Daniel Pipes: Liberals and Islam (1 of 2)

Daniel Pipes came to speak last week at Brandeis. Daniel Pipes is not a racist, and does not claim to be one. Daniel Pipes is afraid, as anyone today with any intellect is afraid, of radical Islam. Daniel Pipes believes in something. He believes in the continuity and the moral legitimacy of the Western world, and he despises those who would destroy that continuity. And he makes his feelings known. Pipes is not a racist. He is not a bigot. He may be an Americanist, but last time I checked, there is no crime - moral or tangible - in that.

Here are more facts. Fact: During the question and answer session following Pipes' talk, a time that was supposed to have elicited discussion from people with different points of view - something that Pipes greatly desired - a number of people walked out of the large room where the talk was given. The room was packed with hundreds of people, and only about fifteen people walked out, which normally wouldn't have caused a major disturbance. The students who walked out probably realized this So they walked out right in front of Pipes, rudely and arrogantly disturbing an otherwise civil and incredibly important discussion. One student even had the gall to throw a ream of paper in the air, right in Pipes' face.

Fact: After the lecture, this same group of about fifteen students stood outside the lecture hall, holding signs with statements like, "We will not tolerate intolerance."

Hmmm. Let's see. Who's being open-minded here? Who's being tolerant in this situation? Which party is afraid or intolerant of the other's point of view? The answer is clear.

It seems to me that one of the main problems with liberalism in general, and the utter irony of the protesters at Pipes' speech in particular (made even more ironic by the fact that the holders of the signs didn't realize there own closed-mindedness), is precisely the fact that "tolerance" is only considered such when it subscribes to the beliefs of the individuals holding the signs. These people, in the name of justice, of fairness and equality, shut themselves out of an open debate. Instead, mocking freedom and democracy - everything a liberal American should stand for, they insisted on name calling, lambasting, and rolling in the mud of baseless rhetoric. Pipes took the high road, trying his hardest to have a dialogue with those who disagreed with him, the protesters took the low road, choosing name-calling instead of dialogue and incivility instead of discourse.

Source and additional information:
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/890

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[blidaOnlyBlida]

Norman Finkelstein

[tadpoleposition]

You mean Daniel was able to free himself from Lucifer's AIPAC scrotum sack long enough to give a speech?

[madsmadser]

@whitechristian1066 Do you know that Liberal Multiculturalist Politicians in Europe still are supporting mass immigration into Europe (birthplace of what is called the "White race"). Native Britons will be a minority in 2066. Dutch, Danes, Swedes, Norwegians will be a minority within 100 years. A Kurdish-Swedish politician from the Swedish Liberal party even said: "The old swede is blond with blue eyes, the new swede is dark...". Multiculturalism = long-term ethnic cleansing.

[855842]

This guy is a joke

[TerryThunderstorm]

I am sorry Daniel. You are an apologist for Capitalism. The fact is that the US Administrations are abusive & promote Terrorism. You are a typical academic who 'speaks lists'. You are basically Right Wing, Sociopathic Asshole & clearly wants these conflict to continue. Divide & Rule suits you. Both extremist sides are sick fecks. You know it; you are one. Maybe the reason you get less vocal reaction (when people are more outspoken) is because they are taking notes. I'm lost for words myself :-)

[Serpico261]

@pjmgame well no one said muslims are all potential terrorists, but the vast majority of terrorism is comming from muslims THis is not a trivial fact.

"I am one of the servants of Allah. We do our duty of fighting for the

sake of the religion of Allah. It is also our duty to send a call to

all the people of the world to enjoy this great light and to

embrace Islam and experience the happiness in Islam.

Our primary mission is nothing but the furthering of this religion."

Bin laden

[Halo4Lyf]

@clonach1 Maybe if you quit exporting your violent, pedophile worshipping "faith" to the ends of the Earth we wouldn't have to fuck you up periodically.

Keep pushing us, and we'll nuke you too.

[Halo4Lyf]

@whitechristian1066 You need to be beaten with a steel rod.

[whitechristian1066]

DANIEL PIPES is a FUCKING EVIL ZIONIST Anti-Christ!

FUCK HIM & his FAKE HOLO-HOAX!

The (Mary & Jesus) HATING ZIONISTS will PAY for their ANTI-Christian & ANTI-White HATE! DIRTY KIKES!

[LibertarianUK]

Its not just radical Islam the Marxists love anything to destablize the structure of a nation. They are always on the side of the criminals,lazy and idiolize terrorists like Arafat,Mandela,and Che Guevara. lol most of the pro-gaddafi videos on youtube now arent even from Libyans but marxists sympathizers who live in the west. I suggest people watch Yuri Bezmenov he gives a better explanation of what marxists were to the KGB & what they are now to radical Islam & dictators that is "useful idiots"