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Home Front: Culture Wars
A Tool to Fight Islamofacism – The Nazi Similarities
2005-12-12
I have been working on how to convincingly argue against jihadist Islam's rise with the less informed people around me. Islamist terrorism represents such a virulent threat to our world’s stability that I have resolved to devise a tool whereby moral relativism and multiculturalism can be put paid. The single most persuasive feature whereby Islamism can be isolated as the pathological meme it is manifests in showing the immense commonality shared by it and Nazism.

I invite all Rantburgers to participate in this assessment. There is a wealth of historical and political expertise residing here that can very ably assist in proving or disproving this idea, and I’d really enjoy developing such a concept if it is of worth. What follows are a dozen of the principal similarities and shared beliefs that I find these two murderous ideologies have in common:

Foremost among them is the pursuit of genocide, no other single feature should overshadow the menace connoted by this filthy goal.

1) The way Islamists seek to recreate Hitler’s “final solution” and routinely speak of “finishing the job” begun by the Nazis as reflected in connections between Adolph Hitler, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin el-Husseini and his nephew, Yasser Arafat. This vile goal and its complement, Holocaust Denial, represent a central feature of these evil ideologies.

2) To this day, Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” remains among one of the best-selling books in the Middle East.

3) Restoration of lost glory with respect to the Caliphate or the reconstruction of post-WWI Germany’s Reich both represent similar goals whose attainment would mean death on a massive scale for the globe’s population.

4) Assigning blame to the Jews for lack of success is used as a misdirection and scapegoat with regard to the actual faults of poor leadership or failed military adventurism.

5) Cultural purity as a dominant theme of philosophical chauvinism to elevate existing ideology above any possible dissent or questioning as personified by German “Ìbermensch” or Islamic jihadist mentality.

6) The tacit approval shown by both moderate Muslims and WWII Germans for absolutism and the atrocities committed in its name despite any infrequent outward condemnation made by either of them.

7) The impossibility of negotiating with Nazis or Islamists due to their ideological mandates and pursuit of global dominance.

8) An absolute prohibition of apostasy under penalty of death.

9) The use of atrocities and crimes against humanity as legitimate tools of war.

10) Commingling religious tenets and fascist doctrine with the intent of disguising political ideology as theistic creed.

11) The imperative aspect of totally eliminating such a dire threat to world peace.

12) The totally unacceptable nature of appeasing or coexisting with such a dangerous mindset.


If those who are interested would please condense, clarify or correct any of the above points, I’d be grateful. I seek to establish an undeniable construct whereby average people can both recognize the threat posed by Islamism and argue against it with their fellow citizen. Unfortunately, the collective memory of WWII is fading rapidly from global consciousness but remembrance of the Holocaust itself is just strong enough to remain in service of this cause.

If the tide of Islamist fascism is to be stemmed, we will need to develop tools like the one I am mentioning here. I make no claim of having invented this notion, but seek to solidify it such that ordinary people can gain a better understanding of the threat posed and share it more clearly with others around them.
Posted by:Zenster

#6  I have been working on how to convincingly argue against jihadist Islam's rise with the less informed people around me.

Let Muzzies argue for you.
Posted by: gromgoru   2005-12-12 23:54  

#5  I picture an alternative history, after reading this. Sorry Zen, lol...

Hitler came a generation too soon - for his "cause", anyway. Imagine him coming of age in the late 50's with his hatreds still intact... not burning hatred for the Treaty of Versailles, but for Jooos and mongrels, such as melting-pot Americans. The Germans not pacifists, but still the same fiercely proud imperialists. The Muzzies beginning to rise on oil wealth, Wahhabists at the helm. Natural allies, Nazis and Islam. A very different world equation.
Posted by: .com   2005-12-12 23:11  

#4  Which only goes to prove what I was saying about how, "the collective memory of WWII is fading rapidly from global consciousness".

All that will be left, is history the way they teach it in Japan:

Mumble, mumble, ... bunch of stuff happened ... mumble, ... AND THEN THE AMERICANS NUKED US!!
Posted by: DMFD   2005-12-12 21:42  

#3  Won't matter; everyone knows Bush is the real Hitler.

Which only goes to prove what I was saying about how, "the collective memory of WWII is fading rapidly from global consciousness".
Posted by: Zenster   2005-12-12 17:10  

#2  Robert is right. Read here
Posted by: Secret Master   2005-12-12 14:52  

#1  Won't matter; everyone knows Bush is the real Hitler.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-12-12 14:16  

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