Did Comedy Central censor South Park, or did Stone/Parker self-censor for PR? Why does Revolution Muslim hate Triscuits? Where does Ross Douthat get off being an even bigger hypocrite than normal, when Christian belief wound up with state college censorship of a play in Texas and the Dixie Chicks got death threats?
I wasn't originally going to blog about Douthat's inane, even for him, culture-conservative screed, but, have changed my mind.
Let's dive right in, starting with the rhetorical questions after the first two.
Glenn Greenwald rightly notes the steaming mass of hypocrisy, with numerous examples of both Ross Douthat's hypocrisy in previous columns and counter-examples to Douthat's claim that "it's always worse with Muslims."
Beyond that, Revolution Muslim is such a fringe group, especially compared to Douthat's beloved Roman Catholic Church of priest perps and papal protectors that Ross still tries to defend (Greenwald has links) that Douthat has no business talking while he still has the 2x4 in his own eye. Revolution Muslim? It's a tiny fringe outfit headed by a Jewish convert. Oy!
Read teh whole Greenwald column carefully. Because Douthat can be more charming and more coherent than many a nutbar, that's exactly what makes him dangerous.
And, what's Triscuits, what's Triscuits, got to do with it?
According to Revolution Muslim, they're eaten by "Darwinist faggots."
The PR issue? P.Z. Myers, aka Pharyungula, who after chastising South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone for tearing down, not building up (a bit of irony, or more, there!) then wonders whether the duo didn't self-censor again, after their original self-censorship, then blame it on Comedy Central, for PR value.
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