Daniel Pipes: Liberals and Islam (2 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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[mazinkaizar]

he is a great man

[martindevadason]

hats off to you Mr Daniel Pipes!!!!

Appreciate your bravery, your sacrifice for supporting a cause which is of the free world and opposing a cause which is of dictatorial leftist (sorry, islamist...ooops....deadly) cause

Please keep your work.....we need people like you....

Best regards

[tadpoleposition]

I like Daniel Pipes. I like the way he always seems to reaffirm my belief in Hell. 

[GriefTourist]

shit stirring zionazi

[Zendout1]

Point 5--they are both retarded

[lyntonio]

thus Hitler worked with the grand Mufti of Jerusalem

[bnbalenda]

Well done!!!

[Saracenkiller]

Well done.