What did you think of Pamela Gellar's stunt in Texas?
The media are trying to shame her. But I think she's brave. The point she's making--the right to mock--is on target. But the media want to make her out as a bigot since she's only targeting one group (as opposed to Charlie Hebdo, which satirized any group). But it's only the radical Islamists who are trying to silence and intimidate using violence and terror. So she's defying them.
The sad and stupid thing is, now mainstream media outlets are beginning to say Islam should be off limits for mockery. Here's the most ridiculous example, from (wait for it) an MSNBC anchor. So it's OK to mock Mormons ("The Book of Mormon") or Christians ("Piss Christ") or Jews. But we have to respect Islam.
We need more brave people speaking up. If we're not careful (as a society), it won't be long before ideas like freedom of speech and freedom of religion will seem "quaint" to the next generation.
Here's Gellar, writing on her blog Atlas Shrugs, responding paragraph by paragraph to an article in the Washington Post by Sandhya Somashekhar, the new National beat reporter covering social change, apparently.
Here Somashekhar's article in the Post: "Event Organizer Offers No Apology After Thwarted Attack in Texas"
Comments to the WaPo article are interesting, many coming down on Gellar's side. Here's a good one: "Since when do we expect someone to apologize for legally exercising their Constitutional rights?"
