Giving Islamists the Rope to Hang Us

Published January 23, 2013 | By Iowadawg

Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is the tale of a vain emperor seeking only the finest of clothes. Two tailor “con artists” promise to make him such clothes, visible to all but those “unfit for their positions, stupid or incompetent.”

When fitted, no one dares tell the emperor the clothes are invisible for fear of being labeled unfit. The emperor — to the shock of his subjects — eventually parades before them in the “buff.” Only after a young child shouts out the emperor is naked do the townsfolk join in.

But vanity prevails as the emperor parades on.

The morale of the story is pride goeth before the fall. But certain character flaws, such as vanity, can blind one to reality — a flaw further susceptible to manipulation when a silent majority fears voicing its concerns.

The United States suffers from a character flaw — “political correctness.” PC silences the majority, for fear speaking out will trigger the “-ist” label — as a racist, sexist, supremacist, etc. PC proves so intimidating, it imposes a “chilling effect” upon justified criticism. It can blind one to reality, or induces one not to speak out, sometimes conveying an unintended negative message.

The Koran makes clear Islam’s believers are superior to non-believers. Non-Muslims — due to this inferior status — are, therefore, not entitled to the same human rights attaching to believers. Interestingly, this wasn’t always so.

In 1948, all existing member states of the United Nations, except Saudi Arabia, agreed to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — proclaiming human rights “universal” to all humanity.

In 1981, led by Iran, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation reneged on the agreement. The OIC took the “universal” out of UDHR by limiting human rights only to those entitled under Shariah law.

Islamic law lays out a clear human rights “pecking order” — i.e., Muslim men and then, to a much lesser degree, Muslim women. But, for non-Muslims, there simply is no entitlement under Shariah.

Read all of this at Accuracy in Media. Again as I always say, do go there and read everything you can or want.

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The Swedish political Right has increasingly managed to recapture the support of a large segment of the chattering classes. There may be lessons for the United States.

Read this HERE.

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Salon writer Mary Elizabeth Williams: “So what if abortion ends a life?”

Life News

A new article from a writer at the liberal online publication Salon is one of the most extreme pro-abortion diatribes ever written. It is so in-your-face that it is already sending shockwaves through the Internet just hours after its publication.

The content of the article, some of which is excerpted below, needs no words to show how shocking the content is from Mary Elizabeth Williams, who starts her piece saying, “So what if abortion ends a life?”

“I believe that life starts at conception. And it’s never stopped me from being pro-choice,” she writes.

Found at Capitalist Preservation.

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Liberal Professor Blames Mass Murder on “White Privilege”

Imagine, if you will, that you are a liberal regressive, and want to keep your client classes on the government plantation. You don’t want them to become independent, as they would then no longer need you. If they don’t need you, you can’t control them, you can’t manipulate them, and they won’t vote for you or the candidate of your choice. Your adversary is then Western Culture, and the idea that one can better themselves with work and that everyone has opportunity. To combat that, you need to negate those ideas, and tell your client classes that no matter what they do, they cannot succeed. So, you create an non-existent construct that negates the narrative of self sufficiency. A perfect example of such a construct is the fallacy of “White Privilege.” This intellectual poison pill explains away failure, and kills initiative by suggesting the all of society is built exclusively for white people, and people of other races cannot succeed. To combat this mythical issue, whites must be systematically discriminated against, and be blamed for every single problem that exists in society. It’s the perfect liberal boogie man. You get to keep your people in intellectual chains, while keeping pressure and hate focused on those that live in reality. When liberal policies decimate minorities, it’s “White Privilege!” When union run regressive schools systematically undereducate, if educates at all, it’s really “White Privilege!” When welfare policies destroy families, leading to increased crime and poverty, it’s “White Privilege!”

And, while we’re at it, why not blame mass murder on “White Privilege?”

Robert Jensen, who is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin, also suggested race-based alienation is a motivating factor behind some parts of the conservative Tea Party movement.

“Why are the men who commit mass murder disproportionately white?” Jensen asked rhetorically. “My guess is that it has something to do with the sense of entitlement that most white people feel.”

“When the world doesn’t deliver what those men feel they deserve, violence is seen as a reasonable response,” continued Jensen.

OK, let’s take this apart. Frankly, it’s frightfully easy. First, let’s take a look at one of my favorite terms-”sense of entitlement.”

Read it all at the Sentry Journal.

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