Vicinity of the theater. they re making hur thesure ther threat in the immediate area. jim, we were talking a little bit about this before. but 2012, the aurora, colorado, movie theater shooting, tragedy. we are in the penalty phase of that right now. you had a few weeks ago, the shooting in lafayette, louisiana. at a movie theater. is this the sort of modern american phenomenon now that movie theaters are targets? we have heard the story of yelling fire in a crowded movie theater and incites panic. but are these theaters public targets? well, i think we re seeing a copycat effect, luke. when things are in the news, you know, within so many weeks or months, we see similar other attacks. we have seen it in other things and schools and businesses. you know? for years. we have seen those kind of
Attacked. that seems to be their real focus is these type of events where they expose, i m sure they re going to look at tonight as a perfect example of the intolerance of those that claim they are peaceful muslim really extremist in their mind. what about the critics, holding an event like this is like yelling fire in a movie theater? there s many people in the communicate that did not want this event anywhere close to their homes. this area is an area i m right now probably 12 miles away from it. you have a walmart. you have a sam s club. you have grocery stores. you have houses. it s close to a school. this is a convention center for the community on a much smaller scale than a major city s convention center. so this is more of a mom and dads come together, have little events, art shows, and basketball games. this is a true community. the mass majority in that community very conservative by
You like to be on a hit list for standing up against muslim extremism? that seems to be the real focus is these type of events where they expose and i m sure they re going to look at tonight as a perfect example of the intolerance of those that claim they are, you know, peaceful muslim really extremists in their mind. what about the critic who say, yes, we agree with freedom of speech but holding an event like this is like yelling fire in a movie theater? well, there s the many people in the community that did not want this event anywhere close to their homes. i mean, this area is an area that is i m literally right now probably 12 miles away from it. you have a walmart, you have a sams club, you have grocery stores, you have houses. it s close to a school. this is a convention sencenter the community on a much smaller scale, major cities convention center. so this is more of a, you know, mom and dads come together, have little events. art shows, galleries and basketball games. t
We also learned that people in the neighborhood were worried about this event taking place there. it will be interesting to see the reaction to this did end up being a potentially violent evening which many have predicted. of course, you know, they had billed this as a free speech event. no one argues about the free speech element of all of this and the right and everything that these people have to do what they want to do. same situation with the charlie hebdo car tan. you can argue the case whether it s inflammatory, yelling fire in a movie theater, but they still have the right to do it. but of course, there was a lot of concern, which is why they had so much security that this event would be a target, not just with the cartoons of the prophet mohammed, $10,000 prize money for the best cartoon. but also with the presence of geert wilders. he s campaigned against the doe ran. he s campaigned against muslim
To that point, you saw it as an attack on your family. i know that some of the people that go on and write think it is just words or that there s not a human being on the other side of those words, but to you it is potentially something criminal that should be investigated. i know for a fact it is criminal, but yelling fire in a theater is a word as well. this is a group of people that broke the law and to be clear, the internet is real people talk about twitter and the real world, twitter is the real world, it is the world this generation is growing up in and that s fine. i don t have a problem people saying the things they say about me, i am a big boy, can defend myself or block them. when this happens to your family as a father and husband, i have two jobs. put a roof over my family s head and to protect them. if i m not doing those, what am i doing. i have to tell you, when i saw the headline i clicked on the story, i couldn t stop reading your words and your