tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post4544800640505430894..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: Islam and what to do about itKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-69540205607429687372010-09-11T08:11:42.995+09:002010-09-11T08:11:42.995+09:00Skippy's post reminds me of why I always disti...Skippy's post reminds me of why I always distinguish between Islam and Islamism.<br /><br />Jeffery Hodges<br /><br />* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-34376664204016440602010-09-11T07:52:58.052+09:002010-09-11T07:52:58.052+09:00As to your points, which I didn't respond to: ...As to your points, which I didn't respond to: I'll have to respond later. I'm taking short breaks away from my ETS tutorial/certification procedure.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-18665254367063377672010-09-11T07:51:43.803+09:002010-09-11T07:51:43.803+09:00Thanks for the comment, Rhesus.
It's worth no...Thanks for the comment, Rhesus.<br /><br />It's worth noting that Skippy's speaking as a (Canadian) conservative. The extent to which he's borrowing from the liberal playbook is unclear. He had a recent post responding to complaints that, for a conservative, he seems awfully down on fellow conservatives. Not so, replies Skippy: he's down on <i>Republicans,</i> not actual conservatives. See <a href="http://skippy-posts.blogspot.com/2010/09/two-great-reasons-to-stand-with-meghan.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. That link might provide some perspective on where he's coming from... or you may come away thinking that he's a closet liberal who simply doesn't want to admit his liberalism-- sort of a reverse of the dude at <a href="http://iwantanewleft.typepad.com/i-want-a-new-left/" rel="nofollow">I Want a New Left</a>-- a self-professed leftie whose values, as laid out on his blog, seem to dovetail almost completely with classical conservatism.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-57761767713863409272010-09-11T07:09:41.797+09:002010-09-11T07:09:41.797+09:00Trying to be brief: Skippy's essential argumen...Trying to be brief: Skippy's essential argument seems to be that people don't do or support objectionable things (terrorism in this case?) unless they're pushed in that direction by others' mistreatment. This is of course a common liberal approach. Left out entirely are any substantives, such as Islam itself.<br /><br />Mightn't Islam have distinctive qualities? Couldn't Muslims have their own reasons for their actions, whatever we think about them?<br /><br />Religious minorities in most Muslim countries suffer legal and personal discrimination to various degrees, far in excess of anything that North American Muslims experience. The Copts in Egypt are a good example. Where are the Coptic terrorists? <br /><br />I suspect that American tolerance and welcome won't lead to Muslim loyalty to America. They'll instead lead to more Muslim demands for political accommodation.<br /><br />Sorry, not very brief.Rhesusnoreply@blogger.com