re: #306 samgak

Well for sure, there’s certainly nothing original in the Islam comparison. But the reason the argument has become such a cliche is because it has substance. As long as the double-standard exists people will point it out. Boring huh?

If someone insults Islam, a certain number of Muslims will get violent, and a bunch of talking heads will fret about how we’re not doing enough to be sensitive to them. If someone insults Christianity, Christians mostly whine about it on talk radio or make the occasional clumsy “direct action” protest like this one, and no one cares. As a result, people tippee-toe around Muslims with exaggerated deference and treat Christians as if they may be freely mocked. This is dangerous because some Christians are going to come to believe that if they want the deference afforded Islam, they need to act like Muslims when offended.

I see. The old impending Taqiyya! and Sharia! argument. Methinks you’re overstating the “tippee-toeing” and failing to see the constant and daily mocking of Islam from the USA alone by the like of people like Spence and Geller and groups like SIOA. You also seem to have forgotten about feverish and irrational opposition to the building of Mosques across America. Muslims are slapped in the face daily by these social miscreants and that includes Allah. I don’t see that much outrage because of these acts by the Muslim community in the USA and for the most part other European countries.