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Diana West in the Washington Times notes that people are getting fed up with politically correct dhimmitude:
But getting back to the best thing that's happened of late: Maybe all the side-stepping euphemisms, from struggle to fatwa, don't matter as much any more. Elites on the left and the right, in the government and in the media, can persist in their PC babble, all of which seems to translate to "Better Dead Than Rude" (slogan attributed to John Derbyshire). But maybe some people — the ones Ronald Reagan always trusted and Abraham Lincoln said you couldn't always fool — are starting to figure things out, and without the help of elites. There is intriguing anecdotal evidence that non-pol, non-pundit citizens are looking for the kind of debate that is beyond the ken of the most prominent officials and journalists.I say this in light of two very separate incidents — and, more specifically, the reaction to them.
First, "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)" by Robert Spencer went on sale at Amazon.com. In advance of a publicity campaign, advertising, interviews or reviews, the book climbed as high as #14 this week on Amazon's sales list. This is significant, not just as a publishing story of a book that made an initial splash before anyone could give it a push. As an entry in Regnery's PIG series (Politically Incorrect Guides), Mr. Spencer's book arrives in the marketplace with an identity, if not an attitude: The reader knows he is going to get the story as it is never told in the mainstream culture. Mr. Spencer, on whose expert analysis at www.jihadwatch.org I have come to rely, seems to have provided a book people are hungry for -— a book that explains, as the president and all his men (and Condi) cannot, why it is that the sharia-spreaders and the murder-bombers and, as Oriana Fallaci vividly labels them, "the head-choppers" do it all for "the religion of peace."
The second incident involves not the appearance of a book, but rather the disappearance of a voice. Last week, WMAL's Michael Graham got his microphone yanked for daring to notice, mention and ponder the links between Islam and terrorism on the air. In an outrage against the First Amendment, the ABC affiliate, directed by its parent company Disney, suspended Mr. Graham without pay for exercising not only his freedom of speech, but also his faculties of logic. Why did WMAL do this? Because CAIR — a Hamas-linked organization with, as Daniel Pipes recently pointed out, "five current or former ... affiliates arrested, convicted or deported on terrorism-related charges" (DanielPipes.org) — put pressure on the station to do so.
The reaction? As of the Saturday morning after the Thursday night Mr. Graham was fired, he took to his blog to thank listeners for the 10,000 emails or so that he estimated had been sent to the station on his behalf. By Tuesday, he was begging people to stop: "The volume of calls and emails is hurting the ability of some very good people to do their jobs, and trust me — your message has been received."
That message was sent because people want facts — hard, non-PC, and vital to their understanding of what we're really up against.
Posted by Robert at August 5, 2005 6:08 AM
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PEOPLE POWER. time and time again, the great unwashed masses have, throughout history, turned the elites on their heads.
reminds me of a remark an uncle of mine made. he was online, flapping his jaw(virtually) in some chatroom, and made a remark about how sick he was of PCness. his remark unleashed a flood of comments from others agreeing with him. he was stunned at the energy he had tapped into.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way, as the saying goes. we can be assured that even if the politicos don't have the vision of the common people, they sure as hell know when the next election is. they are public SERVANTS, if we make sure they hear us, they will SERVE, rest assured. maybe thats the key, if they only care about the power and glory they get from a career in politics, then that's the carrot we dangle, and threaten to feed to someone else who will better address our concerns.
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at August 5, 2005 7:51 AM
t-ham:
Did the counterPC revolution perhaps begin when Charles Dickens had Mr. Bumble pronounce the law to be "...an ass, an idiot"?
Don't get me wrong. I'm a law clerk and come from a family with many lawyers, including a former dean of law at a major Canadian university who now sits as an appellate court judge in Ontario.
But it is just amazing to see what kind of totally counterintuitive things ostensibly intelligent people can reason their way into, without delving into the realm of religious beliefs.
Posted by: waterdragon52 at August 5, 2005 9:37 AM
If we forget people who are "politically correct"
in order to help their own personal goals
and for sure they are many,
for the others,
being "politically correct" means nothing but
lying in order to fight for what one thinks is a
"good" vision of the world.
But this notion of "good" is based on lie:
false assumptions :
"all religions are equal"
wrong principles:
"in their countries they do what they want but
in our countries they do what they want"
"we have to respect them even if they don't respect us"
confusion of concepts :
"religion" vs "tradition"
distortions of facts:
"ignoring who started the agression and,
after a victim reaction,
presenting the aggressor as the victim"
ignoring fundamental facts:
"the systematic long term destruction
of the religious and cultural diversity"
attachment to symbolic facts which have no meaning
for people everyday life:
( this is the main weapon of the "human rights" evils )
"they freed this AP journalist"
and ignoring the facts that count:
"if you dare changing religion they'll kill you"
Pointing to any meaningless progress as a great sign of freedom:
"women can drive"
avoiding the right questions:
"what is their goal ?"
... mental confusion.
So, if you really think about it,
how is "politically correct" different from takeya.
This is the Truth:
there is strictly NO difference between "political correctness" and and takeya.
If you think otherwise show me the difference.
Lying is evil.
Removing mental confusion is the duty of the true believer.
Ila
Posted by: ila at August 5, 2005 9:52 AM
ila,
"So, if you really think about it,
how is "politically correct" different from takeya."
I think you mean "Tadyia"
But a great observation anyway.
That's why those PC types get on so well with the Tadyia types.
at August 5, 2005 10:49 AM
Over the past weeks I have noticed that there has been a ramping up of dialogue that shows the message has been getting through that Islam is not what it pretends to be.
The bombing in the UK has been a major contributer to this new awakening when it comes to the jihadist tenets of the Quran.
The fatwa issued by moderate muslims in the US and Canada though as lame as it was, has come to late to stem the growth of knowledge that the non muslim world has began to reach out for so they can see for themselves what drives this totalitarian Ideology.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is getting tough on islamic hate preachers and President Bush's dialogue appears to be reflecting a little more understanding on the way islam operates.
At some point, strong and responcible leaders are going to have push the PC crowd aside in favor of defending are free and democratic societies as the evidence begins to mount that this kind of dhimmitude plays into the hands of these islamists . We need to see more Brits confronting the likes of George Galloway and any other kind of his ilk.
A great deal of interest is also being reflected in Robert Spencer's new book " The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam" which appears possibly headed for the top 10 as more and more concerned peoples concerns are beginning to peak in trying to understand what drives this fascist ideology.
Tommorrow the world will be reminded of the 60th anniversary of the dropping of a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima,Japan, and then 3 days later another one on Nagasaki and 3 days later the Japanese surrendered.
Let's hope that there is some rational wiggle room in dealing with the rabid and irrational Islamist Ideology that it is putting so many innocent people at risk dailey throught out the world.
And let's hope that the option that was available to President Truman on August 6th never developes and that wiser and cooler heads come together no matter how fervent their Ideologies are.
at August 5, 2005 5:48 PM
WMAL's Michael Graham got his microphone yanked for daring to notice, mention and ponder the links between Islam and terrorism on the air. In an outrage against the First Amendment, the ABC affiliate, directed by its parent company Disney, suspended Mr. Graham without pay
Should Disney be awarded the "Dhimmi of the Week Award"?
Posted by: Loxias at August 6, 2005 3:30 AM
Disney depends on finance from Saudi prince Al Waleed, the same Wahabi who tried to buy Giuliani off with 10 million bucks, if he would only address the 'root-cause' of terror, right after 9/11.
Rudi refused to take the money.
He should have broken his nose for the insult.
Al Waleed 'calls' the networks, especially when they report stuff that is un-Islamic or don't help the cause.
Michael Graham was right. He exercised his right of free speech under the first amendment.
Now it is a matter for the courts.
Or it will be settled out of court.
(Money talks, sometimes Arabic...)
Posted by: Terminator at August 7, 2005 8:57 AM
This is a good sign...
Posted by: JadeDragoness at August 7, 2005 3:15 PM
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