Of Course He Did

Geoff Goldblum has committed the cardinal sin of pointing out the obvious.

Jeff Goldblum has found himself the subject of a backlash after asking a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race if Islam is “anti-homosexuality” and “anti-woman”.

To normal people there is nothing uncontroversial about this. Islam is anti-homosexuality and it is anti-women. These are simple verifiable facts, but telling the truth in an age of universal deceit is not only a revolutionary act, it exposes the contradictions inherent in progressive politics.

Drag Race fans criticised Goldblum’s comments on social media, with some pointing out that Islam is far from the only religion to have discriminated against women and LGBT+ people.

Why is it that people cannot seem to avoid logical fallacies. This one is a tu quoque. Yes, of course other religions discriminate. So what? That’s not the point.

“Jeff Goldblum went on television to say Muslims are ‘anti-homosexuality and anti-woman’. It’s only the first day of Ramadan,” one fan tweeted.

This one is a non sequitur. I am rapidly coming to the realisation that the world is full of hard-of-thinking idiots and they are mostly progressives. Why should anyone give a flying fuck about Ramadan? And what does it have to do with the point?

“The WORST moment this week was Jeff Goldblum’s wildly unnecessary comment about homophobia and sexism in Islam,” another wote. “So many queens have worn Christian imagery and not once were they questioned about s**t like that. Jackie’s runway was powerful and she didn’t deserve that.”

Probably because in a Christian country the worst they will get is a shrug of disapproval, whereas in an Islamic theocracy, they could face arrest, imprisonment, flogging, execution? I just love that way these morons try to draw some sort of equivalence between Christian countries with their tolerance and Islamic ones with their regressive intolerance.

Author and poet Omar Sakr tweeted: “Jeff Goldblum felt the need to say ‘but isn’t Islam anti-gay and anti-woman’ to Jackie because she was wearing a stars-and-stripes hijab, as if America hasn’t been anti-gay and anti-woman from the outset, or killed and displaced millions of Muslims, including women and queers…”

They just can’t help themselves, can they? I am presuming this idiot is referring to various stupid wars. Well, yes, America shouldn’t have become involved, but it isn’t some sort of persecution of Muslims and it has nothing to do with their sex or sexuality – again, a non sequitur.

Journalist and writer Wajahat Ali said: “Jeff Goldblum’s question about Islam to the performer wearing hijab in #DragRace always makes me wonder what folks say about us Muslims behind our backs. This was him holding back & trying to be sensitive. He’s well-travelled, informed & he’s from “liberal Hollywood.” I wonder…”

The only reason they are saying it behind your backs is because of hate speech laws and idiocy about Islamophobia – which is a non existent mental illness.