Posted on 01/08/2015 1:57:12 PM PST by Servant of the Cross
Adam Baldwin linked to this MSNBC clip with a succinct tweet Spot the morons/cowards.
Video at link ...
All due respect to Adam, but his understatement is almost a scandal. Weve posted a lot of incredibly stupid sound bites from MSNBC and other places around here, but Im not sure Ive ever seen a dumber exchange. I dont know who the guy is making the astoundingly obtuse comparison between Jerry Falwell and a bunch of cold-blooded murderers, but as incandescently stupid as that analogy is its eclipsed by Wagners smug, knowing nods as he talks.
If I follow her response correctly she is saying that we focus on anti-Muslim blasphemy disproportionately because it is so much more controversial and incendiary.
Well, uh, yes. I guess thats true. But the reason mockery of Islam is more controversial is because people get killed over it!
To compare Falwells lawsuit to these murderers isnt just astoundingly, jaw-droppingly, stupid. Doing so misses just about every important moral, legal and factual distinction that one can miss. But Wagner doesnt think thats good enough. She had to take it a half-step farther and really emphasize how unfair it is that people make it seem like only Muslims are thin-skinned about such things.
(I will indulge as a matter of charity, that Wagner merely mispoke as she tried to couch reality in MSNBC-friendly euphemisms. Controversial and incendiary might be her way of saying barbaric terrorism. But even if thats the case, it doesnt excuse her from failing to respond to this idiotic comparison with the words: How dare you sir, that is outrageous.)
I was never a huge fan of Falwells, but I always thought his lawsuit had some merit, and was at least understandable in human terms. Also, for what its worth, I dont think it had much to do with his religion. He filed a personal defamation lawsuit, Im pretty sure. But heres the thing: when he lost the lawsuit you know what he did? Nothing. Oh Im sure he griped about it. Wouldnt you? What he didnt do was lead a goon squad to Hustlers offices and murder Larry Flynt and his staff. Thats a pretty meaningful distinction, I think.
Recently the Saudi government wanted to set marriage and consent at the age of about 14 (this age is a swag from article I read) and Saudi Arabian Imams will not set age limits on marriage and consent. To set an age would have a fatwa that can be interpreted that Muhammad may have been wrong or at least his teachings do not conform to modern reality of Islam and therefor it can create a new schism and widen critique. Too much fun!
Direct Link so people don’t have to WASTE their time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_hizBb-z60
Mad Mo’ is pleased.
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