Let me say before I fire off this posting. That I am no fan of Islam, in fact, I totally reject the premise that Islam is a religion of peace. However, I saw something today, that quite frankly, disturbed me greatly.
I was over at HotAir.com and I happen to see this video:
At first, I laughed. But then, I thought about it. I asked myself and I will ask you. What is the difference between the video above, and this one?:
Now obviously, the second video is very offensive. But there was a time, when people would look at the second video and laugh. But, nowadays, people would look at the second video and blanch, shudder and be offended.
My question is simply this, is it now considered to be socially acceptable to poke fun at Islamic Terrorists and by proxy mock Islam, Muslims and by default the Arabic culture? After all, it was not American Muslims who slammed those planes into the twin towers.
No, I’m not picking on Ed, he’s gotten his fair share over the supposed “Bailouts”. But it is something that needs to be addressed. I don’t claim to be the resident expert here. I’d like to know your thoughts, is that first video outright offensive or just distasteful?
Or am I just overreacting here?
I mean, We don’t mock blacks, We don’t mock Jews, We don’t mock Catholics, we don’t mock Protestants. So, why Muslims?