Comments on The Pensive Quill: King Witch Hunter

Helen, I think this is only going to work out in ...

2011-03-20T07:59:36.542Z

Helen,

I think this is only going to work out in one way. He is making a cursory nod in the direction of societal rights while he actually goes about labeling and targeting a whole community. He has made assertions about the community which are demonstrably untrue and which have been challenged by law enforcement agencies. If we look at the terrorism of the right wing groups in the US there is no similar hearings going on. They are trying to recruit decent Americans to their cause.

I am aware of and cannot abide by the political Islamicists who seek to impose a theocracy everywhere. Society of course needs protected from them. But to focus on a group as King is doing, is likely to increase the size of the pool the fish swims in.

'Just the fact that these Islamic fundamentalists are willing to resort to violence and cold blooded murder of innocent people in order to enforce others not to debate and discuss their belief that Muhammad should not be depicted, because such depictions are close to idol worship, should be a major concern to everyone.'

It was a major concern to me. The Blanket featured the Danish cartoons in opposition to that totalitarian demand. But at the same time it defended Muslims from the same theocrats. That type of thing should be a major concern but King's persecution should also be a major concern.

'In the interim, King needs to make sure that he conducts these hearings in a totally democratic, inoffensive manner.'

But that is not the purpose of his hearings otherwise he would not hold them.

AM I can understand the Muslim community being co...

2011-03-20T02:10:46.113Z

AM

I can understand the Muslim community being concerned about such hearings, but King has made it quite clear that he is not targeting the entire Muslim community, but rather trying to bring attention to the fact that there are extremely dangerous elements within the Muslim communities who are trying to recruit among decent Muslims to murder innocent American civilians because they consider us, and anyone outside the Muslim faith, "infidels". I believe these Islamic fundamentalists/zealots see Christians, Judaism and secularism as forces combining to destroy Islam?

I don’t believe King is on a “witch hunt” against Islam per se, but he is against Islamic religious zealots who are out to destroy not just America, but anyone they see as “infidels”.

Just the fact that these Islamic fundamentalists are willing to resort to violence and cold blooded murder of innocent people in order to enforce others not to debate and discuss their belief that Muhammad should not be depicted, because such depictions are close to idol worship, should be a major concern to everyone.

In the interim, King needs to make sure that he conducts these hearings in a totally democratic, inoffensive manner, which will hopefully bring about an awareness and understanding that these Islamic fundamentalist have no safe haven within the decent, law abiding Muslim communities.

Helen, that is what makes his current stance so ...

2011-03-19T18:33:27.319Z

Helen,

that is what makes his current stance so objectionable. After speaking out against the targeting of a particular community he is now targeting one. He seems to have joined the ranks of the bigots he spoke out against. I am sure to the ordinary Joe Muslim he must come across as Paisley did to nationalists.

In defense of Congressman Peter King, he was one o...

2011-03-19T14:31:19.019Z

In defense of Congressman Peter King, he was one of the very few politicians back then who was responsible for highlighting the injustices taken place in the north of Ireland when it wasn’t politically correct to do so. The majority of the other politician turned a blind eye and their backs on what was going on over there and took the side of the British government regardless.

It was Peter King who challenged the U.S. media’s biased reporting on the “troubles” and he helped to educate them about the corrupt RUC, the collusion between the security forces, UDR and loyalists. He made sure the press highlighted the murder of innocent Catholics by the UVF and British soldiers and brought attention to the civil and human rights abuses of Irish Catholics taking place in the north of Ireland.

Peter King helped to make it possible to get hearings in Washington, DC on Irish issues of concern to Irish Americans and made it possible for Irish civil rights activists from Derry, Belfast, etc., to get a visa to come to America and testify before the Congressional Committee on Irish affairs. So, in all fairness to Peter King, regardless of the flack he got over the years from his peers in Washington, DC and the media for his stand on Irish freedom, he stood by Ireland’s cause for self-determination and he still doesn’t apologize for it even under fire now from the press.

I am not being picky here, but when it comes to Je...

2011-03-18T10:29:12.553Z

I am not being picky here, but when it comes to Jews, language is very important and will be exploited by racist scumbags. There is nothing wrong with a Jewish lobby nor that of any ethnic group.

Sadly what you have in the USA is a powerful Pro Zionist lobby and that is something different, as many Jewish people do not support that lobby as it basically boils down to supporting Israel right or wrong.

One does not have to be pro Palestinian to understand this has totally distorted US politics, and infected the US governments whole take on the middle east.

What Peter King says openly today about Islam, is what much of the US population has come to believe post 9/11, along with 99 percent of senior democrats and republicans.

It's kind of sad because he showed some real c...

2011-03-18T03:22:01.316Z

It's kind of sad because he showed some real courage in supporting the republican cause back in the 80's when it was not very popular to do so. He took a nice stand against that clown Cardinal Cooke back in 85. Also did some great work in assisting ex prisoners fight deportation. But 9/11 did something to him. He has seemed totally obsessed with it for the past 9 and a half years.
And interestingly he hasn't been back to Ireland since.

Excellent post mo cara, I agree King wouldnt have...

2011-03-17T08:25:10.738Z

Excellent post mo cara, I agree King wouldnt have the balls to attack the Jews or the black communities, kind of like the nazis in the late 30.s blame all our troubles on the weakest minority,another bigot using minorities to advance his political career .