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“[A]fter all, it’s one thing to mock Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Catholics, Evangelicals, blacks, gays, whites, Mexicans, Asians, Canadians, Frenchmen, people with birth defects, women, transsexuals, Democrats, Republicans, lawyers, cops, cows, people with red hair and freckles, goths, the handicapped and fat kids. But satirizing Scientology–that’s just intolerant!”
James Taranto, editor of OpinionJournal.com, commenting on Scientologist Isaac Hayes, the voice of South Park’s “Chef” who has quit the show over an episode that mocks Scientology, saying “There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins.”