Leftist/Jihadist Alliance Update: “LoonWatch Explores the Underworld of Anti-Muslim Blogging,” by Devon Moore at the Daily Kos, August 24:
The anti-Muslim blogosphere is a cesspool of some of the most vile hatred and misinformation on the internet.
It is not “hate” to report accurately on how Islamic jihadists use Islamic texts and teachings to justify violence against non-Muslims. Nor is it “anti-Muslim” to do so. If the Kos gang is interested in actual “hate,” they should write about those who kill unbelievers and oppress women in the name of Sharia. It is not “hate” to defend the equality of rights of women with men, freedom of speech, and other rights that are denied under Sharia.
The anti-Muslims cover a wide spectrum though most can be found slithering in the Right-Wing. They range from academics such as Daniel Pipes, self-declared scholars like Robert Spencer and his JihadWatch, to open racists such as…. Pamela Geller and the blog Gates of Vienna.
“Open racists”? When the Left can’t argue (which is most of the time), they smear and lie. Geller is a freedom fighters, a warrior for human rights. Only to a Leftist would that be “racist.” She is not an open racist or closet racist or any kind of racist.
It should be noted that the anti-Muslim blogosphere is not a monolith, they come from various, mostly conservative backgrounds but are only united by a hatred of Islam and Muslims. So it is no surprise that this bloc has in the past turned on one another. The most glaring feud being the one between Charles Johnson (Little Green Footballs) and JihadWatch’s Robert Spencer; a feud that broke out over whether or not the anti-Muslims should join forces with European neo-fascists.
Just for the record, the “feud” did not break out over “whether or not the anti-Muslims should join forces with European neo-fascists.” It broke out over a couple of weblinks. No one was or is saying that anti-jihadists (which is not the same thing as “anti-Muslims”) should join forces with European neo-fascists. The question was whether one could find wanting Johnson’s “proof” that certain groups were actually neo-fascist without in turn being defamed as a neo-fascist and racist by Johnson. The answer turned out to be no. But the issue here was never whether anyone should ally with genuine European neo-fascists. Of course no one should.
Various websites have taken up the task of chronicling the exploits and breaking down the hate of the anti-Muslim blogosphere. There is Islamophobia-Watch, Islamophobia.org, and a few others though none seem to be as organized, or updated as their opponents. However, LoonWatch, a site that I have been following since I learned about it over 3 months ago and which I have featured as an editor of the Islam page on Topix is one site that gives the anti-Muslims a run for their money.
For one, they aren’t defensive, instead they satirize and poke fun at the lunacy that is Islamophobia such as: blaming every negative piece of news from the Middle East on Islam, calls for nuking Mekka, the stereotypes of the subjugation of covered women, evil Muslim cells lurking around the corner, leftists colluding with Muslim terrorists, etc.
They “satirize and poke fun.” In other words, they can’t answer the arguments presented (not that I do the things enumerated above in the first place). It’s straight out of the Left’s playbook. As Alinsky put it in Rules for Radicals, “RULE 5: ‘Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.’ There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.”
Sorry, no concessions from me.
UPDATE: Infidels Are Cool weighs in.