Have you ever noticed that the people talking smack the loudest are usually the biggest cowards in the group? In sports, bar fights, traffic jams or security checkpoint lines at the airport, watch how the biggest blowhards, jumping around, pointing their fingers, frothing at the mouth are usually never really ready to back it up? “Oh, it’s a good thing the bouncer, the umpire, the traffic cop or the TSA agent jumped in to protect you” they claim.

If Terry Jones and his happy crew at the Dove World Outreach Center want to send their anti-Islamic message in a bold and brave way, send it from the streets of Kabul, Kandahar or Mazar-e-Sharif. If you want to cause a stir, go torch it in front of the Taliban. Don’t sit in Gainesville wrapped in your police protection and Constitutional right to free speech, go sing your anthem to Al-Qaeda. If you want a publicity stunt, take it to the people of Pakistan, straight up, face to face. Take your bravado to Baghdad, while you’re at it.

Look, I’m a HUGE fan of our First Amendment right to speak like an idiot if we choose. If Terry Jones wants to exercise that right, he should go hurl his insults in person. If he wants to leave his mark on life, go do it in Mosul. Don’t stand behind our troops, knowing they will ultimately take the beating for you. Stand up, butch up, buy yourself and your congregation tickets to Takrit and then light your match.

I have a new nomination for Lowlifes Making Headlines. Terry Jones and his Gainesville, Florida church.

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