Those Unassimable Muslims!
Folks, the neocons are right -- there is just no way Muslims can integrate into any contemporary Western society:
Libertarians, My Libertarians!
Cruel to be kind means that I love you . Because, while I think you are mistaken, your hearts are in the right place -- yes, even you, Silas -- unlike some people . This Breitbart fellow (discussed in the link above), by all appearances, deliberately doctored a video of Shirley Sherrod to make her remarks appear virulently racist, when they had, in fact, the opposite import. I heard that at a recent Austrian conference, some folks were talking about "Callahan's conservative turn." While that description is not entirely inaccurate, I must say that a lot of these people who today call themselves conservative give me the heebie-jeebies.
"Sure, they're OK behind bars!"--A Neocon
ReplyDeleteIt's not just neocons who perceive Muslims to be unassimilable. My university has a very large population of Muslims, many of whom are very "American" despite their choice of headwear. One must consider the effect of Islam and the "Muslim" elders to understand in which direction political assimilation will tend toward.
ReplyDeleteMy general immigrant-related A-ha! moment came back in my bookstore days, when I realized that newcomers to our shores were flocking to the same crappy self-help books as the native-born.
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