WINCHESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - Residents in Winchester are debating free speech versus hate speech after flyers reading “Islam is RIGHT About Women” were found plastered around town.
Davison says she was alarmed by the sight of the flyers and immediately ripped them down. “Political climate at the moment, and all the things happening around the world, it just puts a little fear in you,” she said.
Police say the signs were not threatening and considered free speech. They opted to get rid of them because they were placed on town property.
Davison hopes others will do as she did if more signs pop up.“Most people have been supportive of the decision to take them down,” she said. “Others have said that I’m not for free speech but I really am. I just feel like that was on the side of hate speech.”
No one has come forward to explain the meaning behind the message.
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'Islam is right about women', flyers concerns town.
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Well... they weren’t threatening in any way It is an opinion and the person who has that opinion has a right to express it. I think it was dumb and pointless to do it that way, though. It seems to me they were just looking exactly for the reaction they got. If those signs had been ignored instead of having people throw a hoopla, it would’ve defeated their purpose.
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Well I do know a lot of idiots who agree that Islam'a current view of women should be brought here, women too.
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According to conspiracy believers. Ever heard of https://bethdin.org?
ETA: evangelicals and Christian fundamentalist organizations are no different.
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Linda Sarsour definitely thinks so. How that woman got to lead a “feminist” movement is beyond me...
AllofFive19 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2019 1:12 pm Well I do know a lot of idiots who agree that Islam'a current view of women should be brought here, women too.
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Concern trolls. I guarantee the people that put those flyers up don't give a shit about women,
I’ve seen articles posted here about American citizens, evangelical men in states with strict , patriarchal churches , who feel exactly that way. And some women who who go along with it probably because they’re scared.AllofFive19 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2019 1:12 pm Well I do know a lot of idiots who agree that Islam'a current view of women should be brought here, women too.
And I bet they’re OUR citizens, not Islamics . There are lots of controlling, patriarchal misogynistic men in America ...jessilin0113 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2019 3:15 pm Concern trolls. I guarantee the people that put those flyers up don't give a shit about women,