... And thank God for that. May He save us from the fate of Europe. Angry Muslims are snuffing the light of reason on the old continent,. Free speech and liberty are increasingly imperiled.
Now we have the Ground Zero mosque controversy. I like David Harsanyi's observation in his article, Why is it bigoted to criticize religion?
Unlike many other faiths, ideological Islam has a poor track record of compatibility with liberal ideals. Surely, that's worth a discussion in a free society. Or is it a case of intolerance to bring it up?
And he exposes the American left as a four-flushing, incoherent rabble stumbling towards dhimmitude. They rush to embrace all that is scorned and despised by normal Americans:
I don't recall anti-Mormon protesters being referred to as bigots for targeting religion; it appeared to be just the opposite, in fact.It is dark comedy when secular liberalism attempts to accommodate a chauvinistic and violent religion that hates free speech and has no concept of women's or gay rights.
I've not heard those who make generalizations about Catholicism referred to as bigots in Time magazine. Nor have I heard those who regularly disparage evangelicals called intolerant.
The inherently inconsistent routine goes something like this:
Misogynist obscurantist agitators swoop down out of the dark ages like a cloud of ravenous bats, infest a liberal democracy, and then use that democracy's freedoms to snuff its classical liberalism and all its inherent freedom's forever. Welcome to dhimmitude.
This puts a whole new twist on Voltaire:
I may not agree with your screaming hatred, your silencing of free speech and the beheading of infidels, but I will defend to my culture's death your right to hate and silence and behead...
Reminds me of an Onion Piece from 2003, ACLU Defends Nazi's Right to Burn Down ACLU Headquarters. Go read it. Laugh, and then cry because a 2003 parody has become reality just seven years later,