I really should have saved some for this. I mean, in the past I’ve escalated my snark and my flabbergasted outrage when I thought it was necessary, but it turns out that I wasted it all on trifles.

When the person who made her career defending widespread internment of a race of people - and advocating the same for another - invokes Pastor Niemoller about an overreaction to some blasphemous cartoons, well…

…I’m already numb.
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The first ‘great literature’ I read - or, to be precise, devoured, since I’m sure I was forced to sit through something in Junior High - was an old volume of Cyrano de Bergerac I bought at Powell’s Books for $3.50, back when you could still find a below-market bargain at Powell’s. Stupid internet, stupid bookfinder.com.

I always loved this speech, and I read it again just last night. It seems to carry new weight every time I read it.
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Reuters:

Washington on Friday condemned caricatures in European newspapers of the Prophet Mohammad, siding with Muslims who are outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion…

“These cartoons are indeed offensive to the belief of Muslims,” State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in answer to a question. “We all fully recognize and respect freedom of the press and expression but it must be coupled with press responsibility. Inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable.”

By the way, am I hallucinating, or did this post, now titled “FOLLOWERS OF THE RELIGION OF PEACE”, used to be simply titled “RELIGION OF PEACE”? I was struck by the original title, but I didn’t think to get a screenshot, since this is from someone who previously titled a post “RELIGION OF THROAT-SLITTING”; I didn’t think Malkin shied away from connections to LGF.

Am I crazy, or did others notice this too?