The CAIR Hate and Terror blog has the story: Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Michael Ramirez drew the cartoon above, which has roaches coming out of a sewer marked “Iran” and “Extremism.” I would see that as referring to Iran’s exporting of jihad terrorists, but CAIR saw it differently, and called upon its drones to write protest letters to the Columbus Dispatch: “Send polite comments about this Nazi-style cartoon depicting Iranians as roaches fleeing a sewer to: gsheller@dispatch.com, michael.ramirez@investors.com.”
Of course, the cartoon doesn’t refer to Iranians as roaches, and CAIR — as the CAIR Hate and Terror blog points out — has never spoken out against Ahmadinejad’s Nazi-like emissions of Jew-hatred, but when has CAIR cared for decency or consistency?
Anyway, the Columbus Dispatch would have none of it. Editorial page editor Glenn Sheller wrote a reply to the CAIR intimidation letters, saying in part:
CAIR also likens the cartoon to Nazi propaganda. This is a remarkable display of intellectual gymnastics. Iranian President Ahmadinejad has called for the destruction of the Jewish state and questions the Holocaust, while his regime tries to develop nuclear weapons. If CAIR is truly concerned about the promotion of Nazi ideas and the use of Nazi methods, it should direct its attention to Tehran.
CAIR”s claims that its mission is to promote understanding of Islam and combat anti-Islamic information and anti-Islamic attitudes. That’s an honorable mission when it is directed at legitimate grievances.
In this case, CAIR has misrepresented this cartoon and missed the mark by fabricating a false grievance.
CAIR fabricating a false grievance? Stop the presses!
Read all about it, over at CAIR Hate and Terror.
