The incoherence of the Left’s “words can kill†claim
Feb 8, 2020 11:00 am By Robert Spencer 2 Comments
“None of these finger-pointers seemed to reflect on the fact that something or other that they’d written might just as easily have been seized upon by some madman to justify mass murder. “One is responsible for what one writes!†contends Anine at one point in 22 July, plainly speaking for screenwriter Sara Johnsen. But how can Johnsen not grasp that if you followed her logic to its natural conclusion, then nobody should ever express a strong opinion about anything? If somebody watched 22 July and then went out and killed Peder Jensen, would Johnsen be responsible?â€
And the answer is No, because Sara Johnsen is one of the privileged elite, and Peder Jensen isn’t.
Here is an incisive and important article from Bruce Bawer. Read it all.
“Norway’s Slime Machine is At It Again,†by Bruce Bawer, FrontPage, February 7, 2020:
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/02/the-incoherence-of-the-lefts-words-can-kill-claim
