Some
Muslims-- in Houston, Texas, of all places—have recently been going store to store
demanding that alcohol and pork be removed from the stores’ shelves. Reports
indicate that they are threatening to hold demonstrations to educate the
infidel store owners on the finer points of Islamic Law if the stores don’t
cave to their demands.
More
generally, some Muslims are pushing Americans to refrain from gambling—as well
as from consuming alcohol
and pork.
I
figure the odds of them being successful at about 100-1, bad if we were talking
about pigskin prognostications, but significantly better than one might suspect
in this case. Americans are shockingly tolerant—and equally averse to being
called bigoted, racist, homophobic, transphobic, etc. We have lost our inherent
rebel mentality and love for fundamental freedoms. We have decided we value
safety over freedom, and, as such, will likely soon have neither. Those who
despise America use these weaknesses against us to devastating effect.
It
exhibits staggering chutzpah—and not a little intolerance-- for any group to
come to a new country as a small (if growing) minority and promptly demand that
that country change its ways to suit it. As a contrarian and lover of liberty,
this stunning disconnect and rudeness makes me want to have bacon for breakfast,
a ham sandwich for lunch, and pork chops for dinner.
I
mean, we don’t migrate to their homelands and demand they stop chewing khat,
cease growing opium, and quit performing clitoridectomies. Or marrying
11-year-old girls.
In
the face of these demands, almost certainly just beginning, Americans need to man-up
and reply, “Bleep you…and the goat you rode in on.”
I’d
drink to that.
No comments:
Post a Comment