I'm not a big follower of Huntington but I think he's onto something here. Only I don't see multiculturalism as nearly as monolithic as it appears - it is, after all, profoundly reactionary (if we didn't exist they'd have to invent us) and very much a movement of a fat, peaceful population that enjoys the luxury of not having to decide between value systems in order to survive. That's something of a historical anomaly, and in the absence of of a clear need to decide the adherents of the movement can afford to spend their entire lives in a state of suspended judgment.
Where I do agree with Huntington is that radical Islam has little use for this suspension of judgment, and in fact where it is in control there is no room for multiculturalism whatever - women are covered, representative art is disallowed, music is censored, period, and the religious judges are in absolute control. There is no room in this system for multicultural broad-mindedness; the reason that the multiculturally broadminded haven't quite grasped this yet is that their worldview disallows that - too judgmental. They're food.
Remember Ayn Rand's justifiable contempt for the 'man in the middle'? Those who make no judgement are the true nablers of evil.
There is no room in this system for multicultural broad-mindedness; the reason that the multiculturally broadminded haven't quite grasped this yet is that their worldview disallows that - too judgmental. They're food.
Yeah - ironic, isn't it?