"trying to out-imam the islamists only makes our side look just as sick as theirs."
That is an outright lie.
Being offended and hurt does not equal rioting and beheading.
No it isn't,
we don't use their tools,
when they demand that cartoons be pulled - and punished - they are offering you the western equivalent of their tools....
and too many are willing to pick them up.
Do you honestly feel comfortable demanding the same political correctness as we generally believe to be aimed at conservatives - and Christians?