Besides the fact that most humor comes from some inappropriate pairing of themes («A priest, a rabbi and a prostitute walk into a bar...»), it's always ironic to me to see a group of right - wingers freaking out about some creative endeavor that doesn't bother to take Christianity or some other part of Traditional America seriously, when they also freaked out about Muslims freaking out over
cartoons about the Prophet.
Not exact matches
How
about publishing a
cartoon of the muslim pedofile
prophet?
«In some of these cases, the people releasing these films or
cartoons are trying to make a statement
about free speech, which is fair enough,» says Bergen, referring to the film and other provocative recent depictions of Mohammed, Islam's founding
prophet.
But having written elsewhere
about the global mobilizations over insults supposed to have been delivered Muhammad, from the publication of The Satanic Verses to Danish
cartoons of the
Prophet, I want to focus here on the politics of those who defend free expression against such «theological» challenges.
Although Levant has had his own run - in with human rights tribunals (over complaints
about publishing Danish
cartoons portraying the
prophet Mohammed) and does not hide his disdain for them in general, he does have a point.