It takes an Australian to be sufficiently distant to view the situation objectively: John Wilkins has an excellent assessment of the state of the Mirecki mess.

And of course, David Neiwert weighs in. He also zeroes in on what is really the most evil comment in this whole situation, the most un-American, un-patriotic, most indefensible and most offensive argument made by any participant in this whole charade…and it wasn't said by Mirecki. It was by Republican state Senator Karin Brownlee.

We have to set a standard that it’s not culturally acceptable to mock Christianity in America.

Everyone who was so upset at Mirecki's rhetorical comment that teaching ID as mythology would be a slap in the face to the fundies…how many of you have put half as much energy into damning the threat to free speech and the palpable theocratic oppressiveness of that particular statement, hmmm? Do you think we'll see Brownlee hounded by the public, harrassed and shamed, abandoned by her colleagues, and resigning from her position sometime in the near future?

I encourage everyone to mock Christianity freely. You can mock atheism, too, if you want. Just don't lose sight of the real problem here: it's not Mirecki, it's the self-satisfied, blinkered mob that worships their brand of ignorance as sacrosanct, and will defend it with public attacks and oppression.