By Selwyn Duke
In the wake of a Dutch citizen being arrested for wearing a cute, furry pig hat at an anti-Muslim-migration protest comes another example of politically correct law enforcement: a man in Florida facing life in prison for vandalizing a mosque, an act that included leaving a slab of bacon at the front door. Meanwhile, as Jihad Watch's Robert Spencer points out, "In Portland, Mohamed Mohamud attempted to commit jihad mass murder at a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. He got thirty years in prison, and his lawyers are claiming that sentence was draconian and should be reduced." Spencer continues, "This indicates yet again that Muslims in the U.S. are rapidly becoming a protected class, of whom authorities are particularly solicitous." Michael Wolfe, the Florida bacon bad boy, "deserves punishment. The punishment should fit the crime," he concludes.
For sure. And let's be clear on something: The crime here was vandalism and criminal mischief. Period. Full stop. End of discussion. I've long inveighed against "hate-crime" laws, which, serving to punish thought (at least within a certain context), are as un-American as legislation comes.
Of course, it's entirely possible Wolfe won't get the maximum sentence. But the very fact that you can face life in this country for vandalism and criminal mischief is yet another sign that we're becoming an Orwellian dystopia.
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