Posted on 01/30/2007 9:09:59 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
From The Enemy At Home
"In this book I will make a claim that will seem startling at the outset. The cultural left in this country is responsible for 9/11. ... In faulting the cultural left, I am not making the absurd accusation that this group blew up the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I am saying that the cultural left and its allies in Congress, the media, Hollywood, the nonprofit sector, and the universities are the primary cause of the volcano of anger toward America that is erupting from the Islamic world.
...D'Souza contends that the cultural left is responsible for 9/11 in two ways: by fostering a decadent and depraved American culture that angers and repulses other societies - especially traditional and religious ones - and by promoting at home and abroad, an anti-American attitude that blames America for all the problems of the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at randomhouse.com ...
Liberals try to place the blame on poverty and American foreign policy (capitalism).
This belief is traced back to and is ultimately rooted in Marxian thought - Socialism.
Most of Socialistic thought was refined by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels who thought that economic exploitation was more often than not overwhelmingly prevalent within Capitalism, and that Capitalism did not benefit humanity, but that Socialism would. Socialists contend that the government, acting as the representative of people, should make basic economic decisions and that Socialism would ease tensions. Marx Felt that economic tension was at the root of societies problems, which is why many liberals do not understand that radical religion, or Islamofascism, (and not poverty or capitalism) could actually be the root cause of the terror attacks upon the Uniuted States, Western Europe and numerous other places around the world.
D'Souza contends that liberalism is feuling this anger towards America.
I thought that people, and especially Freepers, should be made aware of this book.
What say you?
I think Robert Redford and Hollywood owes America an apology.
I think that's the major reason his whole thesis fails. He can take his structure our society so it is more palatable to Muslims and stick it you know where.
If we give an inch we give a mile.
A very silly premise. He has been torn to shreds by a number of conservatives already -- its really an embarrassment to the National Review crowd that they let this one out the door.
Radical Islam hated us and has worked to destroy us long before there was any Democrat Party or Hollywood.. Just ask Thomas Jefferson!
Of course he's right. People in foreign lands know only of America what they see on their televisions, and that means CNN, Hollywood, MTV and company. Their entire knowledge of our country comes through that decadent, sleazy filter.
He's not right at all. You truly believe that Bin Laden is sitting in a cave watching re-runs of Friends bemoaning the wickedness of the west!.
His argument is trash.
Agreed, the left is like a blind child. their habd is out, and they need help every step of the way. their ability to envision their security is the belief that the government will stop them from falling down, and that definately ain't the case here. We got spanked, thousands were killed, and yet they seam to believe they are not responsible by letting their guard down.
In truth, they are nothing but useful idiots to the cause of hate and murder.
I happen to scan through this book while at Borders this weekend. I happen to agree with a lot of what he said.
I have no doubts that the propaganda that is spread by Hollywood, liberals and the media is helping the enemy.
Check out this link to view where most of the funding comes from
>>>>In faulting the cultural left, I am not making the absurd accusation that this group blew up the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Why would considering they had a hand in it be absurd? They have done it before.
SDS was the terrorist organization responsible for bombing the U.S. Capitol Building in 1971.
Let's remember who created the 'area denial' in assuming that anything but planes brought down the towers. If you were to assume demolition, you were assuming 'Bush did it'. Why? To keep you from thinking the Clinton administration had anything to do with it.
I have no problem thinking the left, ie., Clinton Administration lent assistance to 9/11.
The left/socialists have been aligned with the terrorist fashion of Islam since WW2.
Never forget this article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/629113/posts
License suspect had WTC repair pass, but Port Authority did its own work
Remember, it was the left that inserted the walls into investigating the 9/11 incident.
There were some lengthy threads on this book already with pretty vigorous debate.
I think the left does bear alot of the responsibility for 9/11 due to Clinton's enabling and lack of resolve in confronting earlier attacks as well as their history of appeasement.
I got called a wingnut though for suggesting that some of his points on our culture (gay marraige, abortion, porn, Hollywood filth, etc) made it much easier for the radicals to whip the masses into hate.
To a person not used to or accepting of our liberal culture regular television can be pretty offensive.
Like it or not our country is largely represented abroad by Hollywood and while you and I know it's fiction and make believe not everyone in the world understands that. I was asked in Africa once (serious question) if my car talked to me because the man had seen a couple of episodes of Knight Rider. He thought America was the wild west. It was difficult to explain to him that what he saw on television was not really representative of America and I am not sure I convinced him.
I'd hate to meet him again today if he has watched television since then.
Millions upon millions of Muslims watch Hollywood on their televisions nightly. Are you saying it has no bearing on their image of the U.S.?
And you would like us to what change our culture, our way of life so as not to cause offence? What happens when you find out they just don't like America, the west and our freedoms in general?
Geez even thinking this way is capitulation and a waste of time.
These things that you mention getting rid of - e.g., same sex marriages, abortion, porn, and putting prayer back... etc. - those are some of the fundamentals of conservative beliefs. Remember, that in his book he is referring to "moderate muslims" who believe much the same thing. He is not talking about the "radical muslims" who would hate us no matter what.
Would they hate us any less?
However, D'Souza's conclusion is dead on:
"In order to defeat the Islamic radicals abroad, we must defeat the enemy at home."
Left-wing conspiry theories about 9/11 are pathetic. Your's is too.
I'm sorry, what theory did I post?
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