I fucking hope you're happy, Trump.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

You should be so proud of yourself. Hope no one gets killed because of you, asshole.

Before Trump's appearance in the nearly 52-minute video, the al Qaeda-linked Islamic extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a 2011 U.S. drone strike, lectures to the camera: "Muslims of the West, take heed and learn from the lessons of history. There are ominous clouds gathering in your horizon. Yesterday, America was a land of slavery, segregation, lynching and Ku Klux Klan. And tomorrow, it will be a land of religious discrimination and concentration camps."

Trump then appears in a clip from a stump speech, saying, "Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the [censored] is going on." The crowd enthusiastically cheers Trump's words.

Al-Awlaki again appears, lecturing viewers that "the West will eventually turn against its Muslim citizens." He goes on to say that American Muslims have two choices: "You either leave or you fight." Al-Awlaki extols Nidal Hasan, the U.S. Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009.

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[pipoman]

1. I don't like Trump

I hate Muslim terrorists. Fuck anyone who would limit speech in the US to appease the enemy of the US...weak cowards do stupid shit like that.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

4. I'm very pro free speech.

However, when lives are on the line, it is somewhat polite to not risk them. Plus, I'm also freedom of religion, so hey, have a word and practice freely, I say.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

5. Agree 100%

And it's not like Islamic terrorists aren't already killing people.

[Laurian]

6. I don't see it as limiting speech in the US, but

measuring a potential leader's ability to navigate diplomatically and successfully in a turbulent world. Running off at the mouth to inspire the least knowledgable and most intolerant among us is not the mark of a leader.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

8. Exactly.

Also, to have a potential leader openly declare that he would ignore the Constitution, and have people support that is quite disappointing. And this is coming from me, someone who definitely isn't fond of any organized religion. I do at least have a sense enough to try respect people's faith.

This has nothing to do with free speech. I'm absolutely for free speech, and don't mind hateful rhetoric, but that doesn't shield him from my opinion of his views and words.

It cuts both ways.

[pipoman]

11. Yeah, it depends on the adversary...Obama has been the right balance IMO

There is balance between passive and aggressive and it isn't passive-aggressive....especially when dealing with this enemy.

[Jarqui]

10. I'm all for freedom of speech

Laws addressing defamation and hate speech that curtail some freedom of speech exist for a good reason - when speech hurts others.

"They must consider that great responsibility follows inseparably from great power. " Voltaire

Free speech is a great and powerful thing. With it should come some responsibility.

I'm certainly against hate speech when it gets someone killed.

I strongly suspect some innocent Americans will die at the hands of terrorists inspired to act in retaliation of Trump's words. Sad but probably close to as likely as Hillary's concern that Trump words would be used in a recruiting video for terrorists.

[pipoman]

12. "Hate speech" must be extremely well defined resulting in some demonstrable harm

The obvious distinction lies with someone irrationally reacting to my words with violence against someone....and me inciting someone into an act of violence. The former is the complete and total responsibility of the irrational murdering killer, the latter is the responsibility if the incitor.

Goading doesn't justify irrational unacceptable behavior.

[Jarqui]

18. It takes two to fight

If the US overthrow a few of their leaders over decades and screw with their lives or drone some of their family members and then an asshole like Trump says stuff like he did, it's not just Trump's words they're irrationally reacting to. Trump reminds them of other injustices or the fight the Muslims have with US foreign policy.

You can take a nice dog, tie him up and abuse him. Eventually, he'll turn mean and bite back.

If we look at the Protestants vs Catholics in Ireland, both sides could debate which injustice started the fight. By the time I plugged into it, it had been going on so long, nobody would pin it down with certainty or the other side would have a different take on it. The conflict in the middle east doesn't seem much different to me.

If one doesn't want terrorist problems, smart behavior is to not to provoke them like Trump did. Like the tied up mean dog, they can bite back.

[pipoman]

20. There is no justification that would make me open to limiting any American's

Speech rights. This includes drawing and publishing cartoons of child molesting Mohammed....

[Jarqui]

22. Dead Americans is ample justification for me to consider limiting

America's speech rights.

We limit them for defamation. We limit them for hate speech.

I don't think "drawing and publishing cartoons of child molesting Mohammed" does a lot of good for this world - particularly when it can result in a bunch of American dead innocent women and children.

[pipoman]

24. I guess they have beaten you then...

[SickOfTheOnePct]

29. We don't limit hate speech

There are no hate speech laws in the U.S., thankfully.

[PowerToThePeople]

21. Speech resulting in demonstratable harm.

[bvf]

2. I've given up waiting

for the watershed moment that will signal his exit from the campaign.

[KT2000]

3. this was tRumps first effort

at foreign diplomacy.Fail. Someone needs to ask him who he will send to fight the wars he stirs up.

[Brother Buzz]

9. His kids, of course. They're loaded for bear and believe it will be a turkey shoot

[KT2000]

15. that is horrible

the apple does not fall far from the tree. Can't we revoke their citizenship or something?

[B Calm]

7. A week ago he was screaming for Hillary to prove it when she said the terrorists were

using his anti Muslim message as a recruiting tool.

[GoCubsGo]

13. I doubt he cares.

If anyone gets killed, he'll just blame President Obama for it. As will everyone else in his scum-of-the-Earth party.

[spanone]

14. words matter

[philosslayer]

16. This is an excellent example of what happens when free speech runs amok

We should all be careful about what we say. "Free Speech" has consequences when abused, and its something we all need to be mindful of.

[GummyBearz]

17. Trump isn't president

They could fill in the blank with any racist making a speech and serve their needs. Thankfully trump will never be president and his horrible ideas will never be implemented... but ISIS and their like will keep up jihad against us infidels all the same.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

19. He may just be what ISIS is looking for.

And they could pull off some stunts to frighten the people into voting for him.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

23. To be fair, this IS all Hillary's fault.

ISIS/AlQaeda would never have thought of using Trump video until Clinton suggested it. She is obviously another great recruiter for terrists.

Is this election season over yet?

[demwing]

25. The best way to handle a bad guy with a big mouth

is a good guy with a big mouth.

You don't restrict free speech because of hate speech. You double the positive free speech and drown out the assholes.

[daleanime]

26. Of course he is....

Now even more people are paying attention to him.

[Sunlei]

27. Republican crap always draws flies. Their best choice would be to get rid of the crap,

instead Republicans will want trillion dollar fly swatters.

[Gothmog]

28. Trump is not suited to be POTUS

Words have consequences and Trump refuses to understand this simple concept