Leave it to the creators of South Park, yet again, to cause a stir on the premise of the First Amendment. Comedy Central's blind censorship of their latest episode and their lack of any type of obvious masculine genitalia for giving in to terrorists making threats over the internet has caused a back-lash of great proportions. One political cartoonist has called for May 20th to be recognized as "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" in order to execute her right to free speech. While she concedes that she never planned for her plan to go viral, it has now taken a life of its own with many bloggers and cartoonists vowing to participate. View the story here.
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After Comedy Central cut a portion of a South Park episode following a death threat from a radical Muslim group, Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris wanted to counter the fear. She has declared May 20th "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day."
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