Pamela Geller now has bulletproof vest, but no regrets about anti-Islam art show

[TexasTowelie]

Pamela Geller is interviewed at The Associated Press, Thursday, May 7, 2015 in New York. Geller is one of the nation's most outspoken critics of Islamic extremism, taking the hard-edge view that such extremism sprouts not from fringe elements but the tenets of the religion itself. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

NEW YORK — Does Pamela Geller regret organizing the Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest that ended in gunfire?

No, she says confidently. In fact, she says, she probably saved lives by hosting the event and plans to have more just like it, with one difference: Next time, she'll be wearing a bulletproof vest.

"I will continue to speak in defense of freedom until the day I die," Geller said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press, as a grim-looking personal security guard hovered nearby. "It's just that simple. It's not even a choice. It's a calling."

Here's are five things to know about Geller as she pursues her calling:

1. She has stepped up personal security amid threats: Geller has always hired armed security personnel to protect the scores of events she has spearheaded across the nation in recent years to decry Islamic extremism.

Read more: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/05/pamela_geller_no_apology_for_a.html

ETA: There is a video interview with Geller, Sean Hannity and an imam at the link.

[mwrguy]

1. She'll need it

[TexasTowelie]

2. Yes, you are correct.

The fact that this news is published also provides information to anybody thinking of killing her to aim for her head instead. She might as well wear her makeup in the pattern of a bulls-eye target.

If she has a shred of intelligence she should find out where Salman Rushdie spent his leisurely hours hiding.