Hundreds Gather in Arizona for Armed Anti-Muslim Protest

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ed-anti-muslim-protest/?tid=pm_national_pop_b

About 250 mostly armed anti-Muslim demonstrators — many wearing T-shirts bearing a profanity-laced message denouncing Islam — faced-off against a crowd of roughly the same size defending the faith in front of a Phoenix mosque Friday night.

Demonstrators yelled and taunted one another across a line of police separating the two sides but violence did not break out.

Jon Ritzheimer, the organizer of the protest, called it a patriotic sign of resistance against what he deemed the tyranny of Islam in America.

“I would love to see more of these events pop up in other states,” Ritzheimer said. “I want fellow patriots standing right here next to me. This isn’t about me. Everybody’s been thinking it, I’m just saying it.”

Usama Shami, president of the Islamic center, said he was not surprised by the event.

“This is not new. Hatred, bigotry, racism — that’s old. It’s the same thing,” he said. “No different from Nazis or neo-Nazis. They don’t believe society should be multicultural or multiethnic. They think everyone should believe like them, I guess.”
 
I found this quote from a the guy at the mosque humorous:

They don’t believe society should be multicultural or multiethnic. They think everyone should believe like them, I guess.

Please elaborate on how amazingly well people in the "Islamic Countries" are tolerated & allowed to practice their beliefs freely.

While there is probably a better way than conducting a protest in front of the mosque, at lease they're doing something. Unfortunately muslims are pretty good and making themselves out to be the victim.
 
I found this quote from a the guy at the mosque humorous:



Please elaborate on how amazingly well people in the "Islamic Countries" are tolerated & allowed to practice their beliefs freely.

Just because he is a Muslim doesn't make him a representative of the entire middle east.
 
Maybe it wasn't such a great idea after all?

Makes me wonder if the whole thing was a setup to start a GoFundMe account?

‘Tyranny is in America’: Anti-Muslim armed rally organizer says he’s headed into hiding after getting death threats

The ex-Marine who organized an anti-Muslim rally outside the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix Friday evening said he’s going into hiding after receiving several death threats.

“This is proof tyranny is in America,” said Jon Ritzheimer, revealing he's come under siege since taking to Facebook to organize the event.

Up to 500 protesters gathered in 100-degree heat — some clutching assault rifles, American flags and placards — in the latest flashpoint in the U.S. anti-Islam movement.

Ritzheimer planned the protest, billed as "Freedom of Speech Rally," in response to an ISIS-inspired attack outside a controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest May 3 in Texas.

Two gunmen were shot dead by SWAT team members as they attempted to storm the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, an event organized by anti-Islamic activist Pamela Geller.

But now Ritzheimer claims he's been targeted by terrorists.


“I’m having to sell my house. My family is going into hiding,” an armed Ritzheimer, flanked by burly men wearing "F--- Islam!" T-shirts, told reporters at the rally. “They’re calling for lone wolves to behead me. That’s terrorism right here in America.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...hoenix-islamic-center-heats-article-1.2240770
 
Not a very good idea for someone with a family to take care of. I doubt they signed up for this shit.

This is a huge problem. People with families or loved ones trying to be bad asses. The loved ones are the people who suffer not the person trying to be a bad ass.

If a person puts themselves out there they expect to take heat they don't count on their families taking the heat.
 
It is good that the "Founding Fathers of THIS Country" didn't think that way, As then we would not the country that we now have, and with the obligation to defend it.

I agree!! I just wrestle with the thought of myself having to make that choice. It must have been hell to leaving home with your musket and not knowing weather your ever coming back or if there will be anything to come back to.
 
It is good that the "Founding Fathers of THIS Country" didn't think that way, As then we would not the country that we now have, and with the obligation to defend it.

So what some of you advocate, is letting these muzzie Bastards get further empowered because, "Good men do nothing"?

Thats not what i said.

I think most would agree that part of being a reaponsible adult is taking your loved ones into consideration when making decisions.

We not only have a duty to our nation to maintain our freedom and way of life, but we also have a duty to our families to maintain their health, safety and happiness.

This mans failure to account for an easily forseeable consequence of his actions shows he failed at one of those responsibilities.

If his family was on board and he had a plan in place, it would be different.
 
Remember he is a Marine, He knows about making that decission and what the consequences are. You know what, I bet his family does as well. I know mine does.

The tone of the article makes it seem like he got more than he bargained for.

If he planned for this with the involvement of his family, then i dont see it as a failure on his part...but the article doesnt read that way.
 
Something tells me this rally was planned and executed under the influence of mass quantities.
 
I am not worthy to be called " Great defender of The Constitution" . What this man did was take a stand, he saw a opportunity to draw the arseholes out and did so. That what we should be doing as well.
Who are "the arseholes" specifically? And what do you think should be done "against what he deemed the tyranny of Islam in America"?
 
Rally was a reasonable idea.
Rally showing up with tac gear and letting idgits with white power shirts make a scene was a suicidally stupid idea.



Do you want to win, or do you just want to vent? Because winning means you put at least thirty bleeping seconds into understanding the frickin' battlefield.
And that battlefield ain't just bullets.
 
Where are you going with this? You already know these answers.
I'm just baiting you to post bigoted anti-Muslim comments that I think are actually on your mind but you dont want to be made public. Hey, maybe I'm wrong, in which case I'll apologize, but it certainly sounds like you want selective 1A application.
 
No. You are wrong, the 1st Amendment applies to all parties. The muzzies have made the issue of silencing the "Freedom of Speech" for those that poke fun at their shitbag so called prophet, by initiating the violence. I have no use for the muzzie bastards, that is not a secret. I will not initiate any kind of violence, but violence will beget violence. So they have to tolerate that which is offensive to them, just as they expect us to tolerate their bullshit.

The left can protest cops and burn down buildings while doing it and the left gives them a pass. The left can trespass and occupy private property destroying it in the process and the left gives them a pass. The left can march down the street demanding dead cops and the left gives them a pass. The left can destroy the lives of anyone who they think isn't pro gay and they think they're doing a good thing. But when the right does a little protesting of their own the left loses it and blows chunks.
 
There are over two million Muslims in America and TWO of them responded to the portrayal of Mohammed with violence. In terms of this particular thread and the OP, disapproval of another party's speech is not a violation of their 1A rights.

Look, there's a lot to say about Muslims that's factual or at least debatable, but equating every single Muslim with the Garland shooters is crazy.
 
There are over two million Muslims in America and TWO of them responded to the portrayal of Mohammed with violence. In terms of this particular thread and the OP, disapproval of another party's speech is not a violation of their 1A rights.

Look, there's a lot to say about Muslims that's factual or at least debatable, but equating every single Muslim with the Garland shooters is crazy.
And how many Christians have responded for a whole more abuse that goes in and out of fashion?

Huge portion of durka support comes from the west. Which other religion spends so much time to fuel bullshit?

Durkas have been producing all these recruiting material to specifically get their western closeted goat ****ers to send cash and recruits. Muzzies cry a victim while silently jacking off to news of Isis chopping heads off and sending them cash.
 
No, Mike it its a "Theocracy" , that sir makes it not a religion, but a form of government rule.

Yeah but sharia bullshit isn't binding in america. Maybe if that line got crossed, then that's a bit more plausible. So if some nation operates off Christianity, that's not a theocracy? (I'm sure there are some that do, or are heavily influenced by christian principles in government. ) Just because someone uses a shitty religion as an anchor for government somewhere doesn't mean its suddenly not a religion anymore. I would argue that some variants of islam are more cult like than a religion, but because of lack of response by the less extreme variants, it gets difficult to tell the difference.

-Mike
 
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