I think many of these guys are doing this because it’s little more than the hip thing to do this week, as cynical as that sounds. What better way to get some quick Internet fame right now?
Let’s see if any of these cartoonist start drawing Mohammed and publishing it. So far, I haven’t seen anything.
Exactly. All of these professions of "standing strong" mean nothing if it is not coupled with doubling down on the "offensive" speech.
It is an odd time for this to occur. Monday was the release of the book “Submission” in France, which details a fictional France in a decade, which is Islamic in nature. Living here in Europe....I’d say that this book release and coverage over the subject hit maximum intensity Monday night, and this cartoonist event just iced the cake. The vast public of France has a pretty harsh opinion now, and it’ll reflect in future elections. Right-wing gov’t coming to France, and it’ll be a different atmosphere.