We now live in a world where books are preemptively not being published because publishers are afraid of rioting Muslims:
Rioting and threats of violence from Muslim extremists have apparently triumphed once again over the First Amendment. According to psychoanalyst Dr. Nancy Kobrin and noted feminist Phyllis Chesler, who wrote the introduction, Kobrin’s new book, “The Sheikh’s New Cloth: The Naked Truth about Islamic Suicide Terrorism”, was to be published in November by Looseleaf Law Publications, Inc., but Dr. Kobrin’s contract was suddenly cancelled over concerns for their staff’s safety… And, of course, who can blame a small publisher when virtually every major American mainstream news source refused to publish any of the Danish cartoons that started a firestorm of Muslim violence worldwide?
On May 5th, 2005, the New York Times decried the chilling effect on television that the Chairman of Public Broadcasting was having – because he criticized PBS for having a liberal bias. Public television, of course, continues to have an easily demonstrable liberal bias.
On December 23, 2003, the New York Times decried the chilling effect on the press that the Bush administration was having – because their new antiterrorism policies were scaring journalists. Most media outlets, of course, continue to criticize the Bush administration (and, frankly, undermine national security) as they see fit.
On August 14, 2004, the New York Times decried the chilling effect on activists that the FBI was having – because they were questioning protesters. Liberal activists, of course, continue to be totally insane.
The New York Times did not see fit to worry about the chilling effect that their cowardly refusal to publish the Danish cartoons would have on every sector of American print and visual journalism. And now we’re losing the right to publish books opposing political Islam. It’s a little depressing to see where the Times thinks the greatest threat to America’s freedoms is coming from. And where their priorities lie.
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