This is not an opening sentence you read every day: "After I spoke last Thursday in the beautiful nation of Iceland, a Leftist in Reykjavik poisoned me." But that's how an article at PJ Media written by the Freedom Center's own Robert Spencer, Director of Jihad Watch, begins, and it's well worth the read.
Spencer writes about how he went to speak on the topic of Islamic jihadism, and how the media - using Western talking points -- inaccurately his message as hate-filled and bigoted. Regardless, 500 people showed up to the event, a large number for any lecturer but especially so considering the country's small population.
Spencer writes:
After the event, my security chief, the organizers of the event, Ms. Williams, and I went to a local restaurant to celebrate its success. But I was quickly recognized: a young Icelander called me by name, shook my hand, and said he was a big fan. Shortly after that, another citizen of that famously courteous land likewise called me by my name, shook my hand, and said “f*** you.”
We left.
Back in my hotel room, I began to feel numbness in my face, hands, and feet. I began trembling and vomiting. My heart was racing dangerously. I spent the night in a Reykjavik hospital.
A hospital test confirmed that I had been poisoned -- Ritalin mixed with MDMA (Ecstasy). One of the local Icelanders who had approached me (likely the one who said he was a big fan, as he came much closer to me than the “f*** you” guy) had dropped drugs into my drink. I was ill for several days afterward.
Disgusting.
I learned my lesson. And the lesson I learned was that media demonization of those who dissent from the Leftist line is direct incitement to violence. By portraying me and others who raise legitimate questions about jihad terror and Sharia oppression as racist, bigoted “Islamophobes” without allowing us a fair hearing, they paint a huge target on the backs of those who dare to dissent.
Those who paint the targets, and those who shoot at them, think they’re doing something great. Not only does the Left fill those whom it brainwashes with hate, but it does so while portraying its enemies as the hatemongers, such that violent Leftists such as the young man who drugged me feel righteous as they victimize and brutalize for the crime of disagreement.
I have no doubt whatsoever that whoever poisoned me in Iceland went away feeling happy over what he had done. If he told anyone what he did, I’m sure he was hailed as a hero. I’m also aware that many who read this will crow and exult in knowing that someone who hates my opposition to jihad terror and Sharia oppression made me seriously ill. This is how degenerate and evil the Left has become.
In a followup piece at JihadWatch.org, Spencer noted that the attending doctor tried to downplay the poisoning, suggesting without any supporting evidence that Spencer had a mere panic attack. “I can only surmise that the doctor knew who I was and didn’t want me to use the incident to make the Icelandic left look bad,” Spencer said.
And it's not just in Iceland, friends. Recently, I wrote about how an Arizona congressman was threatened with death for merely supporting Donald Trump. That means that the left needs to get their vitriol under control, before something even worse than this occurs.
