2/23/2005
In Defense of Phobias
Waiting for Dorothy says:
so really, this is a war against a really really extreme and perverted form of an otherwise harmless religion. it is against a violent cult. what does ethnic or racial background have to do with this? if you simply do a little research and figure out who these extremist religious leaders are and find out who they are preaching to and go after suspect terror cells masking as "religious groups" - doesn't that make more sense? why would racial profiling even work? have an answer to that, michelle malkin?Well, Emily2 there's a few things at work concerning Malkin:
- One wonders how deeply-held her views on such things as internment really are. The DC area is one of the most racially diverse areas that I've ever lived in. Not unlike Central Square, in fact. How come she lives here? Why not relocate to Limbaughland? It could be that she just likes the talking-head life style, and Defense of Internment was her hook into that clique.
- Her target audience feeds on Xenophobia, Homophobia, Francophobia, Anuptaphobia, Melophobia, and pretty much everything else that ends in obia. I'm sure she understands that giving a righteous voice to these diseases bookmarks her spot on talking-head shows.
- You describe terrorism as a cult. I agree. Or, at least it's organization and anti-social tendencies look and feel just like a cult. One of the movements that concerns me is the rise of pseudo-Christian white-power movement cults. These, combined with the lone wacko's like John Salvi or Chris McVay (who may have had an organization in back of him) are cause for serious concern. When are we going to start interning the likes of these folks?
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