Symposium: The Fear that Wilders is Right

Frontpagemag.com ^ | July 9, 2010 | Jamie Glazov

[rmlew]

In this special edition of Frontpage Symposium, we have assembled a distinguished panel to discuss the question: What psychological impulses and neuroses prevent people from objectively considering whether or not Islam is a religion of peace? In other words: Why the rigid disinclination to even consider the evidence that suggests that someone like Geert Wilders might be right?

Our guests today are:

Roger L. Simon, the author of ten novels, including the eight prize-winning Moses Wine detective novels, which have been published in many editions and translated in over a dozen languages. He is also a screenwriter and has written for all the major Hollywood studios, including Bustin’ Loose with Richard Pryor, Scenes from a Mall with Woody Allen and the adaptation of his own The Big Fix with Richard Dreyfuss. Simon received an Academy Award nomination for his adaptation of Isaac Singer’s Enemies, A Love Story in 1989. The author of Blacklisting Myself: A Hollywood Apostate in an Age of Terror, he is the co-founder and CEO of Pajamas Media.

Dr. Kenneth Levin, a clinical instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, a Princeton-trained historian, and a commentator on Israeli politics. He is the author of The Oslo Syndrome: Delusions of a People Under Siege.

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Robert Spencer, a scholar of Islamic history, theology, and law and the director of Jihad Watch. He is the author of ten books, eleven monographs, and hundreds of articles about jihad and Islamic terrorism, including the New York Times Bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book, The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran, is available now from Regnery Publishing, and he is coauthor (with Pamela Geller) of the forthcoming book The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration’s War on America (Simon and Schuster).

[rbg81]

The Muslims will surely adopt feminism, libertinism, homosexuality, and atheism — won’t they?

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No. I think the homosexuals will be thrown under the bus by the Leftists in order to form an alliance with the Muslims. After all, they are only 1-2% of the population. Feminists are a little more problematio—especially since they can vote. I predict that, at some point, feminists will “discover” that Sharia and the burka free them from the constraints of their sex. Wear a burka and you’re no longer a sex object, right? This may sound silly, but just you watch. The Liberal capacity for self-deception is unlimited.

[Nateman]

[PGalt]

Great post. Thanks. Great comments at FR and at the link.

BUMP-TO-THE-TRUTH!

[rmlew]

ping

[PapaBear3625]

No. I think the homosexuals will be thrown under the bus by the Leftists in order to form an alliance with the Muslims. After all, they are only 1-2% of the population.

Jews are slowly coming to the realization that they are being tossed under the bus by the Left right now.

[rbg81]

Concur. For the time being, Jews and Homosexuals are rich $$ sources for the Left. Both will [foolishly] continue to contribute even after kicked in the teeth.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks rmlew.

[bigheadfred]

most people are completely ignorant

You could have stopped right there.

[bigheadfred]

ping

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks rmlew.

[Islaminaction]

The title says it all, heads are in the sand.

Thanks for the ping.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

Pretty ugly........the world in free fall.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

Pretty ugly........the world in free fall.