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May 9, 2005
Kingdom of Crapola
Posted by Dave Blount at May 9, 2005 7:20 AM
When I heard that CAIR had endorsed Kingdom of Heaven, I decided not to waste my time and money on it, because if I wanted to watch the sort of warped anti-Western propaganda that would earn a terrorist front group's approval, I would just tune in to CNN. But to judge by Debbie Schlussel's review, the movie is even more of an abomination than I had imagined.
Here's her "Cliff Notes version":
Christian Crusaders are crass, violent murderers. They lie, sleep around with multiple women, and father multiple illegitimate, abandoned children. They are stupid, foolish, power-hungry, and vengeful. They are boors warring for land, not principles, and kill fellow Christians—even priests—over nothing.
Muslims, especially Saladin, are honorable, devout, decent, peaceful people. They just want to be left alone and only attack when attacked upon. They are wise, honest, kind, generous, and even offer Christians safe passage.
"To kill an infidel is not murder," one of the characters proclaims. "It's the path to Heaven." Fine, I've heard that before. But in the Kingdom of Heaven, it's a Christian who says it.
With Islamofascist terrorists trying to spin our democratization efforts in the Middle East as a resumption of the Crusades, putting out a movie like this at this point in time is unhelpful, to put it mildly. How would audiences have reacted if Hollywood had put out pro-Nazi propaganda during World War II? But these days it seems the elitist kooks in Tinseltown are confident they can get away with anything.
You may need to see Kingdom of Heaven for yourself. But do yourself a favor: read the whole review first.
