Salman Rushdie, advocate of Palestinian statehood for forty years
Now publicly acknowledges what he greatly fears
That 'Palestine' would be run by Hamas, and be a client state of Iran ~
Rushdie asks, Is that what progressives pin their fond hopes on
Intrepid gadfly;
the voice of dissent.
Multiple times stricken,
multiple times resolved.
Though he bleeds,
still the pen that chides never bleeds,
nor is it obliterated.
For three decades and four,
death he evaded,
still, multiple times stricken,
evasive he remains.
Author of “The Satanic Verses” was stabbed
this morning in NYC.
In New York, doing a reading, that city which
now allows criminality.
Yes, I know a Fatwa, was put on his life.
But he’s fearless, not out to please and can
deal with strife.
I do hope he successfully recovers.
I like writers who do not put truth under pretty,
people pleasing covers!
A few of his quotes are listed below..
They are universal for all free counties.
1. What is freedom of expression!
Without the right to offend, it ceases to
exist.
2. Language is courage: The ability to
conceive a thought, to speak it, and
by doing so, to make it true.
3. A mature society, understands that at
the heart of democracy, is argument!
8/12/2022
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UPDATE….RUSHDIE WAS STABBED IN THE NECK
AND FACE SEVERAL TIMES……
HE MAY LOSE AN EYE.
5pm PST 8/12/2022.
UPDATE…RUSHDIE WAS PUT ON A VENTILATOR
THIS EVENING.
‘8PM PST 8/12/2022
"My passion is to see poets' souls, brilliantly on fire!"... .P. Romios.
" Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world!" Percy Bysshe Shelley, romantic poet
Without us being phony politicians mucking about with pants on fire.
We cannot change things without the courage ourselves to see evil, write about it, and see it ends.
The silence is deafening as the media cheers on Communism wearing the deranged mask of Socialism.
One day, we may lose this right to be truthful as poets forever.
Stop hiding behind butterflies and flowers, as none will keep you free.
Patriots will cheer you on, do not worry about those who avoid you."
"A poet’s work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep."
— Salman Rushdie, award-winning writer
2/26/2021
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a pile of qu’rans
how many bozos at Bagram
does it take to burn a pile of qu’rans?
is it more or less than the amount of
soldiers that it took to kill off nearly
9,000 Afghan civilians & 20 journalists
since 2001?
just how many supposed “holy books” were in that
pyre, and how many people will die now as a result of
more religious bull*****
thumping & thumping relentlessly
through the world?
how many fanatics did it take to issue a fatwa on an author
writing a book?
were more people killed as a result of the witch hunt on Mr. Rushdie,
than there were qu’rans burned at Bagram?
how about Mr. Van Gogh?
would he still be alive today & not stabbed to death in the street years ago,
had he not expressed his concern for the disgusting treatment of women in
Islam?
does the killing of a human being in the street for making a film weigh heavier than the
burning of a pile of “holy books?”
if you total up the death threats against those that continue to speak out against the faith,
as Ayaan Hirsi Ali has done, will you come close to number of qu’rans burned at Bagram?
hmmm…
are these really difficult questions to answer?
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