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To: Jonx6

The Left was much more sympathetic to Salman Rushdie than they have been to any of the Danish cartoonists.


4 posted on 01/04/2010 7:50:51 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Beware the Green Menace, the socialists warning you of global warming under your bed are hysteric.)
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To: a fool in paradise
The Left was much more sympathetic to Salman Rushdie than they have been to any of the Danish cartoonists.

That was back when the Left was aligned with the Soviet Union. Since 9-11 the Left has found a new anti-Western ally-Islam.

10 posted on 01/04/2010 8:11:09 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (:: The government will do for health care what it did for real estate. ::)
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To: a fool in paradise

“The Left was much more sympathetic to Salman Rushdie than they have been to any of the Danish cartoonists”

That was before islam achieved fluffyliberalantiamericancausecelebre status.

And also before the arabs owned so much US media that they are able to promote the fluffyliberalantiamericancausecelebre status.


13 posted on 01/04/2010 8:33:28 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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