That there is a furor over this incident at all shows that there is no serious problem of genuine anti-Muslim bigotry (as opposed to honest analysis of the motivating ideology of Islamic jihad, which is routinely and falsely characterized as bigotry) in the United States. There is no real “Islamophobia,” so it has to be invented, and we get the shock horror of the “Islamophobic” coffee cup. This fragile snowflake Niquel Johnson cannot be faulted, however, for considering legal action. Given today’s political climate, Starbucks will likely be anxious to avoid any further appearance of “Islamophobia,” and will be ready with a big payout.

Meanwhile, the Islamic victimhood propagandist Haroon Moghul has missed a big opportunity here. Poor little Haroon so cowers in fear of “Islamophobic” coffee servers that his Starbucks name is not Haroon but “Dwayne.” If he had gone with his real name, he might have been able to tap into a victimhood bonanza if it was ever misspelled. On the other hand, ever since I read about the sad plight of “Dwayne,” my Starbucks name has been “Haroon.” Despite the “Islamophobia” that, we are constantly told, stalks our once-tolerant land, I’ve never had any trouble.

“A man in Islamic dress told a Starbucks employee his name was Aziz. She put ‘ISIS’ on the cup.” By Alex Horton and Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, August 30, 2019: