Random Musings on the State of Our World
One Step Forward and Five Steps Back...
We're definitely NOT in a "one step forward" phase, bur rather, we're at like FIVE steps back. And nothing exemplifies THAT like the attack on Salman Rushdie.
Back in the late 80s, Rushdie, an author who primarily writes in the Magical Realism Genre, puts out a book Khomeini dislikes, and so Khomeini calls for Rushdie's murder. He uses every tactic he can to amass public gatherings where he can incite the minions to take out Rushdie in the most painful manner possible.
Let's see...what else was happening in the late 80s? Homophobia was rampant. Anti choice types were trying to be louder than the pro choicers. We're fighting about "The Defense of Marriage Act." We claimed to be seeking peace, love, and happiness when in reality, hatred and divisiveness were all around us.
