January 13, 2009
Prince Harry's 'Racist Remarks' - Is Media Outrage Justified?
Obviously, I don’t know if Prince Harry is a bigot or racist as I have, and never will, meet him. It’s possible to explain away his public faux pas – perhaps the latent anti-Semitism in Europe led him to believe wearing a Nazi costume was acceptable; perhaps the Paki and raghead comments were merely his indulging in the tough talk that soldiers may use when they are amongst themselves. (Or maybe he’s rebelling against his father – who has been rumored to be a closet convert to Islam.)
Then again, Harry may well be a closet racist/bigot. If he is, bad cess to him.
But the bigger question is this: Why is it that Prince Harry’s remarks are met with such horror by the press, while they barely bat an eyelash at pro-Hamas protests like this one in Fort Lauderdale, where participants told Jews to “go back to the oven”?
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