Tag Archive 'Germany'

A perfect illustration of how the Left counterattacks

on Aug 27 2010 | Filed under: Free speech, Germany, Immigration, Islam, Leftist morality

The mosque debate in America has been instructive when it comes to Leftist rhetorical tactics.  Ordinary Americans make an argument — “the mosque is inappropriate on secular sacred ground.”  The Left then responds, not substantively, but with personal attacks — “you’re racist, Islamophobic, xenophobic and stupid.” If you think this approach to debate is limited [...]

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The lessons about bullies that we seem determined not to learn

on Sep 02 2009 | Filed under: Germany, Jihad, World War II

So often, there are what I call “matched sets” of stories in newspapers.  This happens when one article makes a point, and another article perfectly illustrates that point.  Today, Spiegel provided the perfect pairing of the way in which the modern Western (that is, Leftist) world refuses to learn lessons, but insists on repeating the [...]

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The world continues to be too insane for satire

on Jul 29 2009 | Filed under: Afghanistan

During the 1970s, there was a post-Yom Kippur War joke that was very popular in Jewish circles: Arab soldiers realized that at least half the Israeli troops they were fighting were named David.  They decided to use this information to deal with situations in whch they were facing Israeli fighters who were hidden from sight.  [...]

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