Am I a Racist?May 20, 2007Well, it seems that my little video about Islam has caused a storm in a teacup in Berkeley, California, where somebody on the grandly named Peace and Justice Commission circulated it in an e-mail, and everybody was shocked and disgusted. Well, they said they were shocked and disgusted, which is not really the same thing.One person even called it hate speech, as if I’m some kind of neo-Nazi. Give me a break, I’m not even a Catholic any more.Of course I don’t want to offend Muslims. What do you think I am, insane? But I don’t think that any intelligent Muslim would be offended by anything I’ve said. Indeed, I’ve had e-mails from Muslims who agree with me.On the other hand, I don’t really mind the idea of offending a group of politically correct jackasses, which is what seems to have happened in Berkeley.If any of you dishonest wretches are watching this video, I want to say to you that having an opinion about Muslim women covering their faces is not racist, and by calling it that you simply devalue that word even more than it’s already been devalued by people like you.I don’t care what your race is, if you’re walking around in public with your face covered up, dressed like a pepper pot, then I think you’ve got something wrong with you.And it has nothing to do with religion or with God or anything like that.
