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2006-12-01 Home Front: WoT

Why is the press so in love with Islamofascists?

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Posted by Mike 2006-12-01 14:36|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The US destroyed the Left's dream, which was communism. For that it must pay. Whoever resists the US, no matter how loathsome they might be, is their hero. Standing up to the country that defeated the holy grail of the Left washes away all possible sins. Even when the jihadis have burnt their homes and bent them over in order to cut their throats like a hog to the slaughter the Left will heap praise on them, because they were the ones who exacted the final revenge. Never destroy an intellectual's dream: he'll never, ever forgive you for it.

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2006-12-01 15:19|| 2006-12-01 15:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Modern Leftists recognize Western civilization, with its industrialization, consumerism, alienation, racism and inequality as a sort of original sin. By romanticizing non-Western cultures, the Left fantisizes of a world of "sustainable" interconnectedness where all haved their needs met and no one is sad or lonely. They rarely ask themselves why millions from the more "authentic" places risk so much to go westward while so few Westerners go the other way.

The utopian impulse obscures the reality that if you allow people freedom you might not like all the results. Therefore, freedom is less important than achieving an idyllic neverland of universal well being. The Left conceives of every culture outside the West as tending toward such lofty goals if only the old imperialism would get out of the way.

Posted by Baba Tutu 2006-12-01 16:43|| 2006-12-01 16:43|| Front Page Top

#3 See The Intellectual Origins Of America-Bashing by Lee Harris.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-01 23:53|| 2006-12-01 23:53|| Front Page Top

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