Modified On August 8, 2012
A Reuters report says that an intelligence monitoring group called SITE has discovered a threat from an al Qaeda militant against David Letterman.
The militant called on Muslims in the United States to “cut the tongue of this lowly Jew and shut it forever,” the threat against Letterman said, according to a translation by SITE.
Reuters helpfully adds that “The popular late-night television host is not Jewish.”
Of course, this makes no difference to al Qaeda. If you make a joke about the death of a “senior al Qaeda figure,” you are a figurative “Jew” and, therefore, deserving of death and/or hideous disfigurement.
And, by extension, we, as comics, are all deserving of same. (Let’s face it, we’re in a traditionally Jewish profession.)
Speaking of irrational hatred, Andy Dick chose “The Greg Fitzsimmons Show” to label Howard Stern a “shallow, money-grubbing Jew.” And just in case anyone was unclear on where he stood, Dick called Stern a “big fat hook nose” and “miserly.”
Dick cited as the reason for the tirade… oh, why bother? Is there a good reason to call someone a “shallow, money-grubbing Jew?”
What is it about shows hosted by comedians that brings out the hate? Our readers will recall that erstwhile CNN host (and permanent dufus) Rick Sanchez went on an anti-Semitic rant on Pete Dominick’s satellite radio show about 11 months ago.
Can we expect the Anti-Defamation League to call for Andy Dick’s tongue to be cut out? No. That’s not how they roll.
Is there a Muslim word for “boycott?” Hmmm… if there is, it has fallen into disuse over the past six or seven centuries. Too bad. There seems to be a pattern emerging among radical Islamists– skip right over protests and condemnatory statements and go right to the ol’ tongue removal/assassination call. We shall try to keep this in mind the next time someone tries to make an equivalence between Americans for Responsible Television and Shumukh al-Islam. Terry Rakolta is a piker compared to the likes of Zachary Chesser (aka Abu Talhah al-Amrikee). (We’re pretty sure Rakolta never published Ron Leavitt’s home address and urged people to “pay him a visit.”)