in countries affected stating that the movie has nothing to with the US govt and that it was made by a private individual.

I heard Hillary make that point in a broadcast last night.

It needs to be repeated everywhere.

we do. The fact is that they are misinformed just like our anti-abortion protesters for example. Although, we can't seem to inform our religious crazies, a media blitz in the Middle East would probably have a positive effect. They seem to be interested in facts and fairness.

In many of those countries, many could not conceive of such a film being made let alone published without government permission.

Even if they accept that it was independently created, they cannot accept that the government could not stop its distribution now.

Their limitations, inflamed by leaders with their own agendas are what is leading to the violence.

Mature societies deal with trash like the video appropriately.

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arrest, because it's looking like he violated his probation. May go a long way.

...the approval of the gov't - so they assume the same of the U.S.

They'll get around to the filmmaker.


Edit: changed "consent" to "approval"

Free Speech, including that movie, is GUARANTEED by the gov't.

I would think the outrage over the film would be directed at the producer of the film and not America in general.

That the government tacitly approves anything if it doesn't ban it. In their countries, without a 1st Amendment, that how things work.

These mischaracterizations are also furthered by their own versions of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, who gin up animosity against the US through conspiracy theories. "America is at war against Islam", which isn't hard to promote, especially by referring to people like the actual Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

This is pure political opportunism all the way around, and the low information people on all sides are up in arms.

belief our government controls which films are released and what appears on YouTube. Their government controlled such things.

is Nakoula Basseley Nakoula glad about the violence his movie incited?

was made by the US government, and they believed him. "Low-information voters" exist everywhere.