I see nothing right or true or moral in pretending that causing pain and destruction could possibly be pleasing to a God who created us to be loving beings who would work to bring the values of the kingdom to our world. Islam offers nothing desirable or valuable. It hides or destroys the beautiful things, tangible and spiritual, that are God’s gift to mankind. Go home and love your family. Go home and make something or repair your ravaged places. Read the Bible, especially the New Testament which shows people the way to live, the truth, the light.I will pray for the twisted darkness to Islam, that God’s grace will bring you all into the light.

DEB
DEB
10 years ago

LOL..I think most of us stopped reading after your first sentence..I know I did. I did see one line down there that said something about us not having “moral compassion”..Can you HONESTLY say that the “religion” of ISLAM is “morally compassionate”..I think not. Have a good evening and GOD BLESS YOU. May He open you heart to the truth~ I can’t believe AMERICANS can be so wrong as to stand for such things as you are standing for!

Peter
Peter
10 years ago

Liberal USA, you are evil and a servant of satan himself. You deserve to be deported at your own expense to any muslim country, where you will see the truth of i-slam in operation. imam’s raping children daily, babies being thrown in the garbage if they are female, or left on the steps of mosques to be raised as sex slaves for the pedophile imams. Minorities abused, tortured and killed, women treated like property and brood-mares, rape victims being killed because it’s obviously their fault they got raped. Your favored ideology is satanic evil filth.

Wonderin1
Wonderin1
10 years ago

Beloved Pamela has been given to us by The Only Living G-d, who also gave us Sir Tim Berners Lee and the WWW, precisely for this hour. The fascist supremacists sought to blind us by buying up & compromising our MSM. Our precious Heavenly Father has raised up Rob Spencer, Pamela, David Wood, BNI, Breitbart and dozens of others so that the truth will be known via the Web and social media.
Pamela’s energy is supernatural. Pamela is the object of daily prayer by thousands who love her. If you haven’t already, please join us in prayer for her. To many of us, Pamela Geller is a modern day OT Judge – such as Deborah. Pamela is a force – not only of nature – but also of Super Nature.
Pamela appeals not to hate but instead appeals to love. Her energies are positive, healing and strengthening but DO NOT underestimate the forces that surround this woman. THANK YOU, Burkasrugly, for being a part of this. I’m only a tiny spec but I very much appreciate you asking about Pam’s energy. I believe her energy comes from Heaven and is energy for justice, for righteousness, for wholeness, for sanity, for truth, for hope and for reconciliation.
Millions of Muslims can be helped. Pamela is among the first to help them escape the demonic, hate-filled and racist ideology fomented by the tongues of taqiyya. We also can help with their exodus. We have only begun.
KAFIR AND PROUD!!

Regnad Kcin
Regnad Kcin
10 years ago

You said: “LOOK what we TRIED to tell you people BEFORE you elected the dictator back in.”
If you can’t tell the difference between an elected official, and a dictator I can’t help you.
If you cant see the difference between a free society where we have the luxury of overthrowing the government every four years…and some other imagined state where that is not our right…I can’t help you.
If you have such low self-esteem that you can’t or won’t avoid being lead around by the nose, I can’t help you.

Rudy Bowen
Rudy Bowen
10 years ago

LOL WATCH US.

Regnad Kcin
Regnad Kcin
10 years ago

I can understand your idea that I’m hiding since you probably have had no exposure to The Firesign Theater, and the character of Nick Danger.
I’ve adopted the tag of Regnad Kcin as an homage to their delightfully absurdist humor.
Unfortunately for you, it appears that any name I might adopt, would have little effect on your attitude.
As I said before, I am not afraid, and that seems to be what pisses you off as well as those who think like you. It changes nothing.

Regnad Kcin
Regnad Kcin
10 years ago

Madeline,
To continue to live in a state of grace such as yours is an inspiration to all, but I’m not certain that God is so small that he can be entirely captured within the pages of any book.
May you continue to be at peace and in love.

33 P
33 P
10 years ago

If you called that an election, then you must buy my bridge. The imposter fraud will have his judgement.
Even the Soviets and Iranians have elections but their leaders are still dictators.

Glen
Glen
10 years ago

Maybe its time to play Cowboys and Muslims.

Kim
Kim
10 years ago

Proud to be from Tennessee today…well, every day. I love Tennessee!

Long Live The Republic
Long Live The Republic
10 years ago

“You can’t fight Islam”. Bollocks, hide and watch us!

Arlie
Arlie
10 years ago

I’m in another part of the country so I was in Tennessee in spirit only. Thank G-d for those aware enough to know we are being lied to and our very way of life, liberty and happiness is in dire jeopardy. Thank you Pamela and Robert for your tireless energy and dedication to our declaration of Independence and the rights of all free people everywhere.

Trevor
Trevor
10 years ago

Awesome Pamela!!!!! You rock! Well done Tennessee! The US must never forget what it stands for. Keep fighting the good fight. God Bless all of you.

Liberal USA
Liberal USA
10 years ago

Lets support Regnad Kcin.. fellow
Americans and Muslim..
Obama says.. The future does not belongs
To people who slander Islam..
Obama was a true Christian .. If he can
See the truth .. Why can’t you..?
Is my speech to hard for you to swallow .
Accept it in your name of free speech..
Accept it cos it’s the truth..
Free Muslim to practiced their faith in the heart
Of Bible Belt tennesee.. It can be done .it shal be done

Zorah
Zorah
10 years ago

NICK, thinks an elected official cannot be a dictator. Well, sir you’re wrong. Hitler was an elected official not so long ago-and he most certainly was also a dictator and tyrant. Hitler’s righthand murderer was Al-Husseini. Hitler was a liberal national socialist & loved Islam. Its the same today Liberals love licking muslim boots because they are Nazis. According to your twisted logic, an elected official cannot be a dictator-Hitler did by deceit just as Obama received his election.

bristol surprise
bristol surprise
10 years ago

your comment saying “you can’t fight islam” just proves muslims are violent lmao. nobody is trying to fight islam, we’re fighting for our first amendment rights, this whole event was bs and unnecessary. they held it to stir up trouble in the Bible Belt. the whole thing is nonsense. there aren’t even many muslims in manchester, they chose that town bc they know it’s full of Christian natural born citizens that didn’t migrate here and wanted to cause an uproar and actually start altercations. murfreesboro is the fastest growing city in TN and is full of muslims, their disrespectful asses built a mosque 500 feet from a church, literally right next to it. it would have made much more sense to hold the event in murfreesboro, a much larger city that actually has a lot of muslims living here. but they know in most small towns in Tn, like manchester, we won’t tolerate this nonsense so they decided to create the problem and find the solution as they always do. they did it to provoke and instigate. well let me tell you right now you can’t fight Tennessee or the south…the people in the south alone could defeat all the muslims in the world if we wanted to. u are underestimating us true Americans, and trust me YOU dont want a problem with us! and thats exactly why they chose to stir the pot here and get things riled up and create a problem. and i find it funny that muslims cuss people out on facebook all the time and post pics and videos of themselves burning the American flag and bibles, here in America…and threatening christians and jews and slandering Jesus and the bible…they have many facebook pages dedicated to slandering Jesus, christians, jews, americans, etc….BUT as always, its a double standard and only muslims can speak up and say what they want to say. haha good luck with that. my christian ancestors fought for this country and our rights, and founded it…and ill be damned if you think you muslims are taking over this country. stfu and eat some bacon

bristol surprise
bristol surprise
10 years ago

that comment just showed how ignorant you are. if obama was a true christian he wouldn’t even believe mohammad was a prophet and never would have said that. he even accidentally admitted he was muslim in an interview saying, “no he has not mentioned my muslim faith” and the reporter looked stunned and said “did you mean to say your christian faith” and obama realized his mistake and tried to act like he didnt mean to say muslim. idiot

bristol surprise
bristol surprise
10 years ago

and by the way, muslims are allowed to practice their faith. they built a mosque here in Murfreesboro literally 500 feet from a church and nobody is stopping them from worshipping their false prophet. that had nothing to so with this event. the event was about people not being allowed to talk negatively about islam on social media…but muslims can talk about christians and jews and threaten them on social media. what a joke. typical liberal dumbass

techisbest
techisbest
10 years ago

The people on both sides of this one are a bunch of nuts.

bristol surprise
bristol surprise
10 years ago

are u fucking kidding me or are u just borderline retarded? u say ur not muslim but think islam is the answer to save the country? you sound just like a damn muslim with all your fake bullshit, guess what…fuck islam and fuck you!! we true Americans and Tennesseans won’t stand for this bullshit, not today, not ever. my ancestors fought for this country and our rights and ill be damned if you think you’re taking that away!and yes numbers do matter, and we true Americans would kick your pathetic liberal muslim loving asses!! 2,000 people is a lot of people for such a small town in TN…thats just as many that show up to big events in big cities like NY. there was no reason for them to come to manchester for the event anyway, they should have come to murfreesboro, about 35 miles away, a bigger city where all the damn muslims have flocked to. i live here and those disrespectful bastards built a mosque literally right next to a church, 500 feet away from it. that’s why the DOJ held this bs event…to stir up drama and create problems. they want a reaction out of us…be careful what u wish for!! ur fucking with the wrong part of the country!! go eat some damn bacon and shut the fuk up…you’re probably a damn undercover agent just trying to see who will continue to talk shit about islam, well THIS WOMAN RIGHT HERE WILL!!! it’s mu God given right and you can’t take that away. you liberal hypocrites are so funny…muslims make facebook pages dedicated to slandering Jesus and threatening jews and christians, posting pics and videos of themselves burning the american flag and bibles, in america! but that’s ok bc they’re muslim? haha no bitch its not so kiss my true american ass and hop back on your camel and head home

bristol surprise
bristol surprise
10 years ago

yep its about that time…they have no idea what they’re getting themselves into…especially here in the south!! but remember a lot of muslims kill themselves and each other so they would actually help us out lmao

bristol surprise
bristol surprise
10 years ago

haha his comment just proved muslims are violent…always thinking its about fighting!!!! well it was actually about our first amendment rights, not fighting, but damn sure can if u want to! all of us true americans are more than ready so make our day liberal bitch

bristol surprise
bristol surprise
10 years ago

im right there with you rudy!! they only held this event to stir shit up so bring it on bitches!! we can help you reach your awaiting “72 virgins” a little earlier than planned lmao….muslim pos

pagr
pagr
10 years ago

Greetings from Indonesia..
Good Job Pamela!!..more and more people will support you in future! ..No surrender

We Ain't Going There
We Ain't Going There
10 years ago

Tell you what, Liberal USA, the USA won’t be so ‘liberal’ if Sharia rules the USA. You and your cohorts will find that you’ll be singing a different tune when your women have their rights severely reduced and, depending upon some interpretations of Sharia, your girls cannot be educated if some Talibanesque interpretation rules. That means that roughly half the population of the USA will be deliberately ‘dumbed down’. Now, if I were a woman or a girl and I thought Sharia was going to become the law of the land because of so-called liberals like you, well, I’d struggle against you as if my life depended upon it because it does! And just remember, many women in the USA have now gone through the military experience and they sure as hell will not roll over so you and your punk friends can betray them and toss away the freedoms they enjoy.

Grumpy
Grumpy
10 years ago

Next month Obama’s scheduled to meet with a Sudanese delegation led by Nafie Ali Nafie, an al-Bashir adviser who helped plan and execute the genocide of Black Christians in Dufar.
Seems Nafie Ali Nafei and the Presidents big brother Malik are good friends.. You recall Malik, because he’s the president’s brother he got really special treatment from the IRS… I understand, but can’t absolutely confirm, he uses the donations he gets from the US to support his wives in Kenya..
It’s also interesting how close the President’s brother’s friends put him to modern African Slave trade
It’s no secret the president and his brother are very close — kinda wonder how much alike they are

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