Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. Thomas Paine, writing from Philadelphia, February 14, 1776
Sunday, January 11, 2015
It's all politics!
September 11, 2012: Muslim jihadists storm American outpost in Libya because of video defaming Muhammad. Result: 4 dead Americans, including an ambassador. Response: condemn the video. January 7, 2015: Muslim jihadists storm Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris because of cartoons defaming Muhammad. Result: 12 dead Frenchmen. Response: condemn the terrorists and 4 million people march in support of freedom of speech.
What's the difference? Why two diametrically opposed responses? Why was the guy that made the video demonized while the newspaper cartoonists are heralded as heroes? Politics! Pure, unadulterated politics! And to underline the hypocrisy of it all: the video story wasn't even true.
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