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> You can go into a bookstore right now and find books calling Obama a muslim traitor and probably the antichrist. But those things are untrue. There is no poi
by lobster_johnson 13y ago
> You can go into a bookstore right now and find books calling Obama a muslim traitor and probably the antichrist.
But those things are untrue. There is no point in trying to silence — or to avenge the publication of — something that is (1) untrue and (2) does no measurable harm.
- krapp 13y agoSure, but the administration already dealt with the book in the 'proper' way, which was to deny all allegations and discredit the author. I remember there being some jokes about it on late night television, but nothing major in terms of public relations fallout. I just don't see it as having been worth killing over, it was a minor though momentarily noteworthy event. I definitely don't see it as corroborating evidence that presidents so routinely have their opponents and critics killed that Michael Hastings' car crash must most likely have been a bomb (or whatever), when the more reasonable explanation seems to serve perfectly well.