Some commentators across the pond are saying that anyone who suggests that America's own actions have increased terrorism against American and other targets should be blacklisted or even incarcerated.
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has urged the U.S. government to create blacklists of condemned political speech--not only by those who advocate violence, but also by those who believe that U.S. government actions may encourage violent reprisals. The latter group, which Friedman called "just one notch less despicable than the terrorists," includes a majority of Americans, according to recent polls.
That would also apply to the majority of Brits whether you believe the a
64% figure or an
85% one.
Radio broadcaster Bill O'Reilly's position is even more extreme:
You must know the difference between dissent from the Iraq War and the war on terror and undermining it. And any American that undermines that war, with our soldiers in the field, or undermines the war on terror, with 3,000 dead on 9/11, is a traitor. Everybody got it? Dissent, fine; undermining, you're a traitor. Got it? So, all those clowns over at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. Will you have that done, please? Send over the FBI and just put them in chains, because they, you know, they're undermining everything and they don't care, couldn't care less.This mooted blacklist would also include members of the security forces and our very own
Chatham House.
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