Italian minister puts Mohammad cartoon on T-shirts
Flying in the face of Eurabian political correctness and diversity, an Italian government minister is using the Mohammedan cartoon controversy to make a sharp point to the Islamofascist-minded abd their ilk, showing that onions can still be a part of the Italian political kitchen.
Italy’s Reform Minister Roberto Calderoli has had T-shirts made emblazoned with cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a move that could embarrass Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s government. Calderoli, a member of the anti-immigrant Northern League party, told Ansa news agency on Tuesday that the West had to stand up against Islamist extremists and offered to hand out T-shirts to anyone who wanted them.
(Side question: “Reform Minister”? They have a cabinet minister concerned specifically with reform? Somehow the concept seems somewhat oxymoronic to the Chief.)
It gets even better:
He said the T-shirts were not meant to be a provocation but added that he saw no point trying to appease extremists. “We have to put an end to this story that we can talk to these people. They only want to humiliate people. Full stop. And what are we becoming? The civilization of melted butter?” Calderoli said.
The Northern League, which is gearing up for an April general election, has leapt on the controversy to promote its own far-right political agenda. The League has long led the charge against illegal immigration and its leaders say the cartoon violence shows the dangers of allowing Muslim immigrants to settle in Italy. “This is only the tip of the iceberg of the religious war Islamist extremists have declared on us,” Calderoli told reporters earlier this month.
Nothing like calling a spade a spade!
The Chief has to admit that he likes this “Northern League” party. I have followed them for a number of years, and the chief (possible pun alert!) problem noted is that they regularly get charged with being a retreaded version of the old Fascisti – but then so are Dubya and the GOP over here, so who cares what the moonbats say anyway!