Drawing a distinction

I don't draw very well, so even if I attempted to draw Muhammad, you wouldn't be able to tell what my drawing was trying to convey. More talented people can draw Muhammad, unless someone shoots them for trying. And as you likely know, someone did try to shoot some people in Texas who were engaged in a Draw Muhammad contest. It didn't end well for the shooters, either, as you likely heard.

Anyone who has studied the career of Pamela Geller understands that she's a provocateur. I don't pay much attention to her because I kinda got her point a long time ago and further inquiry isn't worth my time, or yours, most likely. I don't pay much attention to Dan Savage or Tom Tomorrow either. All of these individuals have their patrons and that's cool. Patrick "Patterico" Frey sums it up well:

There seems to be a debate between, on one hand, 1) the anti-Geller/Spencer/Wilders types, and on the other hand, 2) a group consisting of both a) pro-Geller/Spencer/Wilders types and b) people who worry about the effects on speech of fanatics claiming a heckler’s veto by virtue of killing anyone whose speech they don’t like.

You can put me firmly in the latter camp, and although I am more of a “2b” type of guy, it doesn’t really matter today whether I’m an “a” or a “b.” What matters is that I am a 2.

Being a 2 is the right way to approach the matter. Terrorism is more difficult in Texas than it is in Paris, too.