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RE: comment, "Zero tolerence for radicals"

Reader comment on item: [Hussein Ibish:] U.S. Arabs' Firebrand

Submitted by Grant (United States), May 16, 2003 at 18:54

Though I realize it is well after the fact and the author of the comment will probably not see this response, I would like to ask Mr. Kelly why he feels we have the right to throw people such as Ibish out of the country.

The very country you want to toss him out of was founded on the principle that everyone has a right to ideological and personal freedom, as well as freedom of speech.

You have every right to disagree with Ibish. Though I agree with Ibish's view that American mainstream media reports tend to create an overall bias against the Middle East, I do find many of his beliefs (not to mention his rather rude debate style) a bit over-the-top.

However, you should do everything you can to make your voice heard about WHY you disagree with Ibish -- not simply that because you disagree with him, he should be thrown out of the United States.
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Title Commenter Date Thread
Hussein Ibish [36 words]NickFeb 23, 2013 05:31203798
Ibishblog [29 words]luchadora41May 20, 2011 21:40185418
Ambushed [169 words]LynnMar 12, 2009 10:03152160
it's a bird....it's a plane....NO!...it's "INSANE RUBBISH" [128 words]joe kaffirAug 17, 2007 03:01106401
"Insane Rubbish's" Jackass Award [62 words]Former Minuteman StafferJan 11, 2009 14:36106401
Most Importantly [28 words]Richard ConantJul 6, 2007 21:36103138
I disagree with Mr. Rashid Abu-Ghazalah [62 words]Bruno GiordanSep 28, 2004 12:2417426
Hussein Ibish-minister of propaganda [72 words]Mark PitmanSep 27, 2004 20:1617410
look like he eats pork [9 words]phq tatMay 5, 2007 18:1817410
Anti-Discrimination? [133 words]Robert ArbetmanSep 25, 2003 00:3211491
Ibish is Dangerous -- Should not be Welcome as Moderate [71 words]Benjamin DoverMay 30, 2003 15:309301
RE: comment, "Zero tolerence for radicals" [156 words]GrantMay 16, 2003 18:549107
He may be outrageous but patronizing Ibish will only strengthen him [172 words]Robert R MontgomeryApr 18, 2003 14:518451
GREAT [7 words]Carla MurallesJan 5, 2003 20:355507
Freedom of Speech is not Absolute [87 words]MichaelSep 11, 2002 16:132421
Continue to debunk this man [100 words]Judith ThayerJun 26, 2002 00:53985
Zero tolerence for radicals [98 words]John KellyJun 24, 2002 20:46925
Ibish, Arafat, and much of "Arabia", in it up to their eyes in lies... [264 words]Gary JacobsJun 24, 2002 14:09921
I disagree [326 words]Rashid Abu-GhazalahJun 5, 2002 20:24558
Why does the media give a platform to such lies? [127 words]Frank LukeMay 11, 2002 17:11334

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