Memo to Dems and SCCC: Don’t Give In To Terrorists
/We know all about the Sussex County GOP Chairman who mistakenly re-tweeted some Twitter “trains” that contained controversial language regarding some anti-Semitic members of Congress and Islam. The Sussex County GOP took away his Twitter account and the Chairman took responsibility and apologized.
That should have been an end to it. Especially as, in trying to make their complaint against the GOP Chairman, Sussex County Democrats managed to attack Disabled American Veterans, Judeo-Christian theology, and the American Bill of Rights.
But it didn’t end there. The New Jersey chapter of CAIR got involved. CAIR, which is short for Council on American-Islamic Relations, put out a statement that labeled the re-tweets “anti-Muslim” and “Islamophobic, racist, and xenophobic” and called for the GOP Chairman’s resignation as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Sussex County Community College (SCCC).
Unfortunately for CAIR. Its Democrat Party allies, and for some faculty and staff at the SCCC – the GOP Chairman broke no laws or SCCC rules. There is no legal basis to remove him or to force his resignation.
America is a Republic. We are a nation of laws. We have due process. We have the Bill of Rights. We do not succumb to the emotional howls of lynch mobs. We do not honor vendettas or fatwas. We don’t give in to terrorists. We don’t let them have their way. We are Americans.
It is a pity that people need to be reminded of this. It is a pity that a college board needs to be reminded of this. That Freedom of Speech, to be worthy of the name, requires us to protect even that speech which we despise. Otherwise, there is no freedom at all.
What the Board of Trustees can do is to create a new rule that proscribes the behavior of faculty, staff, and trustees – going forward. A new rule applicable to all, to which all would be responsible.
We hope the Board does not take the cheap way out, the extra-legal way. To attempt to satiate the lynch mob’s bloodlust with a head, so that the Board can go back to exactly what they were doing – with no rules in place, only the fear of the mob. This would constitute not just a cave to the mob… but to a designated “terrorist organization” as well.
If you Google CAIR and go on the home page of CAIR’s website, you will find this headline: CAIR Wins Landmark First Amendment Victory Striking Down Texas Anti-BDS Law.
CAIR is in direct opposition to the bi-partisan efforts by Congressmen Josh Gottheimer (D-Sussex) and Chris Smith (R-Mercer) to oppose the BDS movement:
Two New Jersey congressmen today celebrated the passage of a resolution denouncing the Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement that targets Israel.
“The BDS movement demonizes Israel and Jews and applies a double standard whereby Israel is always wrong, and the “oppressed” Palestinians are always in the right – regardless of whether groups such as Hamas are engaging in terrorist acts upon Israeli citizens,” said Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton), the co-chair of a Bipartisan Task Force on Combatting Anti-Semitism. “The overwhelming vote in favor of the House resolution to reject the BDS movement and its efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel, underscores America’s strong support for Israel as a key ally and our commitment to Israel’s right to exist.”
The resolution, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives last night by a 398-17 vote, opposes economic apparatuses aimed at punishing companies that do business with Israel.
“There are few clearer examples of bias and double standards than BDS movement. But BDS is also fundamentally incompatible with a two-state solution. It seeks to punish only Israel and it rejects direct negotiations in favor of a unilateral strategy,” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff). “That is why it is so important that Congress is on record opposing BDS and other harmful efforts to single out and delegitimize Israel.”
The only New Jersey House member to vote against the measure was Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing).
Wikipedia explains that CAIR is “a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. It is headquartered on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with regional offices nationwide.” Wikipedia goes on to note:
Critics of CAIR have accused it of pursuing an Islamist agenda[5][6][7] and have claimed that the group is connected to Hamas[8] and the Muslim Brotherhood,[9][7] claims which CAIR has rejected and described as an Islamophobic smear campaign.[10] Due to apparent ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the government of the United Arab Emirates has designated CAIR as a terrorist organization.[11]
A “terrorist organization”? That is a very serious matter. And it is a matter that remains unexplained in the media or by the Board of Trustees of the Sussex County Community College
CAIR’s demands have been repeatedly referenced by the Board of Trustees of the Sussex County Community College. CAIR’s demands have been repeatedly highlighted in statewide newspapers, media, websites, and blogs. The media has not been honest in identifying who and what CAIR is.
The media has been afraid to even discuss CAIR’s designation as a “terrorist organization” by one of America’s best Islamic allies in the Middle East. Why?
Pardon us for noticing, but we can’t help but think a designation as a “terrorist organization” (by one of America’s Islamic allies) is worthy of at least as much attention as a re-tweet of a Twitter “train”, a mistake, for which responsibility was accepted and apology given. Or has everyone forgotten September 11th and the wars against radical Islam and all those subsequent acts of Jihadist terror? Does the media, the Democrats, and the SCCC trustees wish to erase the sacrifice of all those dead and wounded and disabled soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines
Besides which, CAIR has a greater duty in this matter. That is the duty a believer has to God.
"…They should rather pardon and overlook. Would you not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Qur'an, 24:22)
