Socially Acceptable

Well, at least now we know what the president of the University of Pennsylvania considers appropriate attire at her annual Halloween bash. It will be a relief for those people who have been hiding those costumes they thought might not be quite right socially.

University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann threw her annual Halloween costume party at her home Tuesday night. Among the guests was Saad Saadi, who came dressed as a suicide bomber, complete with plastic dynamite strapped to his chest and a toy automatic rifle. Worse, Gutmann posed with Saadi!

An obvious question: would Gutmann have posed with a guest–or even allowed him into her house–if he'd dressed as Adolf Hitler or a Nazi SS officer? A KKK member?

But in modern liberal circles, posing as a Palestinian suicide bomber (see his kefiya) is just fine. After all, he mainly tries to kill innocent Jews.

And the mock executions are just perfect to set the right tone for a major American university. So next year, all you would-be wearers of what you thought might be an unacceptable costume know where you can go! Straight to the home of your favorite enabler, Amy Gutmann. Oh, but I wouldn't show up dressed as an orthodox Jew. Or as a Christian.

That just would not do.

UPDATE: Others: Done With Mirrors, Flopping Aces, Instapundit, Powerline, Riehl World View, Hugh Hewitt,

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