Here is a question I've had for decades: Why are the "sensibilities" of non-Christians so blasted important that any and all expressions of Christianity - and therefore, the religious liberties of Christians - must be banned?
And here is the answer: Because "Christian" resides in the same targeted-for-annihilation-by-the-Left category as "white" and "male". Which means that I am among the most politically incorrect homo sapiens on the planet - and darn proud of it.
"Tolerance," in other words, is yet one more leftwingnut one-way street.
Remember our earlier discussion about how Muslims are classified by the Left as "victims of the white man"? Well, they're also insanely defined as "victims of Christians" as well, and the British continue to swill that rancid Kool-Aid:
A new ‘Islamic doll’ with no facial features has been launched in Britain.
The ‘Deeni Doll’ has no eyes, nose or mouth whatsoever in a bid to comply with Islamic rules governing the depiction of faces.
The doll was manufactured in China and designed in the UK by Ridhwana B. She told us: “I came up with the idea from scratch after speaking to some parents who were a little concerned about dolls with facial features.
“Some parents won’t leave the doll with their children at night because you are not allowed to have any eyes in the room.
“There is an Islamic ruling which forbids the depiction of facial features of any kind and that includes pictures, sculptures and, in this case, dolls.
First off, I don't see how a doll with no face is going to be anything but a retail sales disaster. Who is going to want such a thing outside the "Muslim community"? Yeah, I get the "target market" angle, but are there really enough Muslims in Britain to make the "Deeni Doll" a commercial success? Here's hoping for "Ridhwana B.'s" sake that it wasn't mass-produced.
But, again, it begs the question of how long it will be until dolls with faces will be banned in the United Kingdom to avoid "offending" Muslims. Because we all know how virulently intolerant they are, and if they've got the Brits pandering to their oversensibilities now, well, you know the old saying about "give an inch and they'll take a mile". It really is only a matter of time.
The same repressive dynamic is at work at the University of Maine, where even the word "Christmas" has been officially banned on campus in order to avoid "upsetting" atheists (and, presumably, Muslims):
UMaine faculty and staff received an email on Monday forbidding candy canes, Christmas trees, Christmas presents, Menorahs, and wreaths in public areas on campus.
Ah, so it was anti-Semitic as well as Christophobic. That was to be expected.
“Just wanted to remind everyone that Aux Services is not to decorate any public areas with Christmas or any other religious themed decorations,” the email states. “Winter holiday decorations are fine but we need to not display any decoration that could be perceived as religious.”
“This includes xmas trees, wreaths, xmas presents, menorahs, candy canes, etc.,” the email says. “What is allowed our [sic] winter themes, snowmen, plain trees without presents underneath, decorative lights, but not on trees, snow flakes, [sic] etc.”
According to a statement from the university, UMaine’s holiday decorations decision was made to better promote diversity on campus.
"Diversity"? What was preventing non-Christian and non-Jewish faiths and beliefs from displaying their "winter holiday" wares in UMaine's "public areas"? I find it hard to believe that a college campus would restrict such religious expression only to Christians and Jews. Yet Christians and Jews must be banned from publicly participating in "winter holiday" activities in order to "promote diversity"? Does this make any sense at all?
The answer, of course, is no - if you assume the original definition of "diversity" still holds. Once you realize that "diversity" has been redefined by the Left to mean "every faith and belief will be tolerated and celebrated and imposed by government diktat EXCEPT Judeo-Christianity, which must and will be eradicated," you're getting warm.
Evidently dhimmied British dollmakers and the University of Maine never familiarized themselves with Matthew 16:18:
I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
UMaine, at least, backed down when their anti-Christian edict got publicized. But I am more interested in why everybody's sensibilities must be absolutely and slavishly venerated except those of my "tribe". We'll turn to that question next.
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