Even today the U.S. government feels the need
to distance itself from some random internet movie, with Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton again calling the film “disgusting and
reprehensible.” Further, Obama called Muslim Brotherhood President of
Egypt Mohammed Morsi and made sure to preempt his comments about
violence against embassies being unacceptable by saying “he rejects
efforts to denigrate Islam." America
should never indulge the cultural and religious pathologies of these
primitive thugs that are so steeped in hatred so as to produce these
lunatic mobs. America should never pretend to indulge the grievances of
the insane enemy.
Our response should be stand up for what we believe in, perhaps providing a much needed lecture to the Islamic world on freedom of speech, and reiterating that we will protect our embassies and punish those who attack them. Enough with the sickening constant and consistent infantilizing rhetoric directed at the Islamic world about how awful some random and unheard of expression of speech may be. Enough with patronizing recognition of every percieved offense resulting in violence.
The apologies should only be coming from one source that seems silent: from Islamic leaders appalled at their co-religionists expressing how sorry they are for the actions of mobs that are an embarrassment to their religion.
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