It is never particularly nice to belittle people's faith. That said, in this case the point was to show that she/we/us are not afraid to do so - and therefore protect the right of free speech.
Think of it this way, if everyone drew a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad and did it in a public way the issue would fade. Muslims would know that we all have a right to do something that they perceive insults them, just as they have a right to post anti Christian/anti Western propaganda. The ones that go bonkers over this stuff would bitch and moan for a few days but with all of us standing together, there is just not much they could do - they'd simply have to accept that free people have a right to draw a cartoon no matter how offensive it is. They couldn't target everyone for death over it since there would be too many people participating.
It should not be a matter of one or two brave people making the point and putting their lives on the line, it should be all of us standing together collectively and saying "no, we aren't afraid of your tantrums. We'll draw a cartoon lampooning your religion because we have a right to do just that. Stop threatening to kill people who do it and almost no one would bother or even think to draw these cartoons".
I don't think Trump really understands the issue and the reason why Geller and some others think it is important to demonstrate that we aren't going to be held hostage by a bunch of death threats generated by drawing a cartoon.
Just pasting in the reply I made to the last iignorant comment i received....
I dont indulge in name calling. Very immature, almost junior high schoolish. However to respond to your irrational comment... You dont know a thing about me. I constantly post what could be called by some “islamophobic” articles warning people of the dangers of the coming caliphate. But, i stand by ny criticism of Gellers showboating Mulim baiting which could have resulted in multiple fatalities. Instead of sitting there in your pajamas posting kneejerk reactins... Why dont you spend ten years in central africa like i did, making many moslem converts by the way. If my speech seems a little rough for a preachr, remember i am also an ‘old Marine”