Following up from yesterday's post about why I can't get worked up about the Pussy Riot case, note that an eleven or twelve year old girl in Pakistan is facing possible execution for allegedly burning the pages of a Koran. She'd gathered scrap paper to light the fire for the family dinner and someone saw that some of the pages had Arabic script on them and concluded they were the Koran. ANd the entire Christian community is now threatened with violence. So tell me, where is the mass campaign of liberal bloggers screaming for justice?
It reminds me of these people who bemoan low voter turn out and then push for special exceptions to make it easier for university students or blacks to vote. If the only efforts you're willing to make to improve voter turnout are carefully targeted at groups who are going to vote for your side, you are a fraud. Likewise, if the only time you are willing to defend free speech is when it involves photogenic people whom you think are pushing a message you find congenial.
It reminds me of these people who bemoan low voter turn out and then push for special exceptions to make it easier for university students or blacks to vote. If the only efforts you're willing to make to improve voter turnout are carefully targeted at groups who are going to vote for your side, you are a fraud. Likewise, if the only time you are willing to defend free speech is when it involves photogenic people whom you think are pushing a message you find congenial.
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