I know I promised you that Mullows was on a leave of absence while writing for
BookSay (plus he’s on timeout. Hey, get back in the corner, young man!), but I had to pop in for a moment to mention the uproar over the Muslim comics.
Okay, extremist Muslims of the world. Not you normal Muslims who live entirely normal lives and practice the wonderful religion of Islam the way it is supposed to be practiced, but you crazyheads who are acting out against the negative anti-Muslim comics that have been floating around. Can you answer me a few questions?
If you are upset because comics are showing you acting violent and irrational, then why are you responding to the comics by acting violent and irrational?
Yes, the comics are offensive and feed into negative stereotypes, so did you ever think that maybe, just maybe, you shouldn’t then feed into the exact stereotype those comics are portraying? Your current actions are the reason those comics exist!
How about proving those comics wrong? How about calmly and peacefully declaring that you are offended, and that we, as an accepting culture, should accept your culture?
No, go burn stuff. Go maim and kill. Go do exactly what those comics portray you as doing. Go create new images that will find their way into new comics. That’s definitely the right move.
And news shows – instead of constantly showing us repetitive footage of these extremist Muslims acting this way, can’t you just say:
“And for an update on the Muslim world, we go to our world correspondent, Walter Cunningsmith. Walter?”
“Thanks, Bob. Well, the Muslims are still crazy. And now the weather.”
