Go, Read: Molly Norris Interview

There's a dollop of boring political talk buoying this interview about Molly Norris, the cartoonist whose reference to a "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" idea in a cartoon she made became a cause against her will and put her on a death list. I can't imagine anything in the world I care less about than whether or not this poor woman's plight reflects poorly on Seattle-area liberal politicians -- I think that what has happened to Norris should be of equal concern to all Americans regardless of political perspective. (The writer also suggests a reasonable alternative theory than one breaking across political lines, that Seattle is a city where no one deals with anyone else's problems, almost as a point of pride.) Still, shame on any politician that hasn't reached out to her, no matter how they lean. There's also a little bit of silliness where instead of saying they met at a coffeehouse that won't be named for her safety the writer puts it as "a secret, undisclosed coffeehouse" which sounds like they're meeting in a Starbucks in the nuclear fallout shelter underneath the Greenbriar in 1962.

And yet, all my bitching and moaning aside, I'm grateful Norris was willing to talk to someone, and I'm grateful that it was published so that maybe she can get help and support beyond the FBI protection she's received. The fact that an army of gleeful dumbasses had their little free speech stunt and this woman suffers for it the rest of her life is a painful reminder that Jyllands-Posten had their free speech stunt that started a chain of events they couldn't control and people died because of it. How about no more stunts for a while?
 
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