Cable news has run countless segments this week on Pamela Geller and the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest in Garland, Texas, which was attacked by two gunmen. Described by Salon (the actual site, not the parody) as “a fatal anti-Muslim stunt,” few media outlets seem to have acknowledged that the cartoon contest, sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, was exactly that — a cartoon contest.
Claiming the top prize was artist Bosch Fawstin, but don’t expect to see him on the news, at least without his winning entry.
https://twitter.com/BoschFawstin/status/596023474872717312
— Diana West (@diana_west_) May 6, 2015
YES! This is how NOT to be a Dhimmi! https://t.co/YfYxvX5uF0
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) May 6, 2015
@BoschFawstin @Rockprincess818 Stand by your convictions and you stand against suppression.No subjugation, No capitulation .
— Mark Hogan (@inperilous1) May 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/KirkMahoney/status/596023895884333056
https://twitter.com/TabsTout/status/596026550622912512
@BoschFawstin Fuck yeah. pic.twitter.com/7MSyeUQHYj
— Abu Kuffar al-Shirk (@AboKuffar) May 6, 2015
@BoschFawstin Indeed!
— Craig Ray (@caustinray72) May 6, 2015
@BoschFawstin Media response: "So you're refusing to accept our invite?"
— Azem Elezaj (@AzemElezaj) May 6, 2015
@BoschFawstin @DLoesch Thank you for taking a stand for free speech.
— Pete & Lisa Got Caught Tampering With Flynn's 302! (@drawandstrike) May 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/BoschFawstin/status/596034645348585472
@BoschFawstin @DLoesch BTW, ever notice it's the same Totalitarian Left that used to apologize for Soviets now defends Islamic terrorism?
— Pete & Lisa Got Caught Tampering With Flynn's 302! (@drawandstrike) May 6, 2015
@drawandstrike @BoschFawstin @DLoesch Totalitarian Left and Islamic Theocracy nearly identical: Enforcement of morality through coercion.
— 3rd String Villain (@BBBE555) May 6, 2015
@BoschFawstin A great stand for Freedom!
— John Kirk (@JohnKirkTx) May 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/McDebida/status/596053414284406785
Last week: Destruction of property is political speech!
This week: Drawing cartoons is violence!
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) May 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/BoschFawstin/status/596043742353592320
https://twitter.com/BoschFawstin/status/595833714598354945
Not only did Fawstin win a cash prize for his entry; for surviving an attempt on his life for drawing a cartoon, Reuters reports that he’ll also win a place on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s 2016 list of U.S. hate groups.
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