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Bruce Bawer's book is nominated for the National Book Critics Circle award. The New York Times reports that:
Gasp! What race is this?
Oh, the Islamic race! But, but Islam is not a race … oh, never mind. What say you Mr. Bruce?
Seems reasonable or is this the rant of some far right crank? But wait:
He broke the “red-state mold.” I wonder why. Shall we ask Mr. Van Gogh … too late. Let’s ask his co-filmmaker:
Harsh? And what could be too harsh when criticizing the ideology that spawns murderers such as those that killed Van Gogh?
About Islam?
Oooo, that scary book! That’s the threat in today’s world because ... because …
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Bawer's Book Nominated For Award but ...
Bruce Bawer's book is nominated for the National Book Critics Circle award. The New York Times reports that:
“A previous finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award, announced the newest nominees for the criticism category two weeks ago and said one of the authors, Bruce Bawer, had engaged in ‘racism as criticism.’”
Gasp! What race is this?
The president of the Circle’s board, John Freeman, wrote on the organization’s blog “I have never been more embarrassed by a choice than I have been with Bruce Bawer’s ‘While Europe Slept,’ he wrote. “It’s hyperventilated rhetoric tips from actual critique into Islamophobia.”
Oh, the Islamic race! But, but Islam is not a race … oh, never mind. What say you Mr. Bruce?
“One of the most disgraceful developments of our time is that many Western authors and intellectuals who pride themselves on being liberals have effectively aligned themselves with an outrageously illiberal movement that rejects equal rights for women, that believes gays and Jews should be executed, that supports the cold blooded murder of one’s own children in the name of honor, etc., etc.,”
Seems reasonable or is this the rant of some far right crank? But wait:
“Mr. Bawer’s book jacket is covered with admiring blurbs from well-known conservatives, but he does not fit the typical red-state mold. An openly gay cultural critic from New York who has lived in Europe since 1998, Mr. Bawer has published books like ‘Stealing Jesus,’ a harsh critique of Christian fundamentalism.”
He broke the “red-state mold.” I wonder why. Shall we ask Mr. Van Gogh … too late. Let’s ask his co-filmmaker:
“Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali immigrant who settled in the Netherlands and worked with Mr. Van Gogh, a film director, offers harsh criticism of Islam from an insider’s perspective in her memoir ‘Infidel.’”
Harsh? And what could be too harsh when criticizing the ideology that spawns murderers such as those that killed Van Gogh?
“Mr. Freeman, who said in an interview that he felt a “moral responsibility” to speak out about …”
About Islam?
“… about Mr. Bawer’s book.”
Oooo, that scary book! That’s the threat in today’s world because ... because …
- Bruce Bawer Interviews Geert Wilders
Link: ...
- The Netherlands Destroys It's Best
From Richard at Belmont Club: A gay man, a film maker, a Muslim woman and a politician from a minor political party. Why should these unlikely individuals — who are really from the margins of society — have come to the center of European history in...
- America, The Rogue Nation
In an excellent recent article by Bruce Bawer, author of While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within, he wrote about what happened during and shortly after the "cartoon riots." Among other things, he said: One book after another...
- "ominous Moon Rising"
Bruce Bawer:One day last month, I gave a talk in Rome about how the supposedly liberal ideology of multiculturalism has made possible the spread in Europe of the highly illiberal ideology of fundamentalist Islam, with all its brutality and – among other...
- Bernard Lewis Sees The Threat
In a stunning reversal, Bernard Lewis joins with Bat Ye’or and Bruce Bawer to warn that Islam could soon dominate Europe. Read it here. Hat Tip Rebecca. Lewis says, “Europeans are losing their own loyalties and their own self-confidence. They have...