What race is the oppression of Muslim women again? I keep forgetting. In any case, are women oppressed in Iran? Certainly, but do not speak of it: to do so would be “racist.” This is the number that Leftists and Islamic supremacists have done on the popular culture: any reference, even a joke, to Sharia-related oppression or jihad violence is immediately denounced by the programmed and dutiful as “racist.” This is the same impulse that led the teenager who stumbled upon the Fort Dix jihad plot to hesitate about reporting it to police — he was afraid it might be “racist” to do so. The comfortable, self-righteous Leftists who are denouncing the Emmys today will be congratulating themselves on not being “racist” right up to the moment that the knife sawing through their throat brings an abrupt end to their conscious thoughts.
“Robin Williams Emmys tribute led by Billy Crystal criticised for including ‘racist’ joke about Muslim woman,” by Jenn Selby, the Independent, August 26, 2014 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):
“He could be funny anywhere. We were such close friends,” Billy Crystal said of Robin Williams in a special tribute to the comedian aired midway through the Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles last night (25 August).
“He made us laugh. Hard. Every time you saw him – on television, movies, nightclubs, arenas, hospitals, homeless shelters for our troops overseas. And even in a dying girl’s living room for her last wish, he made us laugh. Big time.
“I spent many happy hours with Robin on stage,” he continued. “The brilliance was astounding. The relentless energy was kind of thrilling. I used to think if I could just put a saddle on him and stay on him for eight seconds I was going to do OK.
“It is very hard to talk about him in the past because he was so present in all of our lives. For almost 40 years he was the brightest star in the comedy galaxy.
“While some of the brightest of our celestial bodies are actually extinct now, their energy long since cooled, but miraculously, because they float in the heavens so far away from us now, their beautiful light will continue to shine on us forever.
“And the glow will be so bright it will warm your heart and will make your eyes glisten and you will think to yourselves, ‘Robin Williams. What a concept.'”
And for the most part, the audience at home and in the Nokia Theatre crowd appeared visibly moved by the segment.
That is until the honour ended in a series of clips of the comedian in action, cracking jokes during televised interviews and in stand-up.
In particular, it included a short snippet of a stand-up performance during which Williams borrows a pink scarf from an audience member in the front row and wraps its round his head to simulate a Hijab, or Islamic headscarf.
“I would like to welcome you to Iran… Help me!” he cries.
Viewers participating over Twitter were quick to criticise the inclusion of the joke as “racist”:
After that, people who’d never heard of Robin Williams would think he’s Billy Crystal’s racist friend who was on a lot of talk shows?
Eric Harvey (@marathonpacks) August 26, 2014The Williams Emmys tribute followed a shorter honour to the late comedian at the MTV VMAs on Sunday (24 August).
The VMAs tribute was also branded “offensive”, this time down to the lack of care fans felt had gone into the short pictorial montage.
“It would have been less insulting to do nothing,” one Twitter follower wrote.


john spielman says
we must educate the world about the evils of islam and if it means making light of it by comedy and jokes, so be it. Islam must not be given a pass from criticism because its muhammedan followers threaten violence.
kikorikid says
Mohammed was a mentally-Ill murderous brigand-rapist who
founded a “Strong-Arm Extortion” gang that continues to this day.
donovan nuera says
We have all these great “comedians” in the US and a bunch of comedy writers who can write anti-Catholic jokes in their sleep…… I have yet to see a skit on SNL or anywhere else that makes fun muslims or muslim terrorists despite them killing our very citizens, our brave soldiers/sailors/Marines/airmen, our journalists, our ambassadors (Benghazi and Khartoum (in the 1970s), schoolkids, assassinating Democrat presidential candidates (Sirhan Sirhan), wheelchair-confined tourists on ocean-liners, massacre schoolgirls, rape schoolgirls, enslave schoolgirls, behead priests and nuns, rape multiple wives and concubines, oppress women, maim schoolgirls with acid…..Mockery is the one thing that can shine light on their evil yet the elite choose not to unleash this simple yet effective weapon because they are all scared that they might lose their PC Club membership cards at the swanky cafe/restaurant!
Alan McCammon says
Well said Sir.
Will says
al-Shaitan does not like to be mocked !
somehistory says
“I would like to welcome you to Iran… Help me!” he cries.
That is funny! But it looks like he’s wearing a blanket, not a scarf.
SKevin says
At the beginning of the clip, he borrowed a pashtina scarf from a woman in the front row.
tpellow says
“‘I didn’t want to appear racist’ is the ‘I was only obeying orders’ of our age.”
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/edwest/2014/08/i-didnt-want-to-appear-racist-is-the-i-was-only-obeying-orders-of-our-age/
Robert C Thompson says
I want to know how that’s considered racist? Islam is not a race, it’s a religion. A religion whose followers are members of many races. There’s Chinese muslims and Indian muslims, there are white muslims, black muslims…
But Islam is NOT a race.
Burt says
The best humour is always when it is about truth. We need great comedians Like Robin Williams to help us see the funny side of gravely serious issues.
Evil needs to be ridiculed.
RKMacUalraig says
Indeed Sir, indeed!
Beagle says
Basij militia and Iranian police abusing, torturing, and even disappearing women for several decades?
Meh.
Cracking jokes about it?
Racism, a serious problem.
If I was going to write a near-future dystopian novel it would feature death camps for ‘racists’.
kikorikid says
“Dystopian novel of the future”? Hell, they are already
working on that very thing. There is a “Glitch” in their
plans that, in their dystopian thinking, is always avoided and/or
discounted at a delusional level. That is simply that this is not
the “Warsaw Ghetto” and a great host is armed and will fight this
new Fascism. Oh, Sorry, didn’t mean to wake you up! There is
no doubt about it, there are many who are anxious for this
to begin and are approaching it like a “Spring Cleaning”.
Anushirvan says
Robin Williams is dead. I can only suppose that it’s quite typical for Islam and Muslims to want to punish a human being beyond the grave. It’s like destroying Christian crosses or Jewish headstones in a graveyard. They simply can’t leave things alone, neither in the West nor anywhere else.
bernie says
On the youtube vid where he makes a “jihad joke”, there are of course some Muslims insulting him and a couple of people claiming he was Jewish. Actually, he was an Episcopalian (a liberal church which is close to the Anglican Church). However, he was often mistaken for a Jew because he had some knowledge of the Hebrew and Yiddish kanguages, and he worked with a number of Jews in the film and TV industries, and thus was familiar with Jewish humor and customs. He also played several characters of Jewish heritage in his movies.
Tommy Guns says
Oh my, Robin Williams made a racial slur!!!?!
It’s called comedy people. It’s a joke ya know??? Awwwww, but I forget, there’s no joking in islam. In fact there is absolutely no joy in islam whatsoever, it’s forbidden.
Islam, if you want to be part of the Western culture, GET USED TO IT!!!! Just about every ethnic group is poked fun at from time to time. It’s our way, we enjoy comedy. Get a life.
Beagle says
In fairness to Islam, all the tweets appear to be from leftist useful idiots.
kikorikid says
Tommy G, Your words are futile and it is a bummer for me to have to tell you so. That said, “Islam comes ONLY to: Conquer, Submit, Convert, or Kill.”
Anything, much less a joke, said about Islam by a non-believer is “Blaspheme”,
and under Sharia Law, punished by Death. This argument is founded in the
intellectual fascism of Political Correctness. The “Premise”of both “Homophobe”and “Islamophobe” are generically identical.
In any situation there are instant accusations of “Racist”, “Bigot”, “Xenophobe”,
Redneck”. Wether Leftist or Islamic they both carry around the “Race Deck”.
nothosaur says
Good point.
I wonder how these people would react if somebody made a Broadway musical/comedy production mocking the Quran.
Comedians literally made a Broadway production out of mocking a Christian sect. They left no doubt about whether they were mocking a religion. They called it “The Book of Mormon” for goodness sake.
This single joke about Islam was merely a one-liner that could reasonably be interpreted as a joke about Iran in general, actually.
The critics are hopelessly inconsistent and illogical.
Robert C Thompson says
The fact of the matter, Tommy, is that they don’t want to become part of “Western Culture”.
They want to make us a part of them.
Personally, I’d rather die first.
Peter Buckley says
Islam IS funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niI3SLILaYc
http://councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=4724.0
Pick your own “most ludicrous” hadith, and post it a blog. Reply to a muslim’s comments. Educate people on how ridiculous so many hadiths are….
You don’t need to comment. It will speak for itself. Hilarious……
David says
Hello leftists, are you even aware if you are female you cannot drive a car in Saudi Arabia, & if you are out in public you should be with a male keeper? Does that even register in your brains?
Rajivi says
Do the Commies have brain…? I don’t think so..
Why they love Muslims..? Because the brains of both are washed cleanly so that they can not think…
Terry says
Good for Crystal’s back-atcha to Hamas.
Rafael-Olivier Somma says
Those useless leftists who want us to keep quiet when it’s about islam, are the first to laugh or claim it as art when someone laughs at Jesus or make a painting making fun at Jesus. Worthless Universty dhimmi.
Guest says
Exactly. The cowards know that even a simple cartoon will set the crazed lunatics off, so they’re quick to reprimand. But mocking Christ in deplorable ways and stamping “art” on it, for instance, is just fine, because they know Christians won’t pick up machetes and go on a killing rampage.
Furthermore, it’s gotten to the point where one cannot point out the atrocities committed due to Islam because doing so is “racist”, as if that single word could silence everything. This incident just shows that instead of speaking out about all the human rights violations going on in Muslim countries (e.g. to women), for example, the left finds it more important to obsess over “race” (Islam, however, is obviously not a race) and get the “offending” speech censored. Ridiculous.
Bezelel says
Nahnoo Nahnoo means, “UP YOURS ISLAM”
Wellington says
There is no humor in Leftism.
Beagle says
A bold line of argumentation.
Iranian and Saudi women are split. I can’t say the relative percentages. Those who feel oppressed in Iran protested in 2009 and have conducted various social media rebellions in the subsequent years. Recently many have risked their health and lives to be photographed outdoors in Iran without any head covering. Saudi women have rebelled by driving.
Other women in Iran punish those who rebel. I don’t think Saudi women are even free enough to work punishing other women.
It’s not a simple either-or, but a both.
Wellington says
You’re correct, Beagle, only the percentage differential is unclear. I suspect, though, that a geater percentage of Persian women resent what Islam has done to the female gender than one would find with Saudi women.
Gail Griffin says
My stealth freedom is website for Iranian women to express themselves without a scarf. They want freedom and some day when Muslims get tired of other Muslims kicking them around you just might see a revolt world wide.
the vilest of creatures says
Geez i want to punch out a leftist, I really do!
Champ ✿ says
Whew! I’m not a leftist ’cause I laughed my derriere off when I saw that segment 😀
Salah says
How about a beautiful french “racist” song for a change?
The Fenced Woman (english translation)
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2010/11/quand-la-femme-est-grillagee-pierre.html
Champ ✿ says
Hi Salah …what a great song! Thank you for posting it ..and I’m 1/2 French so of course I had to listen 🙂
I especially liked the final chorus …
CHORUS
Young women set sail
Reject these barbaric customs
Say no to Manichaeism
To the return to obscurantism
Get rid of this sad moucharabieh
Born of slavery customs
And instead of wearing this veil
Go away sail away.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fantastique!
Salah says
Merci, Champ. But guess what? public french media are not allowed to play it.
Self censorship!!!
Champ says
Not suprising. Well, it’s good that you can on your website ..Bravo, Salah!
R Cole says
Islam is one subject that is crying out for some comic relief!
:: ::
Notice those Leftist who claim to stand up for Islam – never seem to dip their toe into issues around women’s rights and freedom of religion and apostasy – in those regions.
Just who and what are they protecting – under these ‘anti-racism’ banners.
Religious repression of minorities, subjugation of women, etc… – all sit comfortably with those who say they wish to ‘protect’ Islam [without ever having been a Muslim].
That is the joke of our times.
voegelinian says
The irony is that Robin Williams, like most everyone else in the mainstream, only went after the TMOE (Tiny Minority of Extremists); but there’s a logic to this which the PC MCs semi-consciously detect — namely, that there is indeed a systemic confluence between the TMOE and Muslims in general, and so when anyone goes after the TMOE (whether through brilliant mockery or reasoned criticisms, much less the condemnation they so richly deserve), the PC MCs react like a spider does when you touch its web, reflexively defending Muslims in general.
SKevin says
Uh guys?
A few left leaning people tweeted negative comments about the skit. I note that both the auditorium in which the skit was originally performed, and the Emmys facilities at which Crystal replayed it, were largely filled folks that many who comment on JW would identify as “leftist”. None of them got up and left the hall in protest.
As for posts like, “Geez i want to punch out a leftist, I really do!” I will write Robert to see if this is acceptable to him. Since I trust his decency, I really doubt it.
SKevin says
Whoops: “largely filled folks” should read: “largely filled WITH folks.
The Vilest of Creatures says
I was speaking from emotion. YOU of all people should understand that….your whole ideology is built on it. NO reason, NO logic, NO common sense…..just pure emotion.
SKevin says
Has my emotion ever led me to threaten violence here?
Alice says
So now Robin Williams is on the evil list? Just shows you how you can’t count on the Left to be true friends.
Cherish Freedom says
Kudos to the Emmy’s for including this clip. I’ve seen it before, and have found it to be hilarious. I love that this clip was included because it shows Hollywood embracing the freedom of speech.
I’m sure if we dug into those people tweeting anti-muzlim messages, we’d find them to be uneducated on the topic.
In the meantime, I’m sure the muzlims are delighted that run-of-the-mill, everyday average folks are defending them.
Cassius says
Comedy is based upon truth; that’s why it is funny. If the truth is ‘racist’, tough.
So be it.
Cassius says
Springtime For Hitler.
profitsbeard says
What Muslims fail to realize is that The Koran was originally compiled a a Joke Book.
They missed the punchline.
Being humorless morons.
D says
People overlook that “Muslim ” is not a race. Arabs and Persians etc. are races.
Myxlplik says
I’m not sure if these ones are smart enough to be leftists. I’ve dated women like this before, the sex is good, but the conversation sucks. One time I even had to explain to this one bimbo what China was.
The sex was so good, I sat there trying to convince myself she wasn’t retarded because she didn’t look like a Mongoloid, it didn’t work, so I had to stop seeing her, but this is how Obama got elected.
joeblough says
Mental and moral inversion.
Myxlplik says
This is nothing sinister, just bimbos with twitter accounts. Who aren’t wise enough to know that most people will assume they are intelligent as long as they keep their yapper shut.
These women never got around to reading much except Ekhart Tolle and the like, because Oprah recommended him.
I will bet ten to one in this.
Johnny Canuck says
Humor is the last bastion of freedom against Islam. Robin Williams was not afraid to make a joke about Muslim enslavement and mistreatment of women. Though we don’t have his comic genius, I think we should all make an effort to lampoon the absurd religion/ideology whenever possible by creating more cartoons about the risible Allah and his ludicrous sidekick, Mohammad.
Ronald D. Bruno says
The disrespect for an Islamic woman; her rights and freedom imprisoned, her dignity as she follows behind her husband, her beauty that she must cover up – as to discourage men from lusting after her, is not really funny, it’s sad.
Christianity teaches that you cannot make yourself holy! We all fail to keep the commandments and so only God can make us holy through the cleansing blood of Jesus, whom also sanctifies our souls.
Islam is just another salvation by works religion. Covering up the outside does not make one pure on the inside. Forcing people to convert does not actually convert anyone. Only the Holy Spirit converts and transforms the soul/spirit. Outward religious acts only lead to futility.
Btw, Robin was another sad case, one who did not have any faith in God, he actually would mock religion in any form. He made us laugh … the PG and PG13 stuff was great, but did you see a couple of his “R” rated comic routines? Masturbating, foul language all over the place_ I lost respect for the guy_ I was appalled. His true self came through and he was as lost as anyone can be. Suicide is the opposite of faith in God. People who like to excuse him from any responsibility and say he was mentally ill, it wasn’t his fault, bla, bla, bla, are trying to separate him from any wrong doing. What about “thou shalt not murder” — YOURSELF INCLUDED?
Barbara Walters interviewed Robin and asked him a question: “If there was one thing you could wish for, what would that be?” He said, “To re-connect with my children!” He obviously felt tremendous guilt for being disconnected with his own children … yet he made everyone laugh at the same time. He wore the mask well, but we didn’t really know what was going on inside. Filming TV shows, sixty plus movies, on the road with drugs and alcohol have a way of disconnecting with your family! And yes, he was responsible for all that, no excuses. The heart that he had for others was heralded but the heart he felt for his children wasn’t demonstrated. We can have strong feelings and fond thoughts of people, but it means nothing unless we demonstrate it.
Tee 'n' the Wildlife says
Honestly! The Left are so bloody uppity about every little thing! Take a deep breath, Left, and calm down! Take it like a man!