December 19th 2008
Watcher’s Winners
The Watcher of Weasels made a comment worthy of a comp lit prof on his blog this morning as he posted the winners among this week’s hot chocolate stained entries in his weekly quest for the best o’ the blogs:
I found it interesting that the two winning submissions may on the surface appear to be about two entirely unrelated topics. Yet when read back to back, Bookworm first, Fjordman second, it seems clear to me that the shortsightedness of multicultural elitists stems from the failure of such ideologues to see beyond their own self absorbed ideas and put them in the context of the bigger picture; one that weighs the benefits of their Utopian desires against the realities of the worlds and cultures they wish to homogenize.
Stay with me here. Bookworm discusses the “me, me, me” culture in terms of how it has affected our youth through the manifestation of self absorbed, selfish and often brutish behavior. Contrast that with the selfless generations of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents and you can see clearly that they had a better understanding and appreciation of sacrifice and that understanding translated to a better appreciation of the travails suffered by their neighbors, parents and peers. In a self absorbed world everybody is a victim in their own right.
In Fjordman’s article the discussion focuses on how state sponsored efforts to envision a new Multicultural society is preached and furthered without seriously contemplating the persecution suffered by majorities that are relegated to minority status at the hands of diversification through external means; mainly immigration. Fjordman points this persecution typically occurs when the new majority is Muslim and that the new minority isn’t. Fjordman observes that Western Multiculturalists fear Islamophobia while simultaneously mocking Christianity.
From my perspective it would not be possible to ignore the evils of radical Jihad and artificially conjure up the evils of lsamophobic Christians if the people making such contrived inferences were not self absorbed elitists that hold a world view that is contrary to reality.
That said, we know the winners this week were Bookworm Room’s Selfish Is as Selfish Does for the Council entries, and The Brussels Journal’s On Deconstructing the Majority: Nothing To Do With Islam? Really? for non-Council entry. The latter was my nomination and it warms the cockles of my Islamophobic heart to see it so well received.
Runners up were, for the Council, Mere Rhetoric’s Obama: Since We All Know That Engagement With Iran Won’t Work, How About A US Nuclear Umbrella For Israel? and for non-Council entries, ShrinkWrapped’s Some Disparate Dots.
See all the winners at Watcher of Weasels. Thanks, Watcher. Keep on keepin’ that driveway clear!
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