STILLWELL: The False Comparison Between Islam and Christianity

Cinnamon Stillwell's Blog ^ | 10/21/6 | Cinnamon Stillwell

[SmithL]

The e-mail I receive from left-of-center readers in response to my SFGate columns is always revealing. Whether of the frothing-at-the-mouth variety (see Hatemail page) or the earnest and thoughtful, these missives are nothing if not enlightening.

The response to my last SFGate column, "Self-Censorship Threatens the West," said much about the current state of the left. The article looked at the growing and worrisome trend of Western self-censorship in reaction to years of intimidation and violence from the Muslim world. Ever since the Salman Rushdie affair, Westerners have been taught that legitimate criticism of Islam will be met with bloodshed.

But for liberals steeped in years of multiculturalism (whereby only Judeo-Christian civilization can be criticized lest one be considered a "racist"), not to mention an anti-Christian obsession that borders on irrational fear, my observations led to the inevitable question, "but what about the Christian Right?"

All I can say is that I'm quite astounded at the moral equivalence being drawn between riots/burning effigies/burning down churches/death threats/killing people . . .

[SmithL]

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[Aetius]

I just hope we can work out a deal whereby as many of the great artistic treasure in Europe as possible can be shipped to the US when Islam takes over there. It'd be shame to see them suffer the same fate as those Buddhist statues in Afghanistan.