You're a racist. I'm a racist. He's a racist. She's a racist. Wouldn’t you like to be a racist too?
Robert Laurie , Bio and Archives--August 27, 2014
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Robin Williams made an impromptu hijab out of a scarf and said "Welcome to Iran ...Help me."
That was enough, as The Independent reports, to fire up the politically correct leftist drones on Twitter. They were angry, offended, and frustrated that the Emmys would select such racist material to include in Williams' tribute.
Here are a few examples, screencapped in case they're deleted by the original posters:
There are many, many, more examples out there but you get the gist. Robin Williams is a retroactive racist for a harmless joke involving a hijab that is, obviously, not racist.
Now, I understand that the troglodytic progressives out there may not understand exactly why this isn't racist, so I'll do something I hate to do. I'll explain the joke.
First of all, it's not "racist" because religion and race are two different things. If you're pathetic enough to be offended by Williams' joke, you're offended because you think it's "bigoted" not racist. Please try and keep the reasons for your phony outrage straight.
Second, and more importantly, it's actually not "racist" or "bigoted" because he's not making fun of Muslims. He's making fun of Iran. Iran, as you may have heard is a monstrous country where women are treated like dirt. The joke is that the woman needs help because she's unfortunate enough to live in a horrible place, run by horrible people.
I know the explanation won't matter to the enlightened left, because they willfully "don't get it." The "racist" battlecry is part of the liberal mindset, and they wouldn't want reality to intrude upon it. These days, every one of us is a racist. It doesn't matter who you are, what you do, or how you do it. You're a big, fat, ugly, racist pig. Nothing can be allowed to puncture that narrative.
Not even Robin Williams.
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