[MediaAnalyst]

"Thank you for your posts and Merry Christmas to you and yours."

Thanks, and same to you. I wish others would explore what's really going on in Europe (and the world for that matter), as opposed to what the MSM spoon-feeds them. If they did, they'd see that East Asians (i.e., Chinese and others) can settle just about anywhere they want in the world (with the exception of Muslim countries, of course), and do great. You never see a Chinese uprising, riots, etc. even when they were virtual slaves both in the US and elsewhere. But if one believes the MSM, every country that Muslims move to, bar none, is full of absolute skin-head racists, but they're only racist against the Muslims, East Asians are treated just fine. Yeppp, that's it, just 25 or so countries in a row that Muslims have moved to, and been treated shabbily, and not a single country in the world where Chinese have been treated badly (or, of course, they would have rioted).

The Europeans have to get off of their guilt trip from World War 2. Virtually all Americans forgive them now. They have more than atoned. They (the guilty ones, that is) stepped up to their crimes, and helped win the Cold War. It is suicidal to their societies to think that they are inherently evil people and thus they have to import millions of jihadists in some vain attempt to right their previous wrongs. It is suicidal to them and it will draw us (the US) back into warfare over there.

[Stoat]

Agreed completely of course and superbly stated.

Re the issue of EuroGuilt, I found it to be thick in the air in Germany, nearly to the point of a psychosis that pervades numerous aspects of daily life and public policy.  Sad thing is that this guilt is unnecessary as there was a significant resistance to Nazism in Germany until it was crushed by the military after Hitler gained control.  The public at large had been disarmed and so had no recourse, as dissenters and their entire families were regularly shot in the village square as a means of maintaining 'order'.

This story has largely remained untold in the mainstream for a variety of reasons and is most likely appropriate for a different thread anyway.

However, regarding guilt complexes and ideology, I ran across this item today which I thought might be interesting and relevant:

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Dr. Helen Liberalism as Socially Motivated Cognition

Liberalism as Socially Motivated Cognition

 

I have mentioned a research study by the APA entitled, Political Conservatism as Socially Motivated Cognition, that appeared biased against conservatives. The study pointed out that there had been little research done on the traits of liberals--but they must have overlooked this article in Clio Psych's Journal from 2003. Here is an excerpt from the article that mentioned research on liberals from 1982--I guess the writers of the APA's biased article did not see fit to go back that far.

 

Research on the psychology of radical activists helps us to understand this mismatch between Chomsky's ideas and his personal style. In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of "new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and unambiguous answers to their questions. All of these traits can be found in the work of Chomsky and other anti-imperialist intellectuals.

And if you ever wondered why some liberals seem wishy-washy at times--this paragraph from the same article might explain things:

 

The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. They would run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures. Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.