On Fox News Watch this past Saturday, the panel got into a discussion about the volatility of the Mohammed cartoons, and what the media’s role is in this whole charade. Usually Neal Gabler is an asshat in these discussions, but even he agrees (to some extent) to the degree of hypocricy that is displayed.

Neal Gabler said that when the Dutch paper printed the cartoons, “It was TO be provocative,” indicating in a round-about way that it was out of bounds, but then Jim Pinkerton rallied back with the fact that “they have a right to do so!”

Jim, referring to the Piss Christ and the other so-called works-of-art countered: …”the New York Times was eager to run those pictures and give the protestors, the Christian protestors, who were peaceful, of course, lectures about how you shouldn’t be doing this, and lecturing everybody about the importance of art, and show the pictures. And now the Times won’t run the pictures, and trashes the Danish cartoonist. It’s a double standard, and they ought to get called on it, and they ought to change their ways.”

Cal Thomas then weighed in: “Back to the fear factor… people remember…that Dutch filmmaker Van Gogh, with that blade in his chest and a note attached to it…that is in the back of their minds when they choose not to print these things…but, by giving in, they ensure that that day may be closer.”

What the hell does Neal Gabler think the libs of NY are thinking when they portray something called the “Piss Christ” to be artwork? Does he not think THAT was to be provocative? How many people were beheaded over that? To the best of my recollection, nobody was; nobody was taken hostage and killed, and no flag or religious symbol was burned over that… ?? Where does Neal’s logic come from? Is this the “balanced’ we’re promised by Fox News? If so, it would take 15 Cal Thomases to make up for the lunacy of one Neal Gabler!

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