2008 Woodie Awards
Liberals are Wrong About Everything
Kyle Hatt
Issue date: 3/7/06 Section: Opinion
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As the recent Cynic article "Caricatures of Controversy" illustrates, Islamic fascists and murders across the globe may have more allies in the United States than many think, and they might find them on the extreme American left.
The "students against war" who put forth this article may not realize that they are in fact defending the war being waged by Islamic fundamentalists against the very values and liberties that they take advantage of, but seem less inclined to protect.
The article claims that using the "specter of an irrational and violent Islam" champions of Western civilization are justifying "anti-immigration scapegoating and imperialist war."
Such language suggests that Islamic terrorism is but a figment of our imagination. Perhaps there is some Unholy Ghost at work here, but surely the intolerance and murder of Islamic fundamentalists has shown itself time and again.
The death of thousands on September 11th, and in London and Madrid, was not just a nightmare. Nor are those who preach hate and violence in mosques from Cairo to Ramallah, Damascus to Riyadh, and Tehran to Islamabad, just pretending. And the spirit of those who burned embassies and threatened westerners in rage over the "blasphemous" portrayal of the Prophet Mohammad in Danish and French newspapers is the same that engulfed the World Trade Center with fire and spilled innocent blood on American soil on September 11th. Those who violently protest against the printing of these cartoons, and whose brothers in arms commit other crimes against humanity, can never be justified.
The issue regarding the cartoons is not whether or not they are an inappropriate insult to Islam. In free societies, religions of all kinds are criticized and defamed every day (recently an Italian priest was sued for preaching that Jesus existed).
The issue is the demonstration by the protestors that at least some percentage of Muslims will never be able to live in a society in which freedom of speech, secular government, and other Western values are guaranteed to all who abide by the law.
The "students against war" who put forth this article may not realize that they are in fact defending the war being waged by Islamic fundamentalists against the very values and liberties that they take advantage of, but seem less inclined to protect.
The article claims that using the "specter of an irrational and violent Islam" champions of Western civilization are justifying "anti-immigration scapegoating and imperialist war."
Such language suggests that Islamic terrorism is but a figment of our imagination. Perhaps there is some Unholy Ghost at work here, but surely the intolerance and murder of Islamic fundamentalists has shown itself time and again.
The death of thousands on September 11th, and in London and Madrid, was not just a nightmare. Nor are those who preach hate and violence in mosques from Cairo to Ramallah, Damascus to Riyadh, and Tehran to Islamabad, just pretending. And the spirit of those who burned embassies and threatened westerners in rage over the "blasphemous" portrayal of the Prophet Mohammad in Danish and French newspapers is the same that engulfed the World Trade Center with fire and spilled innocent blood on American soil on September 11th. Those who violently protest against the printing of these cartoons, and whose brothers in arms commit other crimes against humanity, can never be justified.
The issue regarding the cartoons is not whether or not they are an inappropriate insult to Islam. In free societies, religions of all kinds are criticized and defamed every day (recently an Italian priest was sued for preaching that Jesus existed).
The issue is the demonstration by the protestors that at least some percentage of Muslims will never be able to live in a society in which freedom of speech, secular government, and other Western values are guaranteed to all who abide by the law.