The Real Threat of Islamic Theocracy and the Benign Christian Call for a Return to Traditional American Beliefs

This morning I read two stories which, when juxtaposed, illustrate neatly the schizophrenic character of the contemporary liberal media. They stew, fret and hyperventilate over the non-existent threat of a potential, future, Christian "take-over" of America while calmly and meekly accepting the dictatorship of Islamofascism in the here and now.

First, from Newsreel Blog:

In July we learned of anti-Christian sentiment against Sarah Palin in the media with the Journolist scandal. Leftist fear of Sarah Palin‘s Christianity continues to be a serious problem. Sources prominently held up as credible in the “mainstream” media have a deep fear and hatred of Sarah Palin based on her Christianity alone, and NRB has the video to prove it.

GodDiscussion.com bills itself as a voice of “reason” and “moderate” religion that seeks to “slay the dragons of fear” in America. In reality, they provide a textbook example of the Left‘s propensity to accuse conservatives of exactly what they themselves are guilty of. In the video below, you will hear a portion of GodDiscussion.com‘s October 7 BlogTalkRadio program featuring Military Religious Freedom Foundation [MRFF] board member Leah Burton. Burton speaks of how fearful she is of Sarah Palin specifically because of her Christianity.

Conservatives4Palin refers to Leah Burton as a “nutcase” who engages in “vintage fruitloopery“. That seems to be an accurate characterization given Burton’s claim that conservatives who say that America is a “Christian nation” are “extremists” and have a desire to rule America as some sort of protestant Christian theocracy. Nevertheless, MRFF is frequently cited by CNN and other news outlets, including the New York Times, as if they are credible voices.

Nobody I know would want a Christian theocracy for America unless you think that 1950s America was a Taliban-style Christian theocracy. But here is a real live Islamofascist who lives in London, England asserting that the flag of Islam will one day fly over the White House.



Then we have this story about the Washington Post pulling a "Non Sequitur" cartoon that gently mocks the Muslim ban on images of Mohammad by drawing a picture like the "Where's Waldo" ones and answers the question of what is the least likely title for a picture book by suggesting that it is "Where's Mohammad?" You can see the cartoon here. There is no image of Mohammad in the cartoon. I wouldn't even call it "mocking" anybody's faith; it is more like gentle teasing. Yet, it was self-censored by the Washington Post, which is obviously living in fear of Muslim violence.

So, one the one hand we have Christians like Sarah Palin calling for a revival of the Christian beliefs and values that have animated America throughout history and, on the other hand, we have radical, political Islam calling for America to become a theocracy like Iran. And the liberal media is scared by the former and accepting of the latter? That is just plain weird.