As San Bernardino mourned the loss of 14 innocent Americans, the Regressive Left and its liberal affiliates bemoaned the fact that Tashfeen Malik, female jihadist, Islamic terrorist, cold-blooded murderer, that Tashfeen Malik, and her lovely visage, was shown on several media outlets…wearing a burqa. This “offensive” act sent earthquakes down the fault lines of the Left’s safe-spaces, with social justice warriors characterizing the image as disrespectful.
Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera “journalist” Hashem Said erupted in rage, ironically reinforcing the soft bigotry of low expectations, in which the Left doesn’t expect Muslims to adhere to the same standards of civil discourse as the rest of the normative society. While Said tweeted his anger for the sycophantic Left to enjoy, he later decided to take down his rant. Here’s a screenshot of Said’s bizarre tirade:
After pushback and ridicule on social media, Said decided to take down his post, issuing a back-handed apology:
To everyone who is offended: I apologize for not being more clear. I meant it could be offensive to the family.. 1/2 https://t.co/vPwLIXgWZf
— Hashem Said (@hash_said) December 4, 2015
..and even if you don’t agree, that’s fine. But the family isn’t on trial here. Apologies for any offense given though. 2/2
— Hashem Said (@hash_said) December 4, 2015
The Sunni-extremist friendly abyss of Al-Jazeera was not the only place where the grave offense of Malik’s burqa-clad image galvanized a flurry of feelings and emotions.
As The Daily Wire’s Amanda Prestigiacomo reported, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry “and one of her panelists, Linda Sarsour of the Arab American Association of New York, lamented over how disturbing and ‘outrageous’ it was for New York Times to have posted pictures of the killers’ apartment and a picture of the female terrorist with her hijab on since this somehow this is misleading or misrepresentative of what terrorism actually ‘looks like.’ Somehow?”
The perverse cultural relativism of the Regressive Left privileges the supposed feelings of what is perceived to be a monolithic community over the lives of human beings, lost senselessly to terrorist violence.
The perverse cultural relativism of the Regressive Left privileges the supposed feelings of what is perceived to be a monolithic community over the lives of human beings, lost senselessly to terrorist violence. The misguided Left’s personification of “the community” comes at the expense of living, breathing individuals. In an effort to pardon an idea, a religion, or an ideology, the Left comes dangerously close to condoning human slaughter.
Islam has nothing to do with terrorism but you must respect the Islamic culture of the terrorist. #SmartTake
— Drew McCoy (@DrewMTips) December 4, 2015