William Jacobson notes a gag-reflex line in the president’s speech to Islam last week:
I know there is debate about this issue. I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair is somehow less equal…
The only “debate” over that issue ended several weeks ago with the end of National Offend a Feminist Week. Gotta wait until next year, now.
But that’s not Bill’s point. This is:
Obama really would have been brave if he told the Muslim world that just as we will fight for the right of Muslim women in the West to wear hair covering, we will stand up for the right of all women not to wear hair covering or other restrictive clothing. That would have been a truly historic statement, rather than politically correct nonsense.
Indeed it would have. Or maybe if Hillary Clinton would go over there and leave the headscarf at home. Or at least hanging around her neck, instead of on her head.
One more thing. Deuce Geary, writing at Skepticrats:
Can anyone who praises Islam for advancing civilization cite an example less than, say, 600 years old? I’d like to think that citing thousand-year-old examples is a subtle dig that really asks of Islam “How about coming out of the middle ages?” But I don’t think any speaker really means it that way.
… We cite a recent beheading in Buffalo, “honor killings” in the “modern” country of Jordan, stoning of gays in Afghanistan, and what do Islamic apologists offer in response? The Crusades. Oh, and George Bush.
Word.
Explanation of this post’s title can be found here (in the comments). And I’ll throw this in, just for fun: