The Tipping Point

Is modern liberalism dependent on victimhood? Well, consider that the Guardian has now started running tearful articles on the discrimination Muslims could face, if the government were to introduce profiling.

Coming soon: how right wing necromancy could lead to your kids being eaten by zombies!

Hey, if our hypothetical doctor really is an 'Islamic moderate' whose country is being torn apart by terrorist lunatics, wouldn't he be onboard with just about any measures to clamp down on Islamic terrorists? After all, Miami Cubans aren't known for the deep love and affection for communism.

But we don't profile: that would be uncivilised. Instead, we have compulsory nudie scanners. Hey, I admit I haven't checked up on our ever-expanding Human Rights Act in the last 48 hours or so, but I'm thinking that if a demand you get your virtual tackle out before flying doesn't contravene your human rights, they aren't worth having.

Oh yeah.... profiling isn't 100% reliable. Meanwhile, the panty bomber buys a one-way ticket with cash while on a 'no-fly' list, but this doesn't say anything about the efficacy of non-profiling methods - and neither does the fact he used a liquid explosive that doesn't show up on scanners anyway.

Folks, I think we're reaching a tipping point. Liberals always love the pose of Olympian detachment, coolly deciding between various competing claims, but that dog won't hunt anymore.

Leaving aside drivel about lack of efficacy - despite 100% of Islamic terrorists being found to be Islamic - the case against profiling always was that it was better to slightly inconvenience everyone than to make people who exactly match the profile of the last hundred or so people to commit acts of terrorism onboard airliners feel slightly uncomfortable by asking them more questions than an 88 year old Jamaican grandmother would face. So now we have a system where your teenage daughter will be required to go through the nudie scanner four or five times in front of drooling imbeciles while the guy with 16 South Yememese stamps in his passports gets waved through because we don't want to make him feel uncomfortable.

Quote of the Century

Crivens! The MSM are shocked - shocked! - to find out that Islamofascists aren't down with the PC:

[EVAN] KOHLMANN: I think a better question is is that, is Zawahiri here taking a very dangerous step? Because, you know, Al-Qaeda itself has had problems with racism and bigotry within the ranks, and it was only about a decade and a half ago that Al-Qaeda was paying different salaries to its Arab members and its black African members. And the person administering that financial scheme, that payment scheme, is now the number three in charge of Al-Qaeda. He wasn't demoted, he wasn't punished for this, he was promoted. So I think the question is, is Al-Qaeda really in a position to be, you know, spouting off about the evils of racism when clearly they have as much problem with it as anybody else.

Yes, murder and mayhem is one thing, but discriminatory hiring practices? That's going just too far!

UPDATE:

Link Fixed!

Well, It Worked So Well In Schools, Right?

Liberalism: even screwing up the Beautiful game.

It's not just the 'all must have prizes' thing though. Yes, the FA is right, the behaviour of some parents and coaches is terrible, but the answer is surely to give them - and even their clubs - the old heave ho'. In so far as this new policy punishes everyone while leaving the lunatic fringe barely affected, it might just be the perfect example of liberalism in action.

They're Not 'Anti-Dog', Just 'Anti-Kennel'

Gotcha!

See, this is the problem the left has. I'm sure the Liberal Islamofascist Excusing Squad is even now working on some absurd rationalisations, claiming that these remarks have been taken out of context and it's all a right-wing myth anyway, but it's all too late. Whenever people get to hear Muslims explain their ideology directly - as opposed to white liberals telling us what Muslims would say - the first thought that crosses their mind is this: these people are crazy!

True, you'd think the rantings about world domination, genocide and slavery would be something of a giveway, but this is an unserious era, and so even the most straightforward statements of Islamic toltalitarianism can usually be brushed off as mere rhetorical flourishes. That's not an option the apologists have here.

This issue really is as simple as it sounds. Islam hates dogs. Or, to put it another way, if you're arguing that we have to respect the Islamopaths ideology, you're arguing that a pathological hatred of cute puppies is perfectly reasonable.And no, you can't blame it all on Israel.

At Last! Terrorists We Can Hate

Not that we will, of course. After all, liberals keep telling us that the anti-jihad movement is just a cover for The Racism, so I guess we'll give these guys a pass, right ? But wait....

I've just checked: apparently, it's the totalitarian ideology that's the problem, so I guess we can hate them after all. Still that sets me thinking: now liberals are faced with terrorists who can't blame it all on colonialism/slavery/The Racism, I'm sure we can rely on the left to pitch in, right ?