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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 07:30 PM Sep 2012

Best way to marginalize the kind of speech in anti-Islam movie is to ignore it

Obama On Libya Attack: Not ‘Just A Mob Action’
Igor Bobic - 5:27 PM EDT,
Monday September 24, 2012

Questioned whether the attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya this month constituted terrorism, President Obama on Monday said that it was clear "it wasn't just a mob action."

"There's no doubt that the kind of weapons that were used, the ongoing assault, that it wasn't just a mob action," said Obama at a taping of ABC's The View, per a White House pool report. "What's clear is that, around the world, there are still a lot of threats out there."

"There's never an excuse for violence," he added. "The best way to marginalize that kind of speech {in the anti-Islam movie} is to ignore it. You don't make yourself bigger by putting other people down."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-on-libya-attack-not-just-mob-action


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Best way to marginalize the kind of speech in anti-Islam movie is to ignore it (Original Post) cthulu2016 Sep 2012 OP
I ingored it, but not that easy in the middle east. Like " just say no to drugs." It's stupid. demosincebirth Sep 2012 #1
The solution to bad speech is more speech. Someone could make a counter video ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 #2

ProgressiveProfessor

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2. The solution to bad speech is more speech. Someone could make a counter video
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 08:56 PM
Sep 2012

Showing that Mohamed was good with children and liked kittehs, and was compassionate to the elderly.

Oh wait, that would also cause riots too...

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