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Hey, Remember That Time When Comedy Central Wouldn't Show Mohammad? Wouldn't It Be Cool If That Hadn't Set A Chilling, Sharia-Like Trend In The Media? [Video]

Two things. One: remember when Comedy Central wouldn't allow Matt and Trey to show a cartoon of Mohammad and everybody was like "this is an example of creeping sharia" and then it turned out that much of the media ended up self-censoring even the most benign Islam-related jokes? And how that last part was right now? Two: turns out, they really just hate Family Guy:

Manatees with idea balls, by the by, may be the funniest thing in the history of television. We will gladly defend that assertion.

References:
* Video: Steyn on the Opus non-controversy and “creeping shari’a” [Hot Air]
* Cartoon Wars (Exclusive [IGN]

Previously:
* This Will Not Be Our Last Bow
* PBS Documentary Controversy Demonstrates Why Bipartisan Screams Of Bias Do Not Mean That A Program Is Balanced. Or Wasn't Hijacked By Soft Islamists.
* Sephardic Rabbi Inadvertently Becomes Metaphor for Clash of Civilizations. Not in a Good Way.

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