Little Green Footballs has a review from The Claremont Review of Books of The Palestinian Authority by Edward Said. This is the last book by the man who, in Charles' words, "did more to intellectualize and legitimize the Arab world’s hatred of the Western world than any other human being."
From the review by James Panero:
In November 1993, the New York Times Magazine featured a remarkably unprescient essay by Edward Said titled “The Phony Islamic Threat.” He charged the media, government bureaucrats, and Middle East experts with conjuring an Islamic bogeyman to demonize at home and abroad. Coming only a few months after the first attack on the World Trade Center, the piece dismissed all talk of an Islamist threat as a reflection of American prejudice and insecurity. Then, in the 1997 revised edition of his book Covering Islam, Said ridiculed “speculations about the latest conspiracy to blow up buildings, sabotage commercial airlines,” as inventions of racist Westerners.
Said never wised up. Read it all.
There's ignorance, there's stupidity, and then there is pretence of either or both as a form of deception.
Can't quite figure out which of the above Said is afflicted with, maybe it's a dose of all three.
I found it interesting to note that islamic pundits have called Said's writing 'racist.' Ironic, no?
Gary:
Don't ever forget the rather schizophrenic minds we're talking about.
They have no hesitation to engage in the most racist language and conduct with respect to identifiable groups they do not like, while, as you know, freely hurl allegatons or racism at those same people they themselves despise because of their own racism.
Waterdragon, how true that is! And there is so much of in both the US and Canada also... witness the DNC...
Hmmm. a typo or in my response to Gary
"freely hurl allegatons or racism at those same people they themselves despise because of their own racism."
allegatons = allegations
or = of
See today's FrontPageMag.com for Melanie Philips' excellent commentary on the British Muslims' umbrella org's response to yesterday's Holocaust memorial events and the general mood of things in the UK. Also interesting, at the same site, a piece on the religious left's response to the last major outbreak of fascism and antisemetism.
KJ: I do not wish to paint the entire left with a broad brush -- or the entire right. There are @ssholes and hypocrites on both sides of the spectrum and I'd be hard pressed to adjudge which side is worse. I still consider myself centre/left, aligned with Paul Berman rather than totally disgusted like Chris Hitchens. The left has to undergo more than a bit of self-examination about a thing or two. I won't comment on the right because I don't really have the same connection or knowledge.
What I would like is to see on this site is a lot less bickering about which Western political orientation is occupying the moral high ground and more sharing of information and insights. My own pet theory is that there is a fierce rivalry between the Saudis and Iranians and that's why so much money is being raised for jihad since the overthrow of the Shah. Not sure how this impacts jihaddism in the long run, but who knows that it may end up like the Hitler/Stalin pact where these two ugly entities focus on each other.
So he was a lier[Surprize]and named after the Prince of Wales[who supported hitler] and was homeless??
Just gets better and better and Better??
Part of the American Tribe
Squirrel Hunter
Spider Killer
God Bless the USA and her Fighting Forces and ALL who Fight with her give them Strength,Wisdom,Sight, and Courage to stay the course to Victory to Destroy ALL Islamic Terrorist and ALL who Support them Open the Worlds Eyes to their Threat give the World Courage to Stand Up and Fight Amen
"if you call a dogs tail a leg how many legs does he have"?......:-)
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