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Anyone public figure who says something like this should immediately be labelled as a RACIST! Holding the West responsible for words or taunts which provoke violent reactions among those in the middle east is casting us in the role of a superior being and them in the role of a wild animal, lacking the inability to control their emotions and therefore the need for full accountability when they don't.

This is the attitude you'd take if a man taunts a bear in the wild and then gets mauled. This is not something you should be saying when talking about relations with other human beings, all of whom should be viewed as equals, regardless of their race or nationality.

I'm sure, for example, that Press would not have made comments like this if any Mormons had reacted violently to the vile comments made about their religion by O'Donnell, and then caused harm to either him or anyone else at MSNBC. It's clear to see, in that hypothetical, that any such comments would universally by labelled as bizarre and outrageous. But it's a useful comparison, as it reveals the racist nature of such comments in this case.

[zencycler]

therefore the need for full accountability when they don't.

To clarify, I meant - and therefore also lacking the need for full accountability when they don't - in that sentence.