CAIR doesn't care about freedom of speech

Mike S. Adams writes at Townhall.com about a harrassing letter his friend received from an attack dog lawyer representing CAIR--the Council on American-Islamic Relations. His friend, Ron Robinson, is the president of Young America's Foundation (YAF). YAF had invited Robert Spencer to speak at its National Conservative Student Conference. The lawyer, Joseph Sandler, demanded that YAF not allow Spencer to speak at its conference because he was a "purveyor of hatred and bigotry towards Muslims", but failed to back up this statement with any supporting evidence.

"...we demand that YAF cancel the subject session (at which Spencer is speaking), or else take steps to ensure that false and defamatory statements are not disseminated at that session. Our clients have instructed us to pursue every available and appropriate legal remedy to redress any false and defamatory statements that are
made at the session. Please let us know by the close of business today whether you intend to comply with these requests. Joseph E. Sandler, sandler@sandlerreiff.com, (202) 479-1111"


This notion of preventing “offense” by forcing people to relinquish their First Amendment Rights is itself offensive. Certainly, when one of my Muslim friends offends me - by forcing his wife to leave the room without speaking as soon as I come over - I just let it go. But maybe I shouldn’t. Maybe I should start my own organization called CAIRS, The Council Against Islamic Repression and Sexism.

Adams then provides a list of actions that we can take to help Mr. Sandler see the light, including faxing an image of our extended middle finger to the lawyer's firm.