John R. Houk
© April 29, 2010
I am all about Free Speech. And therefore I find it abhorrent the amount of bowing that occurs in the West and increasingly in the United States of America to the intolerance of Islam. The primary reason for this bowing in dhimmitude to Islam is Muslims
I am NO fan of the cartoon South Park. South Park goes out of its way to be offensive; indeed I might say that South Park is an equal opportunity offender. Comedy Central censored South Park because one of their episodes depicted Mohammed in an unflattering way. In fact I am certain any depiction of Mohammed (I have not actually seen any of the clips) on South Park was meant to be offensive. That is the genre of the comedy from Matt Stone and Trey Parker has found a market for.
It has almost become cliché when pro-Free Speech Conservatives mention that no Muslims are rallying to support Christians who are abhorred by what someone calls art in the notorious Piss Christ depiction. I actually heard a liberal apologist claim that the Piss Christ depiction is cool under Free Speech because Christians will not pour into the streets to bust a few irreverent Leftists and modern artists in the head for such abhorrence. You know what? The last Super Power nation which has a Christian majority - as opposed to other religions and atheists - believes in Liberty even if the Liberty is offensive. Certainly a Muslim minority can step up to the plate and utilize Free Speech to denounce South Park style irreverence rather step up to threaten violence and murder because they were offended in America? Also businesses and corporations should not have to worry about the threats in order to secure the American tradition of Free Speech.
With my presentation of two-cent thoughts on Free Speech, let me introduce Robert Spencer’s imminently eloquent thoughts on Free Speech.
JRH 4/29/10
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