February 19, 2007

On Mark Styen, Racism, and Iraq vs. Vietnam

Glenn Reynolds:

Back in the Vietnam days we heard a lot of accusations of genocide hurled at war supporters -- but it was when the war opponents got their wish that the mass murder began, and they were very quiet (or, in some cases, actually defensive of the Khmer Rouge) once it happened.

Read the whole thing.

How people can read America Alone, BTW, as advocating genocide is beyond me. There were moments when I felt Steyn overstated his case, but he isn't a racist: he's deeply concerned about the very real threat of Islamofascism, and how demographic trends will exacerbate that threat in coming years.

Of course, Steyn is defending himself ably, remarking that

I appreciate Andrew Sullivan’s need to make a living and I regret that, alas, there don’t seem to be as many takers for his “conservatism of doubt” as his publishers evidently thought. But if he really feels the need to embroil me in a piffling pseudo-scandal I’d appreciate it if next time he could just finger me as the father of Anna Nicole’s baby and leave it at that.

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1 The chief danger of a rising Muslim majority in Europe will become apparent long before they actually become a majority. One or more political parties will decide that the Muslim swing vote is worth getting, even at risk of sacrificing their own country's future. Think about it: To curry favor with the Muslim vote, how many European political parties will allow their countries to become havens for terrorists? Why do I get the feeling that this has already happened?

Posted by: John at February 20, 2007 06:59 PM (Hbtrx)

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