Posted on 06/02/2008 4:14:02 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Now that it's June, it's officially summer reading time. Those who have the luxury curl up by the beach engrossed in the latest faddish novel.
This summer, publisher W.W. Norton is pushing "The Garden of Last Days," by Andre Dubus III, an Oprah Book Club fave. The book sympathizes with the 9/11 terrorists.
As I've written before, Dubus' "House of Sand and Fog"--an Oprah selection--was a hideously anti-American tale, where the Americans are losers and evil-doers, and Iranian Muslim immigrants are the good, hard-working people, done wrong and caused to lose everything including their lives, thanks to these loser and evil Americans.
Do We Really Need to Sympathize with Those Who Did This?!
Well, with "The Garden of Last Days" is even more hideous. It tells the story of the 9/11 attacks and the Islamic hijackers last days from the point of view of the terrorists and the strippers some of them, um, patronized.
And it's very sympathetic. The Wall Street Journal, which, sadly, is recommending this book for its summer reading list, calls it
a fact-based novel in which a terrorist behind the Setp. 11 attacks goes to Florida strip clubs, grappling with his mission and American temptations.
Being a hypocrite doesn't make you anymore sympathetic or indicate any form of "grappling" or struggle with the mass murder of 3,000 Americans.
How many people truly think any of these 19 cold-hearted Muslims "grappled" with anything relating to the murder of thousands of Americans? You saw the video last will and testament of several of them, including Mohammed Atta. They were smiling and laughing. This was something they were focused on for well over a year and something they were quite proud of. They shouted Allahu Akbar [Allah is the Greatest, ie., greater than that of the Christians
(Excerpt) Read more at debbieschlussel.com ...
How would Oprah feel about a sympathetic portrait of lynching Klans members, many of whom were no doubt hardworking folks whose manners were otherwise excellent?
Good Point!!
What is wrong with this woman? Does she really think these cold-blooded murderers of civilians are entitled to sympathy? Doesn’t she realize that they would kill her with as little remorse as they killed the 3,000 on September 11th? Perhaps she thinks she can buy immunity because she is black?
is it that hard to overthrow a nation of freaking imbecils?
That question is not allowed.
Amazing. Just another reason I abhor Oprah. If she wants to make money and give away stuff, power to her. But she doesn’t stop with that. She is absolutely as socialist and left as they come.
After she began supporting Obama, Oprah’s magazine circulation dropped by 10% and her TV show has continued to decline in viewership for the past three years. This will just accelerate the downfall.
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Oprah didn’t recommend the 9/11 book. She selected a book, House of Sand and Fog, from the same author in 2000. This was prior to the 9/11 attacks. Schlussel, as per usual, is playing the distortion game.
Sympathy for the devils.
We need to remember that these scoundrels are the enemy, and anyone who sympathizes with them is the enemy too. I hereby coin a new term for them — “terrsymps.”
Some “grappling”. They BRAGGED about the attacks they were about to launch.
Heck, some of them may have even "grappled with" strippers. That would certainly make them more human in her eyes!
Without even asking, I will bet money that Oprah is one of those people who says “I don’t mind paying taxes...they should raise them”.
Obviously Oprah has way too much money.. its addled her brain.. Harpocrats flock to her like the Mad Hatter celebrating a happy UNbirthday..
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