Draw Muhammad Day

- - - - the term "rag head" isn't necessary. We are championing the idea of freedom here. Insults do not further the cause.

Originally Posted by Kiefer

Necessary? No. But let me explain why I used it. I don't like Muslims. They piss me off because they are brutal, barbaric, ignorant, annoying, sexist, homophobic morons. But so are Christians, right? Sure, but Christians don't pour acid on girls, blow up innocent civilians, or get angry to the point of assault and murder just because other people think differently or have the nerve to dare to draw an image of their ridiculous god. Just recently they've attempted to physically impose their ignorance on one such person once again. So I'm trying to show them that I'm not scared and that I want them to get pissed off, I want them to be offended. Islam is completely incompatible with modern western values and deserves no respect what so ever.

But here's the thing: calling anyone a "raghead" offends me, too. Probably many other people. It's a racist term that distracts from the main issue here.

IMO, the whole point of Everybody Draw Muhammad Day is to show the unreasonableness of Islam when it works itself up about something that a reasonable person shouldn't be bothered by. When you add stuff that people can legitimately be offended by, it diminishes the whole point of what's going on.

When people go into a rage about stick figure depictions of their prophet, then it's clear they're being irrational. When they go nuts about a campaign that has all sorts of other insulting stuff as well (whether or not it's based in fact), then it introduces the possibility that their anger might actually be well-founded.

A day to antagonize others. How brilliant! What kind of immature moron delights in such activity?

If that's what you think it is, then you don't know what started the movement.

I know what started the movement. Lack of common sense started it. You stick your pen in a hornets nest, you're going to get stung. It has everything to do with freedom, but the idiot who waves a red flag in front of a bull that doesn't give a damn about his freedoms has no one but himself to blame if he gets gored to death.

Threatening and conducting actual violence on a person, just because he drew some cartoons with bearded men.
Now that I consider antagonizing, immature, moronic behaviour.

Yes, that is immature, moronic behaviour too. So when presented with immature moronic behaviour the best course of action is to respond with immature moronic behaviour? Makes loads of sense.

Molly Norris, the originator of the "Everybody Draw Mohammad Day", explains this is not meant to disrespect any religion, but rather meant to protect people's right to express themselves. Yet the title of the day targets a specific group of people, Muslims. Norris knows this is disrespectful ( not that I think any religion deserves respect) and therefore the cartoonist is being disingenuous.