Ryan reads my mind
And then improves on it. Just like a grad student, right?
So I was sitting here trying to think of a good analogy for the Mohammed cartoons flap. Something along the lines of “Imagine Piss Christ but created by a Soviet Russian superpower which was systematically waging war on Christian nations.” It wasn’t a very good analogy, which is why I was still sitting thinking.
But Ryan came up with a much better one.
Editorial Cartoonist approaches controversial subject. Portion of audience is offended and righteously indignant. Opportunistic leaders take advantage of the timing and speak out in violent terms against Cartoonist. Cartoonist receives death threats. Cartoonist loses syndication on The New York Times website.
This is the basic outline of what happened to Ted Rall upon feeling the wrath of upset right wingers when NYTimes.com posted the infamous Pat Tillman cartoon.
And there you have it. “The difference between Us and Them,” eh, Malkin?
What was Malkinses’s position when the Newsweek article about Koran mishandling allegedly caused riots in the middle east (which was later shown to be false)? How does it compare to her position now?
Comment by bvac — February 7, 2006 @ 10:36 am
I believe she issued a fatweh against Newsweek.
Comment by LA — February 7, 2006 @ 1:44 pm
Michelle stated “Funny, I can’t recall any newspapers that pixelated the Abu Ghraib photos. Can you?”
Actually, American newspapers did pixelate portions of the Abu Ghraib photos. They also didn’t publish the really nasty stuff. Maybe Michelle should agitate for a full, uncensored disclosure of ALL the Abu Ghraib photos.
Comment by thelma — February 7, 2006 @ 3:19 pm
So basically: Newsweek causes riots - death to Newsweek. Danish Newspaper causes riots - buy more Danish products.
Is she also calling the people at Coretta Scott King’s funeral ‘grief pimps’?
Comment by bvac — February 7, 2006 @ 9:06 pm