The Berkeley Intifada
Here’s a great piece by Michael J. Totten, on a frequent LGF theme—the importation of intifada-flavored Jew-hatred to the campuses of America: The Berkeley Intifada?
I could be wrong. Maybe the double standard isn’t racist at all. Maybe it’s all about fear. For the politically correct activist, nothing is worse than being denounced as a racist. Who would want to suffer the Daniel Pipes treatment? Criticize Muslim anti-Semitism and your comrades just might lump you in with the Klan. Maybe the PC brigade is afraid — literally — of itself.
If skinheads or neo-Nazis were behind the spasms of anti-Semitism we all know there would be huge demonstrations and community action to neutralize and expunge it. Whenever the Klan plans rallies anywhere they face enormous counter-protests. But since the new anti-Semitism is imported from another part of the world, too many people feel queasy about taking a stand against immigrants.
I understand. I feel awkward myself lecturing immigrants from the third world. But I wouldn’t think twice about giving a European skinhead a good shove in the chest. If I moved to another country I would hope to be given a break while I adjusted. No one can instantly adapt to a new culture. If you want to give immigrants a pass on some things, good for you. But if an exchange student from, say, Egypt scrawls “Die, Juden” next to a swastika on a wall, come on, it’s time to get over it.
Political Correctness is finished. What started out as intolerance of hate has become hatred’s enabler. It fails to live up to its own standard and can’t possibly become more absurd than it already is. It slid all the way down the slippery slope and annihilated itself.