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IslamoFascism and the Way of Death
Private Archives ^ | March 28, 2003 | Reynaldo Mahatma Smith

Posted on 03/29/2003 1:24:35 PM PST by attiladhun2

After the revolution described by Orwell in his classic work 1984, an ideology took over much of the globe. It was called "the Way of Death." It denied everything that had gone before it: the gains made during the Enlightenment, representative government, the rights of man, God, progress, history, and a host of other things we take for granted. Truth itself became a victim of this ideology. Facts were things that could be manipulated for the greater glory of the revolution.

Since the 1960s the Western world has undergone a similar ideological transformation. Radical activists have turned society on its head. They have manipulated history so that persons and events that were once hollowed as great and were celebrated are now deemed to belong to a racist, sexist, and homophobic past. These activists, called "The Anointed" by one present-day observer, have become part of the Establishment. They are busy bringing their distorted view of reality to fruition as a matter of both policy and the law.

These radical social engineers are not just biased against religion, but are down-right hostile to it. After all, religion represents that which is of the "unenlightened" past, and they will be quick to inform you how "tolerant" they are. They have all accepted without question the premises of radical feminism--that the patriarchy of the past was repressive, that before their anointed class came along women were kept in chains in the kitchen enslaved to their husbands and children. To hear this leftwing gaggle you would think before they came along with their wisdom we were practically in the Dark Ages.

At the same time this domestic revolution was taking shape, ominous events were happening across the ocean. A movement not unlike Orwell's Way of Death was forming in the madrases and mosques of the Middle East and Western Europe. I say this movement is like the Way of Death in that it denies every tenent of the Enlightenment Period (1650-1750). This movement is non-secular, nonetheless, its resemblance to the Way of Death is so striking that I have termed it "Islamofascism." Like the Way of Death, this movement also denies fundamental historical facts, such as the Crucifixion, and manipulates history in general into what I call The Litany.

The Litany distills history for a follower of Islamofacism into a single premise--that the West means to some how dominate Islam. The Crusades, 19th Century Imperialism, the establishment of the State of Israel, and the incident at the Chatilla refuge camp are all cited as evidence of this dark design. The Litany ignores all evidence to the contrary. That Christians were denied access to the Holy Places in Palestine by the Muslim rulers of that place is ignored as a leading cause of The Crusades. The conquest of what were formally Christian lands is also ignored. The Litany has nothing to say about the fall of Constantinople or the seige of Vienna, either. It is silent about the numerous massacres of Christians and Jews commited by Muslims. The Litany ignores the fact that Arab aggression in 1948 is the direct cause of the Arab-Israeli Wars.

Now we have two movements antithetical to both Christianity and the principles of the Enlightenment. One is ultra-secular; the other is ultra-religious. These two movements ought to be at odds with one another. However, these two groups are natural allies. They are two sides of a single coin with a value nearly equal to that of Orwell's Way of Death. Thus, anti-war protests will have representatives of the Anointed class with their earringed and tattoed sons and daughters in attendance. With them will be Palestinians dressed as mock suicide bombers. We may also see here and there at these gatherings those fashionably costumed as Saddam's Fedayeen. While some mullah rants on a podium about American imperialism, Trotskyites are passing around pamphlets on how to make bombs. It is a circus of all those who hate the United States, Israel, personal liberty, Christianity, and the Western Tradition. It is a circus of those who love death.


TOPICS: Philosophy
KEYWORDS: iraqifreedom; islam; newnwo; orwell; protests; radicalism; thewest; treason; wayofdeath

1 posted on 03/29/2003 1:24:35 PM PST by attiladhun2
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To: attiladhun2
Now we have two movements antithetical to both Christianity and the principles of the Enlightenment. One is ultra-secular; the other is ultra-religious. These two movements ought to be at odds with one another. However, these two groups are natural allies.

I think Christopher Hitchins among others would disagree. I certainly do. In any event, it is annoying that the author equates secularism with being a hard left anti American. It is annoying because it is a profoundly stupid proposition.

2 posted on 03/29/2003 1:29:46 PM PST by Torie
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Dear Torie: If it is so stupid, then show me the goods where Smith is wrong. Like we used to say when I was a kid, "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours." Radical secularism has done nothing but tear down this country. Ever heard of the ACLU, People for the American Way, NOW, ad infinitum--dumb a$$!
3 posted on 03/29/2003 1:37:54 PM PST by attiladhun2
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To: Torie
In any event, it is annoying that the author equates secularism with being a hard left anti American

Just as in the image of G-d, true Americans are Christian fundamentalists, all the rest are either pretenders or those who are yet to be converted.

4 posted on 03/29/2003 1:41:30 PM PST by TightSqueeze (From the Department of Homeland Security, sponsors of Liberty-Lite, Less Freedom! / Red Tape!)
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Dear TightSqueeze: I would only partially affirm that. I know a great many Catholics, Mormons, Jews, etc. who are 100% pro-America. A belief in a Supreme Being seems to be common to their patriotism.
5 posted on 03/29/2003 1:47:08 PM PST by attiladhun2
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Dear TightSqueeze: I would only partially affirm that. I know a great many Catholics, Mormons, Jews, etc. who are 100% pro-America.

A simple test performed with a dunking chair can easily separate the pretenders from those who have yet been convert.

6 posted on 03/29/2003 1:59:58 PM PST by TightSqueeze (From the Department of Homeland Security, sponsors of Liberty-Lite, Less Freedom! / Red Tape!)
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To: TightSqueeze
I can see I'm dealing with a guano-brained leftie.
7 posted on 03/29/2003 2:04:21 PM PST by attiladhun2
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To: attiladhun2
I have read the article posted, as well as the replies. I note the artice is listed as being from "private archives." May I ask a question?
Are you, possibly, the author of the article?
8 posted on 03/29/2003 2:21:37 PM PST by JPop ("The Herd")
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These articles are written by a gentleman who wishes to remain anonymous. He will continue to post under his pen name.
9 posted on 03/29/2003 2:24:36 PM PST by attiladhun2
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The reason I ask: I had a question for the author, regarding Orwell's "1984" (and the author's take on that work).
Orwell (a pen name, as I am sure you know) is one of my favorite writers/essayists.
In fact, one of my writing teacher's had us use Orwell (among others) and some of his essays, as models, for our own attempts (usually, less than satisfactory) at writing well.
10 posted on 03/29/2003 2:30:33 PM PST by JPop ("The Herd")
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To: attiladhun2
Excellent article and if you are the author, congratulations. I have been preaching a message similar to your central theme although not nearly as well. It seems obvious to me that the left, specifically Communists regardless of the attempts to soften their names to socialist, liberal, and the latest, progressive, have not tired nor faltered in their crusade (I know, but it is an apt term) toward total control.

I am sure your grasp of historical facts is better than mine but I trace our present situation to the efforts of the USSR to wrest the oil riches of the ME, so important to free enterprise in the West, from Western control by re-igniting the age old but somewhat latent animosities between the Arabs and the Jews. This was to further the Communists' goal of total control through world domination. They created the Palestinian conflict artificially and armed all the Arab states after the creation of Israel in 1948.

After that effort turned against them, as did all of history with the fall of the USSR, they turned to radicalizing Islam, or rather they allied themselves with the Wahabi branch of Islam, all in a continuation of their drive for world domination. Despite the Islamists' hatred for all things non-Muslim, the Communists apparently adopted the principle of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. I suppose their thinking is that once the West is destroyed they can easily overpower and eliminate the radical Islamists. However, it seems foolish to help them become nuclear powers with other weapons of MD with that in mind.

I also liked your observation of the fact that this was a partnership of the extreme secular and the ultra-religious. That is a problem that would eventually have to be ironed out if they were to succeed. Both can't have total domination unless they agree to divide the world equally. That ought to be an interesting negotiation.

Regardless, we will defeat them and avoid the problem. Our greatest enemy is still the one within. They have achieved much of their goal to infiltrate and change our media, our education system, our churches, our judiciary, our legislatures, and even our presidency on two occasions, Carter and Clinton.

Keep up the good work for we must be ever vigilant and more aggressive in our battle with evil!
11 posted on 03/29/2003 7:19:32 PM PST by Mind-numbed Robot
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Dear Mind-numbed: Smith would generally affirm your premise.
12 posted on 03/31/2003 7:13:17 PM PST by attiladhun2
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Dear Mind-numbed: Read Smith's rant on Carter and Clinton here on FreeRepub. It is a riot.
13 posted on 03/31/2003 7:22:36 PM PST by attiladhun2
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However, these two groups are natural allies. They are two sides of a single coin with a value nearly equal to that of Orwell's Way of Death. Thus, anti-war protests will have representatives of the Anointed class with their earringed and tattoed sons and daughters in attendance

Another author who gets it. This is why the protests of the war with Iraq seem so much more like a protest of president Bush.

14 posted on 03/31/2003 7:53:29 PM PST by KC_for_Freedom
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That's right dude. The Founders of this country were not secular-humanists, nor were they Deists. Most of them were practicing Calvinists, who believed in the creeds of the the Reformers. Of the signers of the Constitution, only three were Deists, NONE were atheists.
15 posted on 04/02/2003 7:44:58 PM PST by attiladhun2
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