Hate Speech

Imagine that a leading American Muslim called a rally in New York and said the following:

“We have an anti-Islamic president. His premise is false. The narrative is false. The Judaization of the narrative must stop. It must stop with the truth. And truth is the new hate speech.

“I ask you, what is a terrorist? I reject that term. I don’t want anyone ever to use it again. It’s a Muslim living in the Palestinian homeland. There are no terrorists in Palestine. What is Israel? It is not Israel. It is Palestine – for the Muslims. There is no occupation except the Jewish occupation of Palestine.”

I have a funny feeling that this person would be widely denounced, in the strongest possible terms, from across the political spectrum. Now, let’s flip things. The speaker is not a Muslim, but Pamela Geller, a fierce critic of Islam. She is the one calling the rally. And here is what she said in the past:

“We have an anti-Israel president. His premise is false. The narrative is false. The Islamization of the narrative must stop. It must stop with the truth. And truth is the new hate speech.

“I ask you, what is a settler? I reject that term. I don’t want anyone ever to use it again. It’s a Jew living in the Jewish homeland. There are no settlers in Israel. What is the West Bank? It is not the West Bank. It is Judea – Jew-dea – and Samaria. There is no occupation except the Muslim occupation of Israel.”

Funny, I dont’ recall the outrage over this one. As always, there are double standards of epic proportions when it comes to Israel and Palestine.