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Multiculturalism Starts Losing Its Luster
City Journal ^ | 2004 | Theodore Dalrymple

Posted on 03/30/2011 2:48:19 AM PDT by T.L.Sink

Multiculturalism rests on the supposition - or better, the dishonest pretense - that all cultures are equal and that no fundamental conflict can arise between the customs, mores, and philosophical outlooks of two different cultures. [In this highly acclaimed article Dalrymple details the tensions, hatreds, and sometimes violence and rioting that have emerged when Muslim immigrants - encouraged by the state - have refused to be assimilated into the European culture they themselves chose to adopt. In terms of language, law, tribal and sociological customary these subcultures now threaten to undo the traditional bonds that have held cultures and civilizations together.]

(Excerpt) Read more at city-journal.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: enoughalready; islam; leftismoncampus; multiculturalism; trends
Cameron of Britain and Merkel of Germany finally seem to realize the toxicity of the state-sponsored multiculturalism and moral equivalence that have rotted the traditional historical, moral and intellectual roots that allowed them to contribute so much to Western civilization. The jury is still out on whether or not it's too late for them. But America faces the same lethal forces, albeit in somewhat different forms and expressions unique to our own historical experience - political, economic and social.
1 posted on 03/30/2011 2:48:20 AM PDT by T.L.Sink
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Continuing along similar lines of thought.


2 posted on 03/30/2011 2:54:59 AM PDT by T.L.Sink
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To: T.L.Sink

Kick em back to respective hell holes they believe in..they will blame everyone else for their fake religions failure..so what suck it up perv prophet boy..


3 posted on 03/30/2011 4:06:29 AM PDT by aces
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To: T.L.Sink
… when Muslim immigrants - encouraged by the state - have refused to be assimilated into the European culture they themselves chose to adopt.

He’s wrong on this point. Muslims have not chosen to adopt the European culture, he makes that clear in the rest of the article. The move from Muslim countries is part of the 3rd Muslim expansion, not some desire for a better life in a free and democratic country.

4 posted on 03/30/2011 4:17:02 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: T.L.Sink

> Multiculturalism Starts Losing Its Luster
Luster? How much luster could a canker sore possibly have?
Multiculturaliam NEVER works!


6 posted on 03/30/2011 4:23:43 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Obama did not learn incompetence; he was born to it.)
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To: BuffaloJack

When multiculturalism first appeared I thought how can all cultures be “equal”? If you had a girlfriend from Obongo who thought it cool to form her hairstyle with cow dung would you just love to run your hands through it...or if a friend from the country Hellhole thought killing you and your family for any perceived slight would you hang out with him? Multiculturalism is the creation of self-loathing libs who would do the world a favor by going to their beloved lesser cultures.


7 posted on 03/30/2011 4:46:47 AM PDT by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: T.L.Sink

Multiculturalism losing its luster? Great. The problem is that the damage has already been done. The host has been hopelessly infected and may die of the disease.

Kind of like a homosexual discovering that gay sex gave him the AIDS that will eventually kill him.


8 posted on 03/30/2011 4:49:34 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: T.L.Sink

The bloody destructive LIE of multiculturalism has never had any appeal to the E Pluribus unim type of American Patriot.
we are not -were not ever intended to be a mixed salad prepared by someone to be served to the highest bidder.
In a salad bowl the individual parts retain their distinct
qualities until consumed and they then turn to dung To a void only the sewer invites. WHY any but a beguiled “progressive” would find luster in the LIE told of multiculturalism defies logic.


9 posted on 03/30/2011 5:09:29 AM PDT by StonyBurk (ring)
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To: rbg81

Amen—and my only sons “friend” is HIV pos—but forgets to tell those he visits in his promiscuity - to “have his fan fixed” he neglects to tell them of his condition. and America is so determined to be led by those who would have us all HIV pos.Change you can believe in.


10 posted on 03/30/2011 5:14:05 AM PDT by StonyBurk (ring)
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Amen—and my only sons “friend” is HIV pos—but forgets to tell those he visits in his promiscuity - to “have his fan fixed” he neglects to tell them of his condition..


I have heard that one before. Honestly, its hard to believe than anyone (other than a blatent sociopath) would be that irresponsible & selfish, but there it is.

Way back when (early 90s), I also read about a gay man who was HIV negative, but was planning to having sex with someone HIV positive as a “political statement”. It really boggles the mind.


11 posted on 03/30/2011 6:05:04 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: T.L.Sink
Note that this essay first appeared in the summer of 2004.

How about we ask Dr. Dalrymple for an update, addressing the anti-multi-culti strides we've all made over the last seven years?

12 posted on 03/31/2011 3:42:34 AM PDT by Tenniel2 (Ignore politics and you'll end up being governed by your inferiors. -- Plato)
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