re: #286 The Sanity Inspector

Back somewhat on thread for a moment: I reject the appellation “Islamophobia”. The jihadists have their reasons for making war without end on the West, and it isn’t because we haven’t been kissing their @sses smoochily enough over the decades. The enemy has his reasons. But, they are his reasons, not ours. And they do constitute a real threat to the West.

People who criticize radical Islam don’t deserve the label “Islamophobia,” I agree.

But there really are people who are insanely paranoid and full of hatred for Muslims, and those people … well, I won’t defend them against being labeled “Islamophobic,” even though the term was invented to smear all critics of radical Islam. Some people DO deserve the label.