Robert and Charles at it Again

We've been a little tardy in documenting the latest flare up between Charles Johnson and Robert Spencer but it seems the two ex-buddies are at it again. Overall the nastiness seems a little more pronounced from Spencer's side.

In what must have been an obvious mistake the ALA (American Library Association) invited Spencer to be a panelist on the topic of "Perspectives on Islam: Beyond Stereotyping." To say the least this lead to a lot of people wondering whether or not this wasn't some sort of bad joke or something out of an edition of The Onion.

When the other panelists realized who Spencer was and that he would be partaking they canceled their participation. They were prompted to do so by an open letter sent to the ALA by a group of scholars, librarians and concerned individuals.

Spencer's head almost burst and he let off a 2,300 worded assault on ALA, Charles Johnson, CAIR, FAIR and probably some others.

Most importantly for us he went after Chuck with some real venom. This one must have hurt Spencie!

Now the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), true to form, has gotten into the act, sending the ALA a fresh steaming pile of defamation, lies, and distortions (drawing once again on material from its favorite useful idiot, the discredited, thoroughly dishonest Charles Johnson of that cesspool of lies and hate, Little Green Footballs), asking that I be dropped from the ALA panel.

Wow, what a morsel to chew on. This whole Blog War really makes that old adage of the pot calling the kettle black ring true. Isn't Spencer a useful idiot for his fascist friends in Europe, Geert Wilders and company? Isn't it dishonest of him to claim he doesn't hate Islam and Muslims, that he is just saying what Islam says when in fact he does hate Islam, as anyone (like those who wrote the open letter) can tell? Also what is more of a cesspool of lies and hate than JihadWatch? As Lex brilliantly put together the comment section is largely an in-gathering of some wacky wacky people. I wouldn't be surprised if the Russo-German murderer of Marwa Sherbini learned his hatred of hijab wearing women from Jihad Watch.

Spencer gets a little verbose on ole' Chuck, "Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs wrote a series of frenzied, nakedly mendacious posts in April about this Pro Köln meeting" and then he says in defense of his comment moderation, "Johnson was lying, of course. It is noteworthy that he offered no examples of such comments, and couldn't, because whenever we see such comments, we remove them." To deny murderous and genocidal comments are regular parlance on Jihad Watch is to skirt the facts. I mean it isn't like those commenter's are any different than Spencer. They must be learning from him considering he joined a genocidal group which advocated the conquest of Turkey and the complete demographic change of its population. He has yet to unequivocally condemn that group and explain why he was in it.

Also notice the shrill accusations of lie amongst other things being thrown at poor ole Chuck. Spencer repeated the accusations numerous time, "idiot, discredited, dishonest, cesspool, lies, frenzied, mendacious, lying." Phew, did he have a thesaurus next to him or what?

Charles of course took a few lines and just gloated at the renunciation served Spencer. The ex-counter-Jihadist pretty well noted that Spencer went a little bonkers at his denial from the panel, "Spencer, meanwhile, blames me for it, in a bizarre 2300-word rant that’s nearly incoherent with rage and venom."

Bizarre? Yes. A rant incoherent with rage and venom? Yes. Did he blame Chuck for it? He wanted to really bad but didn't blame Chuck directly, and so in a delusion of self-aggrandizement Chuckster revelled in the wacking Spencer received. We'll let him get away with it if they just keep up this back and forth.

(hat tip: Jeppo)

When the news just sail past unmentioned..

What does it take for Robert Spencer and Pamela "Atlas Shrieks" Geller - surely shining beacons of objective and balanced independent reporting - to start reporting on violence against Muslims by people driven by the hate they are spreading?

Well, nothing really..

Not even if a Russian immigrant to Germany stabs an Egyptian woman to death in front of her husband and 3 year old child ("LITTLE TERRORIST IN THE MAKING!!1!!1one!") inside a German court after she sued him for calling her a terrorist and a whore.

And as of now, not even Charles "supposedly-so-leftist-that-Karl-Marx-is-Hitler-in-comparison" Johnson has mentioned anything about the story. But I'll have to hand it to him: Contrary to some certain individuals, he will most probably see why this incident is deeply disturbing, and not try to convince the world that the woman (in no way a victim of rampant Islamophobia) had absolutely no right to pursue her legal rights in requesting justice from a court of law - which had ruled in her favour, by the way - and that the hijab-clad woman had probably gotten what she deserved from this definitely-not-islamophobic man rightfully fighting for freedom and democracy in the wake of the Islamic threat that is lurking around every corner and behind every tree, waiting to burn down all homes and poison all aquariums. Or something..

Pamela Geller: Dispatches From Over the Rainbow

I don't even know how to post on this post, it's so nuts. Is Geller being serious here, or is she trying to ruin Atlas Shrugs unintentionally yet again? Here it is in screen cap form:

or:

The EU and the rest of their surrender monkeys are doing the jihad's bidding. Once again the Euros are beating the Jews for not working hard enough, not eating enough dirt. Eat the dirt! Faster! The Jews have not created enough economic opportunities to the jihadis. The Jihad destroyed the industries. BUILD THEM AGAIN, JEW! The Jews have not created enough jobs for the Jew hating jihadis, the Jews have not furnished enough fresh fruit, fresh meat, fresh water for Hamas and for the Jew hating jihadis.

The Jews have done everything for the jihad in Gaza. They left whole industries intact, they deliver fresh water, fresh bread, fresh food, blah blah blah ..............it doesn't matter.

Europe is rubbing its hands in glee secretly rooting for those to accomplish what it couldn't during World War II. But not to worry, they'll get theirs. They traded the lives of six million Jews for 56 million Muslims. Good luck with that, geniuses.

Does anyone here understand this in a way that makes Pamela Geller not look like a complete kook? Well, at least now she's saying that her formerly beloved Europe will "get theirs". I should do a count of how many references are made here to the Nazis as well. One link in just this piece leads to another Atlas Shrugs piece with Goebbels in the title (see OP, the link keeps freezing up on me).

Alas, just enjoy the wacked out paranoia yes again of Pamela Geller.

Pamela Geller Finally Admits Online that she's Pro-Choice

This has irked me for quite some time now. In previous conversations, Pamela and I rarely discussed politics that much. We did get to abortion once, however, and I thought my pro-life stance as an essentially leftist would go over as weirdly as it usually does. Instead, Pamela responded in her fast-talking manner that oh no, she is indeed pro-choice and for that "freedom", us agreeing not to bring it up again.

So imagine my surprise when I started reading her blog critically and see that she never, ever gets to the topic of abortion. With her conservative base of readers I always wondered what she'd do if that came up. Would she simply lie to keep her readers or stay true to herself and be honest? Well, I've got to hand it to her, she was honest. She didn't report on George Tiller, but she found a way in a post on Islam to stick her abortion views .....of course, it's all about Islam--or unwavering support of Israel. This is from her post:

DAMN YOU, GLORIA STEINEM!

And damn every other high minded leftopathic feminist who cloaks herself in self righteousness and Palinesque scorn. Damn every woman who calls herself a feminist and stands on the mall in DC, righteous in her indignation for the late term abortion and the right to kill viable babies (btw, I am pro-choice - early that is) while turning her cheek at Islam's misogyny.

Full of shitniks, all. We see through you empty vassals.

I'll admit, this is a criticism of feminism I've long held, that if you stand up for women you stand up for all women, not just whomever it is trendy to defend at that moment. Women of the entire world should count (so long as one is really standing up for what is viewed in their culture is oppression, not OUR view of oppression. OK, you caught me, I am saying something nice about Atlas Shrugs for once. That bit of being nice, however, is nullified a bit by this post:

The only thing that could replace the media's obsession with the murder of a late term abortion doc is a .........right wing Nazi (National Socialists are lefties, but why split hairs?). I was floored last night while watching an exchange between Ellis Henican (Newsday) and Bill O'Reilly discussing that lack of coverage for the jihadi who murdered a US soldier, wounded another and planned attacks of churches, Jewish centers and other targets.

(emphasis mine)

OK, too much insanity in that post to bother analyzing, but why split hairs, here? LOL...Her screed against FoxNews' Sheperd Smith has also made World Net Daily. Wow. It's rough just not being harsh enough with a loony gunman. In a sea of posts however, you will find old news, such as the torture and murder of Ilan Halimi, honor killings, acid attacks, and the shooting at the Holocaust Museum. Nothing on the murder of George Tiller. Why the disparity, Pamela?

Pamela Geller's Hate Makes No Sense

Awwww, poor Pamela Geller. She still can't figure out what hate speech is after spewing it for years:

REPORTING HATE CRIME AS A WEAPON TO SHUT FREE MEN UP

Hate crimes, smears and libels meant to shut people up and freedom of speech down. I have said many, many times that hate crime legislation is very dangerous. Orwellian. Who decides what is hate?
There are laws on the books for crimes. Rule of law. All crime is hate -- so why "special classes"? There are no special classes under the Constitution. All men equal. Not in the age of Obama.

Of course previously, it wasn't about Obama, it was just the same description of "Orwellian" blamed on the most useful enemy, usually Nancy Pelosi. "All crime is hate". Hmmm, and that leaves this question for Pamela of who is to decide if her blog is in fact "hate speech"? Must be confusing, especially with posts like this, where you can barely make out what she means?:

OBAMA, YOU WANT TORTURE IMAGES? U.S. "TORTURE" VS ISLAMIC TORTURE

Obama's party wants to release the "torture" photos (Abu Ghraib redux). Why is this back again? Why do the Democrats want to put our soldiers and Americans worldwide in danger? Why does this return every couple of weeks?

This would be grist for the America hating world for months, years to come. Why not give worldwide media to Islamic torture? Here's a sample.

GRAPHIC GRAPHIC VIDEO! REAL TORTURE .... in Islam

Following is a video from something called "MuhammadTube"....I'm not joking....then an excerpt from the following screed:

"Senator Graham and I will not go quietly in the night because the safety of our troops and our nation is on the line," Lieberman said at a news conference Tuesday alongside Graham.

Neither will Atlas go quietly.

Graham said U.S. troops have enough to do without "Congress adding to their burdens. So nothing's going forward until we get this right."

The question over the release of the photos is one of two key issues that is jamming up final consideration of a major, emergency spending bill to fund the war in Iraq, efforts in Pakistan and Afghanistan and prepare for the H1N1 flu.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was reportedly ready to kill Senate efforts to ban the release of the photos for three years, but only on the condition that a federal judge block an ACLU lawsuit asking for the pictures.

She's a pig.

I have access to heart stopping videos (dozens much worse than this one .... much worse). This treasonous administration wants to destroy the foundations of this country. These videos and others like them will put the administration and the vermin who are pushing this "torture" nonsense on notice, and their propaganda into perspective.

If they release those abu ghraib pics, I am going to release all my jihad videos. Word.

OK, so she'll release videos of people being decapitated if Abu Ghraib pictures are banned? Word? Geller's thoughts on 'hate speech' would be a bit more gripping if they made more sense. Perhaps she should just read her own blog for a change if she wants to find out what "hate speech" is. "MuhammadTube"? Start there, OK? Honestly.

George Tiller: Thoughts

I must admit I've been troubled by the murder and the coverage of late term abortionist George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas. Having gone to the University of Kansas I remember womens' groups with poster boards in the student unions asking people to sign "thank yous" to Tiller for providing his "services". My trouble with this is that I am rather strongly against abortion, especially late term, yet I'm not with the protesters who go to far with their "Tiller the Killer" picketing.


Living in Kansas we have frequent lighting rod issues (which is why I spend as much time as possible in Florida, where the issues are just plain weird), and Tiller down in Wichita (about 3 hours away from me) has been a target and villain for some, a hero and symbol for womens' freedoms for others. I admittedly been ill and didn't catch the news until a bit later in the week.

So there is the conundrum; how to feel when you think that murdering a man in his church is terribly wrong when you also have long despised the same man for destroying so many lives? With that question, I'd like to open the debate here.

David Carradine R.I.P.

I'm a bit late with this I realize, but I really have been that sick. One of my favorite actors has died. David Carradine, whom I've loved as Kwai Chang Caine of both "Kung Fu" television shows (yes, I did watch the 90s version) to the "Kill Bill" films was found dead in Thailand where the actor was shooting a film. Condolences may be left at his official site.

Here's Carradine in one of the best death scenes in film history, in Kill Bill 2, his final scene with Uma Thurman. The music is Ennio Morricone, originally from the soundtrack for Navajo Joe:

Baron's Idea of a "Distributed Counterjihad Network"

Time to go 'round the twist again and into the warped mind of Baron Bodissey over at Gates of Vienna. This isn't a Blog War post, but in essence what it's all about; how to organize, who to trust and work with, trying to get rid of Muslims in the West, good wholesome things like that. And heeeeeeeeeereees Baron!:

The Distributed Network

I. Introduction

What we’re doing here is something relatively new: the organization of a Counterjihad network using the Internet and other forms of global electronic communication.

The work we do must remain at least partially clandestine for three reasons:

1. The governments of our countries are repressive.

The evidence for this assertion is that even here in Denmark, most people prefer to be pseudonymous. The situation is even worse in the UK, Finland, Belgium, Sweden, France, and the Netherlands. In those countries, people with opinions like ours can be arrested and prosecuted.

2. There is also unofficial repression.

The violent actions against “racists” by Antifa and similar groups are permitted, condoned, and tacitly supported by the various Left and Center-Left parties that head the governing coalitions in most European countries.

3. The danger of attacks by Muslims.

If you add to the above the risk of being killed by the Religion of Peace — keeping Theo Van Gogh and Kurt Westergaard in mind — it’s no wonder that people prefer to do this sort of work under pseudonyms.

Thus the problem is to organize extensive, robust, and effective Counterjihad groups without putting our people at risk, and without courting the dangers that would discourage new people from joining.

This is where distributed networks come in.

II. What is a distributed Network?

1. Decentralized

A distributed network has no “boss”, and no hierarchy except at the very local level. No one can issue orders or commands over the larger network and expect them to be obeyed.

This means that decision-making can be slow and frustrating. Before it can be implemented, an idea has to spread through the larger network, excite discussion, and be determined to serve the interests of the different components of the network.

This process takes time, but it also means that decisions are likely to be more appropriate and effective when they are finally arrived at.

Once an idea takes hold, action within the network tends to proceed very quickly.

2. Flexibility

Because there is no individual or small group controlling the distributed network, new ideas may arise and be accepted easily. The variety of contributing groups is a guarantee against rigidity and narrowness of approach.

Because there is no hierarchy, information in the network flows through multiple horizontal paths of communication, and not simply up or down the branches of a “tree”. If one component or sub-network opts out of any particular action, others will participate, accomplishing the same task through alternative means.

Much of this flexibility thus arises from:
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3. Redundancy

People within the network may burn out, change allegiances, lose interest, or take on other work, so that redundancy is an absolute necessity. For any given function and within any given region, there should be multiple ways of accomplishing the same task, and multiple channels through which information travels.

III. How is a distributed network structured?

Hydra nerve netVisualize the distributed network as a nervous system, but not the type normally associated with a vertebrate animal — no brain or spinal cord. Instead imagine an earthworm or a hydra, with a number of ganglia (nodes) connected by nerve pathways.

If you remember from your high school biology class, when an earthworm is cut into several pieces, each fragment may well survive and grow into a full-sized earthworm.

1. Nodes

The nodes in our networks consist of people, either acting alone as individual contacts, or as a stand-ins for a larger group, in effect functioning as gateways or domain controllers for other networks.

Thus Aeneas is here today as a node in the same network that contains me and the rest of you, but at the same time he is a portal opening onto a much larger collection of people who form an anti-jihad network in the UK.

Each node may represent a specialized function, either as performed by an individual or a group. For example, a contact in the network may function primarily as a maker of videos, but may also represent a small group of colleagues who perform the other specialized tasks required — video recording, audio dubbing, graphic effects, subtitling, etc. The larger network is thus aware only of the individual and his representative function, but the sub-network contains the additional components.

The most specialized function of all is perhaps that of the “idea man”, the theoretician, the thinker who contributes components of the ideological framework that guides the entire network. The theoretician may be hooked into the network by only one or two connectors, even though his may well be one of the most valuable contributions.

Most people, however, will act as nodes in multiple overlapping networks. This is what gives the distributed network its power and flexibility.

Under conditions of extreme political repression, the nodes of the network may be structured as “cells” on the traditional revolutionary model, so as to limit damage in the event any individual is compromised.

2. Connectors

The connectors or links which join the nodes together are harder to define — they consist of the lines of communication between people, in whatever forms these may take. Ideally, each node will connect in multiple ways to a significant number of other nodes, adding to the general flexibility and redundancy of the network.

Possible connectors include email, instant messaging, telephone, snail-mail, face-to-face meetings, carrier pigeon, etc. — any medium through which human beings may communicate with one another.

Under conditions of extreme political repression, the old-fashioned media — written messages and face-to-face meetings — will come to the fore again.

IV. Optimum size and functionality

To operate effectively, a non-hierarchical network must be limited in size. A single node — one person, possibly representing a larger group — cannot function efficiently with more than 60-80 connectors to other nodes.

I have personal experience with the effects of too many connections, because I exceeded that limit some time ago, and my network activities have become that much less effective as a result.

When a node in the network exceeds the maximum size limit, the problem can be resolved in one of two ways:

1. The network can be transformed into a hierarchical one, with sub-networks that operate in subordination to the main node, or
2. The network can undergo “mitosis”, splitting into two or more independent networks, with a division of resources among the “children” as seems appropriate, and with continuing communication via representative nodes in each child.

A combination of the two strategies is probably the optimum result. Sub-networks may spontaneously organize themselves, recognizing an informal and voluntary hierarchy within a larger network of networks. Groups of people who feel comfortable working together can perform specialized functions, with an assigned spokesman acting as a single node in the larger network.

The network as a whole may also split along regional or other lines, with overlapping nodes allowing for continued contact and communication. This is especially appropriate within a language group, and people with skills in multiple languages will naturally tend to become “ambassador” nodes acting as connectors to various super-networks.

You can see this process at work in the evolution of the ICLA network, which began as the 910 Group and later expanded to become CVF.

The original core group consisted of a handful of activists from the United States, Canada, and Europe. The first mitosis occurred when European operations became largely separate. This group [the attendees at the Copenhagen meeting] represents the European network, which for some bizarre reason has an American acting as one of its major coordinating nodes!

The European network has also formed sub-networks, including a UK group, a Swedish group, an Austrian group, a French group, a Finnish group, and so on. At the same time new liaisons have developed between our network and other existing networks. One successful liaison is our relationship with the Italian Counterjihad groups, as developed by Gaia.

An example of a successful sub-network on the basis of function is the video production group — a loose and fluid collection of people who make (or reproduce) videos, transcribe, translate, and subtitle the final product. This group acts independently to produce material, and then connects to the larger network through me or one of the other nodes to distribute its work.

V. Why a distributed network?

We — the European Counterjihad — are compelled by necessity to form a distributed network, because we operate without funding. Whenever funding is available, a hierarchical network naturally results, because one person (or a small group) controls the flow of money, and the other nodes in the network are answerable to him. A hierarchical tree forms, based on the distribution of monetary resources.

The head of a funded hierarchical network can act as a node in a larger distributed network, but the “money man” himself will inevitably command a hierarchy.

A hierarchical network obviously has its advantages — when money is available, the network can act in ways that we can only dream of.

But a hierarchy is brittle — a break in one of the major branches of the tree disables those smaller branches that lie further out and depend on it.

A hierarchy is also susceptible to incompetence and corruption. When the head of the hierarchy ceases to function optimally for either of these reasons, the entire network is effectively disabled. The absence of institutional redundancy and alternative pathways prevents information from routing around the damaged areas.

The distributed network thus has major advantages in resilience and flexibility. With no central authority, we cannot be corrupted from the top. And when part of the network is compromised or disabled, alternative pathways form almost immediately around the damaged portion.

VI. Creating and enhancing the distributed network

The formation of a distributed Counterjihad network is a natural process, as like-minded people band together in pursuit of a common purpose. It would occur in any case, without anyone being conscious of the process or thinking about how to bring it into being.

However, being aware of the theoretical issues can expedite the process.

The four major tools employed in building the network are (1) the recognition of a common interest, (2) personal relationships, (3) the art of persuasion, and (4) the ability to delegate.

1. A common interest

Our common interest is the Counterjihad; that is, the resistance to the Islamization of the West, and the affirmation and strengthening of Western cultural values. This is clear enough.
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However, it’s a good idea to pay attention to the places where various interests diverge. An example of this would be the Jew-haters: I reject them not only because I find their ideology repugnant (which I do), but also because our interests diverge. If opposing the Jews is a paramount interest for a group, it will eventually join forces with the Muslims against us. We cannot make common cause.

On the other side are the Nazi-phobes: the people who are so afraid of being branded Nazis or racists that they will do anything to avoid such a fate. Ultimately our interests will diverge, because being called “Nazis” and “racists” is something we simply cannot avoid as long as our primary mission is to resist the Great Jihad.

I did NOT make any of that up. It is actually posted here at Hates of Vienna and I highly recommend you read the rest, because this is pure gold as it goes for reading the thoughts of someone so immersed in this online "counter-jihad" garbage that the rest of their brain becomes subdued and stops working. Note that he says, "We--the European Counterjihad--". HA! No wonder he doesn't mind the Vlaams Belang. He'd just as soon have an anti-Muslim section of the U.S. secede from the rest of us out here. But like a good little laptop warrior, he at least wants to draw strengths from his "enemies":

Remember: this is what our enemies among the “anti-fascists” and the Muslims are very effective at. Those anti-Motoon riots that broke out all over the world at about the same time were not spontaneous. They were coordinated and carefully timed.

However, they were not centrally controlled. No “Jihad Boss” issued orders telling everyone what to do — the perpetrators were simply acting within a distributed network that functioned very effectively. They were all working with a common interest: Islam.

These are the characteristics we should seek to emulate. As we contemplate future actions, we need to keep in mind that any action planned and launched in one country should have “brother actions” across Europe, and even the whole of the Western world.

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The above analysis is mainly concerned with content, and not with process. The theory and practice that I have outlined are independent of ideology. Our enemies can — and do — utilize distributed networks to facilitate terror attacks, penetrate the West, and subvert our institutions. In fact, they are way ahead of us in this regard.

But they are working at a disadvantage: they are slaves of Allah.

And we are free.

Gosh darn "slaves of Allah"! They take so much of Baron's precious time! Imagine him retiring comfortably with Dymphna out in the boonies except that they've had to start helping to build the "counter jihad network"! This is one thing I love about Baron. His ideas were put out there and even congratulated as inspiring those to build up (with Baron's help) the Center for Vigilant Freedom and the 910 Group. When asked about this here, however, Baron humbly claimed that it wasn't his idea or work that created either group. It just took up all of his time and the ideas there were all essentially his. This post represents more of this thinking. The organization of a "movement" along with the hows, whys and why nots.

So, if Baron can only get his little network up and running, regardless of model, then he will be poised to strike in a similar fashion as the cartoon rioters. Yeah, great model to look up to, Baron. Baron Hates Muslim Rioters + but their tactics worked = Baron must post a model on which his 'movement' can do something similar. And that's why we call him Baron Oddity!

Now on with our regularly scheduled program....

Update: Rev. Sutter of Chasing Evil.org has posted my initial Baron Heads photoshop, and everyone's having a good laugh at my idea of Baron being the sole member of his organizations. Please go ahead and use the photoshop if you want to, I don't mind at all. Unless you're with Muslims Against Sharia (Non-Muslims, that is). Otherwise, go ahead.

Robert Spencer doesn't want to link to us but he wants to argue about the Golden Rule

To echo Rodney Dangerfield, "Why can't we get any respect around here?" A while back I posted an article which debunked the argument made by Ali Sina and supported by Robert Spencer that Islam somehow is the only religion along with Satanism that doesn't contain or value the Golden Rule. Now Spencer posted a response on his hate blog to my article from Ali Sina without mentioning our site or the article, instead he claimed a "Jihad Watch reader took him to task for it." Considering the cultish uncritical following that Spencer has on Jihad Watch I'm sceptical anyone would take him to task.

Here is what Spencer says:

Yesterday a Jihad Watch reader wrote to me taking issue with an article I posted here at Jihad Watch four years ago, "The Golden Rule and Islam," by Ali Sina of Faith Freedom, author of Understanding Muhammad: A Psychobiography of Allah's Prophet. "All religions," Sina argued, "invariably, are based on the Golden Rule. Islam is not." Here is the letter I was sent responding to Ali Sina's article:

Islamic Text on the Golden Rule: The Quran: “Serve God, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbors who are near, neighbors who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your right hands possess [the slave]: For God loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious” (Q:4:36)

(In fact the Quran goes beyond saying the Golden Rule by stating in more than four places that "Return evil with Kindness." (13:22, 23:96, 41:34, 28:54, 42:40))

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh):
“None of you have faith until you love for your neighbor what you love for yourself” (Sahih
Muslim)

“Whoever wishes to be delivered from the fire and to enter Paradise…should treat the people as he wishes to be treated.” (Sahih Muslim)

"None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself"(Forty Hadith-Nawawi)

“None of you is a believer if he eats his full while his neighbour hasn’t anything.” (Musnad)

“Do unto all men as you would wish to have done unto you; and reject for others what you would reject for yourselves.” (Abu Dawud)

“Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you.” (Farewell Sermon)

“There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.” (Ibn- Majah)

I asked Ali Sina for a response, and h

Here is the original article: Islam and the Golden Rule

I looked briefly through the soap opera sites and didn't come across any new mud slinging though there is a whole bunch of moonbat craziness especially on Pamela's site. She talks about how she and her supporters are "a frickin' army" and calls for readers to "join us." My question: "is this the same Army of Midgets that Baron Bodissey is leading, or some other army?"

Either way, I thought I'd bring a blast from the past while we have this brief cessation in the sniping. A long time ago, during the dark ages, Spencer gave his approval to and posted a misinformation piece by Ali Sina, a relative unknown in which he makes the claim that Islam along with Satanism is the only religion that doesn't have the Golden Rule: Do onto others as you would have them do onto you.

The obvious intention is to make Islam look like a barbaric evil religion and Muslims as barbarians that are not like other humans.

This fails for a number of reasons, most importantly because Islam is a faith that reiterates the Golden Rule as much if not more than any other faith in the world. That is something that these Anti-Muslims don't want you to know and rather play down as they continue in their strange odyssey of attempting to innovate new interpretations that have no foundation in Islamic principles, but this must be the "reform Islam" that these batshit crazy people are attempting to create? All without a single Muslim amongst them of course!

Islamic Text on the Golden Rule:
The Quran:
“Serve God, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbors who are near, neighbors who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your right hands possess [the slave]: For God loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious” (Q:4:36)

(In fact the Quran goes beyond saying the Golden Rule by stating in more than four places that "Return evil with Kindness." (13:22, 23:96, 41:34, 28:54, 42:40))

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh):
“None of you have faith until you love for your neighbor what you love for yourself” (Sahih
Muslim)

“Whoever wishes to be delivered from the fire and to enter Paradise…should treat the people as he wishes to be treated.” (Sahih Muslim)

"None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself"(Forty Hadith-Nawawi)

“None of you is a believer if he eats his full while his neighbour hasn’t anything.” (Musnad)

“Do unto all men as you would wish to have done unto you; and reject for others what you would reject for yourselves.” (Abu Dawud)

“Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you.” (Farewell Sermon)

“There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.” (Ibn- Majah)

And there is more where this came from and is by far not exhaustive of all the places that mention the Golden Rule or actualizing the Golden Rule in real life. This should also highlight the shoddy work of Spencer and his likes that they attempt to pass off as scholarship.

In the future I might respond to Sina's worthless reply in which he contradicts himself, gets defensive and rambles when sayings are brought to the fore that he had no knowledge of.

New Accusations of Barack Hussein Obama being Muslim: The case of Taqqiyah-Tree-Jihad

Barack Hussein Plants Tree

The 2008 Presidential election was marred by accusations that Barack Hussein Obama was a “Mooslim,” “Mohammedan” or an “Islamic.” In response to the accusations, Barack Hussein Obama redundantly pointed out that he had been going to the same Church for almost 20 years and was a committed Christian. He told Christianity Today, “I am a Christian, and I am a devout Christian.”

Media personality Sean Hannity of Fox News was quoted as stating, “Barack hoped that if he kept repeating that he was a Christian it would be enough to extinguish the facts and questions creeping up about his associations and history as a Mooslim but we are uncovering leads in his Islamicness.”

Hannity is referring to new startling evidence that sheds light on the direct link between Barack Hussein Obama and what some call his “Mohammedan nature.”

In what experts are describing as another underhanded swipe at American values and mockery of our forefathers Barack Hussein Obama has called for the planting of trees, a well known Mooslim practice.

The President said, “I got into politics for this, to plant trees and one way to conserve energy, reduce carbon emissions, secure our borders and improve our image in the world is for us to plant trees. It’s a win-win for all Americans.”

Not all believe his intentions are to help safe guard America.

“This is an affront to our country and those men and women who died for that flag and the right for Hussein to plant those trees,” said a forlorn Joe the plumber in Real Town America, Texas.

He went on to say, “Let me say it plain for ya: George Washington cut down trees! We all know he cut down the cherry tree and Husseini wants to plant ‘em. That ain’t Christian, that ain’t American…what more evidence do ya need that he’s a Mooslim?”

George Washington

According to experts on Global Terrorism and Islam such as Robert Spencer of the Foundation for the Reconquista of Anatolia, “The fact that Barack Hussein Obama was educated in a Madrassa [Islamic seminary] should have set alarm bells going…In 2004 when Obama was running for the Senate in Illinois, I was the only one drawing attention to this, like Paul Revere. I was shouting ‘The Mooslims are coming! The Mooslims are coming’ but no one paid any attention…they never do.”

Spencer speculated that the tree planting was evidence of a Mooslim practice known as Taqiyya, or dissimilation, “Taqqiyah is pretty much a practice where Mooslims deceive infidel Christians and others by hiding the fact that they are Mooslim while outwardly apostasizing. It is all part of a stealth Jihad, and based on the Koran and Hadith [Islamic sayings] it seems planting trees is an important part of that. Barack Hussein Obama is hiding his Islamicness while appearing as a Christian–this is Taqqiyah-Tree-Jihad.”

When asked what the connection was between the planting of trees and Obama being Mooslim, Islamic Scholar Daniel Pipes barraged us with Islamic quotes saying,

“It’s quite simple. If you only go to the texts they speak for themselves. Look at what their Prophet Mohammed said, ‘If a Muslim plants a tree.. and a bird, a person or an animal eats from it, it will be counted as a charity for him.‘“(Bukhari and Muslim)

‘Whoever plants a tree is rewarded by Allah as much as the produce grown in that tree.’ (Musnad)

‘Whoever plants a tree and diligently looks after it until it matures and bears fruit is rewarded,’ (Musnad)

‘Whoever plants a tree and it matures, Allah plants a tree in paradise for that person.’ (Musnad).

Kahanist chairwoman Pamela Geller author of the forthcoming book Obama’s Father was Malcolm X! vented, “We gotta cut them off at the knees. These barbarians! It’s civilized man versus the barbarians and we got the chief barbarian in the White House now. The Mooslims are taking over–wake up America!”

We contacted the White House for comment and were told the President had “other pressing engagements”. But a source from the President’s staff disputed the Islam experts telling us on the condition of anonymity that “Barack is just a wily politician and he really knows the threat we are facing and in fact this is a tactical move on his part. On the one hand he is reaching out to the Mooslim world and saying, ‘Hey I understand you, look I plant trees,’ on the other hand he knows that Islamic texts state that during Jihad it is prohibited to cut down trees. Barack wants to plant as many trees so that when the terrorists come they won’t be able to fight properly.”

Disclaimer:This article is satire but reflects what's known as "truthiness."

"The Media Loved Hitler Too...."

This load of schlock comes via Atlas Shrugs. I don't have time at all to post on it, but I thought I'd make you all aware of this pathetic attempt to expose the love of the people and media of the days prior to WWII for Hitler--as compared to....could it be....OBAMA?

More is at Hates of Vienna, as linked in the AS piece. I'll look at it more when I get home when I ever have time today....which is to say probably tomorrow, but still, this warranted a post. And a question of the day: do Geller and Baron Oddity really believe the shit they shovel or are they blogging versions of shock jocks? Rather, Baron believes it all. Does Pamela Geller?

Summer Glau Look-Alike Contest

OK, time for some fun away from the "counter-jihadis" for a bit. In honor of the new Terminator film (which I don't consider canon, being the geek that I am), I'm offering up a look-alike contest for another Terminator franchise I don't consider canon, "The Sarah Connor Chronicles". This is a look-alike contest for actress Summer Glau who plays a protector Terminator in the show called "Cameron". She is pictured above. Here are my entries:



Please leave links or pic in the comments to enter my little itty bitty contest here!

Geller Back in Israel National News

Well, Pamela Geller is now posting that she has yet another article in Israel National News. I've been told here that this rag is one of the farthest right one can get. I must admit though that writing of the torture and murder of Ilan Halimi is (though a bit out-dated) a good subject, though Pammycakes is treating the recent press of the trial as a "cover-up":

The abduction and murder in Paris of a young Jewish man by a gang of Muslim immigrants calling themselves the Barbarians shocked the whole of France in 2006. But now that the accused are on trial - silence.

A French judge has ordered the latest issue of the magazine Choc ("shock") removed from the shelves. The cover showed a man with duct tape completely covering his head, except for a small opening around his nostrils. His
Recitation of verses from the Koran, while Ilan's tortured screams could be heard in the background.
nose is bloody. His hands are also bound with duct tape.

It was a photo of Ilan Halimi, the 23-year-old Parisian Jew who was kidnapped and tortured for 24 days by the Barbarians. His captors took the picture and sent it to his family. A lawyer for Halimi's family had complained about the magazine, but Choc's editor-in-chief Paul Payan responded: "Of course, we understand the anguish of the parents and, of course, we share their anguish.... But what's so harrowing is not the publication of this photo. What's harrowing is what it represents, what happened, the reality behind it."

It really is a shame if there is nothing getting out about Halimi's murder, but as we all know, the harder one tries to cover something up the more it gets out there, and not just through the Israel National News. While promoting the truth about Halimi is a good thing, I can't help but seeing in this AS post a bit more of self-promotion--go figure.

Charles Reports on the "Sekrit Jeeehod" Summit

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/33745_Sekrit_
Counter-Jihad_Summit_Held/comments/#ctop
Hat-tip Jeppo

Well, as is now the norm, I report on some anti-LGF type of activity and all the sudden it's over at LGF with no credit to me. I'm getting depressed over here, Charles! Come on, give me some credit! OK, I'm just kidding. I just report on this crap, and that Charles is attacking something that appeared only over at GoV (out of the blogs we cover), is rather a good thing. Baron Oddity and his genocidal tendencies need to be covered by the biggest blogs that will cover it. Anyways, here's Charles:

Sekrit Counter-Jihad Summit Held

Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:51:46 pm PDT

Another “counter-jihad summit” was held last weekend at a secret, highly secure location somewhere in the wilds of Muslim-occupied Copenhagen. Somehow the brave anti-jihad warriors managed to avoid being beheaded.

OK, is it just me, or is Charles' demeaning posts about these freaks starting to get funnier and funnier? That bit of prose was followed by this pic:

OK, back to Charles:

UPDATE at 5/24/09 5:20:46 pm:

Speaking of the fascist sympathizers at Gates of Vienna (linked above), you can now find their articles at the website of the Czech Republic’s National Party — an extreme right-wing group allied with the neo-Nazi British National Party, that advocates a ‘Final Solution’ to the gypsy problem.

A far-right party in Czech Republic which demanded a ‘final solution’ to the issue of gypsies has been exposed as having strong links with the BNP in Britain.

The National Party in Prague stunned mainstream politicians and viewers with an electioneering ad using Nazi-era rhetoric that called for a ‘final solution to the gypsy issue’.

In WW2 the highest echelons of the Nazi party in Germany sought the ‘final solution to the Jewish question’ – the euphemism which covered the industrial-scale slaughter of six million men, women and children in the extermination camps.

In the tasteless Czech ad the camera pans over dishevelled and dirty-looking Roma women and children, intended to show them in the worst possible light, before a voice-over says: ‘We call for final solution to the gypsy issue’.

There were also slogans on screen such as ‘Stop black racism,’ ‘No favouring of Gypsies’, and ‘We don’t want black racists among us’. Czech bigots routinely refer to Roma people as blacks.

The National Party’s Petra Edelmannova was a featured speaker at the recent “Pro-Köln” demonstration in Germany; other scheduled speakers included Robert Spencer of jihadwatch.org and Pamela Geller of atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com, who backed out when their planned participation was exposed by LGF.

Edelmannova’s appearance at “Pro-Köln” was hyped recently by ... you guessed it ... Gates of Vienna.

OK, despite his past and his unwillingness to post a straight-up apology for that past, Charles really is doing a good job of going after these little bloggers playing at being good little brown shirts. I must commend Charles yet again for this attitude and coverage of a pathetic little event, though an event that can grow via the web and Baron's best efforts. Just remember, Fred Phelps' "movement" was almost dead locally until the Phelps family (somehow) figured out the web. Baron and his near genocidal tendencies are the same, especially with his alliance with bloggers like Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer. LGF is (though attacked heartily by those at LGF2 among other sites--like GoV) now standing as a wall against these little fascists and I can only commend Charles for the stance he has taken when it comes to these little bastards. Whether it is true emotion or merely vendetta, it is helping. Just look at some of the comments:

1 buzzsawmonkey 5/24/09 4:53:11 pm reply quote

All your Vlaams are Belang to us!

2 Sharmuta 5/24/09 4:54:11 pm reply quote

Repost:

About the "counter-jihad" going secret- I don't understand it. I thought they were proud of their work and there were no issues with their alliance because their friends are pure as the driven snow. So why the secrecy?

13 Zimriel 5/24/09 4:58:26 pm reply quote

I'm glad this thread is up. Now this comment is on-topic:

Notice how when a movement is discredited, it morphs into a (pretended) free-speech movement? "Oh, we're not creationists... we just want equal time in the classroom." "Oh, we're not neo-Nazis... we just want to reopen the debate over the so-called Holocaust."

And now, the pro-Koeln guys are gathering together in a "Free Speech International" conclave.

30 Cato the Elder 5/24/09 5:05:18 pm reply quote

LOL.

Some of the most brilliant minds of the Western world were present in Steen’s flat on those two nights.

Then Pamela tottered in, and the average IQ went to 64.

57 Charles 5/24/09 5:22:42 pm reply quote

See the update above for more interesting connections between the brave anti-jihad bloggers of Gates of Vienna and the Czech National Party -- who advocate a 'final solution' for gypsies in the Czech Republic.

I'll leave the rest for you folks to read, but Charles is really starting to do his research on this topic and not just sticking to creationists, banning people and hatin Ron Paul. This research is going to prove very interesting in this fight, especially as Spencer did state a ways back that he wasn't going to leave these attacks by Johnson unanswered. For my part, I say keep it up, Charles. Spencer runs a hate site and you can take him down, just check those comments!

"Slouching Towards Copenhagen"

I'm going to leave this one short, this is just Baron Bodissey's partial description of the latest "Counter-Jihad Summit" in Copenhagen which he attended, though he's the only person in our little cadre of bloggers we write up to be writing about it at all (and it has SUCH a lovely graphic too!!). At any rate, here's a bit of the once and future Baron's description:

We’ve come a long way in just a little over two years.

The first Counterjihad Summit was held in Copenhagen back in April 2007, and the European and North American networks have been developing continuously since then. CVF — which has recently been folded into the larger and more comprehensive International Civil Liberties Alliance — followed up with Counterjihad Brussels 2007 and Counterjihad Vienna 2008.

Last weekend a group of like-minded people convened in Copenhagen for Counterjihad 2009. Unlike some of our previous efforts, this was a working meeting, and did not feature a slate of prominent speakers in a conference format. It was designed to strengthen, extend, and deepen the existing networks of anti-jihad activists and bloggers.

Egads! It looks like even Charles Johnson cannot post enough to keep these things from happening (since he's the one they're blaming, at least). No, we don't want these to go a "long way in two years". My only hope is that there are only a few people there hiding behind fancy graphics.

Some of the most brilliant minds of the Western world were present in Steen’s flat on those two nights. If the world were organized rationally, these people would hold political office or be helping to form public policy in their respective countries. But, as it is, they have to use pseudonyms, hide their activities, and fly under the radar to avoid persecution for mounting a resistance to the destruction of their countries and their cultures.

Such is the sad level to which Western Civilization has sunk.

Given my imminent unemployment and reduced circumstances, Counterjihad Copenhagen 2009 will likely be my last such event for the foreseeable future. But we’ve come a long way in two years, and the Counterjihad network will function perfectly well in my absence.

Our initial goals have been met: we have formed a well-functioning decentralized network that connects different organizations and individuals together as they work towards a common goal. Information travels quickly and efficiently within this network and its associated organizations, providing an opportunity to plan and coordinate actions in different countries. Translations of relevant material into all major European languages is routine, and ensures that local groups do not remain isolated and atomized.

People know the obstacles and risks that they face when they volunteer for the Counterjihad. They are automatically stigmatized as “racists”, “xenophobes”, “neo-Nazis”, and “Islamophobes”. They risk losing their jobs and their livelihoods, and in some countries they can be prosecuted for their opinions under the laws against racial discrimination.

Yet still they join the resistance. This is a visible sign of the depth of feeling among ordinary people about the deliberate destruction of European culture by the transnational elites.

"Some of the most brilliant minds" in the West? Is this man smoking what Pamela Geller seems to be on? Ah well....I said I'd keep this one short. I hope it was enjoyed, especially the bit about it taking place in someone's flat. That part got my hopes up a bit. Just a bit.

Charles' Hate Mail Re: Pro Köln

Well, well, well. Charles work against Geller and Spencer and the Pro-Koln rally hasn't gone unnoticed. He has yet another post titled We Got Mail, and this isn't any friendly sort of mail, let me reassure you:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/33738_We_Got_Mail!

Several emails from a supporter of the “Pro-Köln” group in Germany provide a revealing (if disturbing) glimpse into the mindset of the people who are drawn to these fascist groups. Obscenities are left intact to give you the full experience.

(To recap, “Pro-Köln” is the group of neo-Nazi-linked “anti-jihadists” that announced Robert Spencer of jihadwatch.org and Pamela Geller of atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com as speakers at their meeting earlier this month — and then both Spencer and Geller backed out when their participation was exposed here at LGF, although they continue to attack me viciously and deny that “Pro-Köln” has any fascist or neo-Nazi connections.)

In the first one, our anonymous German admirer claims there were 1,000 people at their hatefest, even though photographs and articles published by German media showed less than 200 haters in attendance:

(links original and link back to other LGF posts)

Charles Johnson, you are a liar. There were almost 1,000 people at the anti-fascist congress. I was there. Pro Köln has photos on its website to prove it. Don`t you know that the German regular prints lies about Pro Köln because it fears this movement? Do you even care? Even more people would have come if assholes like you hadn’t tried to scare them off. You should have seen the assorted towelheads and anarcho-fascist thugs that tried to dirsupt us. Guess that’s the side we can find you on. By the way, if Israel is considered “fascist” by some it is because of its actions, not because some Jewish person appears on a stage with Pro Köln or not. Also, Berlusconi just came out and said “Italy does not want to become a multi-ethnic state.” So fuck you, Johnson.

Wow! What a charming way to promote the Pro-Koln Rally! I almost wish that Geller and Spencer HAD gone and hung out with people who use the term "towelhead", now that would have made for even better posting. Charles continues and quotes another bit of mail:

“Towelheads.” Isn’t that nice? And antisemitism too!

But those aren’t the only targets of this person’s hatred; he also loathes Bruce Bawer. Can you guess why?

AS for Bruce Bawer, how quickly he forgets that his fellow gay hero and anti-Islam crusader Pim Fortuy was ALSO roundly LIBELLED AS A NAZI BEFORE BEING KILLED BY AN ANIMAL-RIGHTS ACTIVIST TO “PREVENT A SECOND HITLER”. So Bawer is talking out of both sides of his queer arse. How about the treatment meted out to Michael Savage by the UK? Now you know what it feels it, brother. Welcome to the “fascist club”.

And just to complete the picture, our anonymous admirer added this (in an email sent on Mother’s Day):

The man with the offending “gallows” T-shirt was an infiltrated provacateur. He was NOT with Pro Köln asked to leave immediately. On the other hand, the counter-demonstrators were baying for our blood and screaming threats of violence and outrageous insults all day long. But you don`t give a fuck about that do you, you goddamn fucking liar! Fuck you and your mother!

And with that charming thought, we conclude this edition of “The Friends of Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller.”

Wow, I haven't seen hate mail like that since our friendly troll "Muslims Against Sharia" stopped calling me a "cocksucker" here. Charles should be rather proud IMHO to be getting abuse from that side of things, especially with the added credit of keeping other little Nazis away from the event. So, if we were keeping points here, I'd give Charles a goodly number for inciting rage in the neo-Nazis. Congrats Charles & the Lizards! Speaking of, the comments are never perfect, nor the lizards (but at least they're discussing); however, Charles has a few interesting comments there:

28 Charles 5/23/09 7:14:38 pm reply quote

re: #18 Killgore Trout

Islamists, Leftists and Eurofascists are agreeing that Israel is an opressive regime. Eurofascists, because they support it and Islamists and Leftists because they oppose it. Israel has enough PR problems but when people claim to tacitly support Israel for the same reasons others oppose it means there's a very serious problem. Israel is fighting for its survival and the support of ethnic nationalist movements is not at all helpful.

Groups like Vlaams Belang are pretending to be "pro-Israel" for one reason only -- to increase their political influence among the European right, and the American 'anti-jihad' bloggers. It's a complete fraud, and of course idiots like Pamela Geller are swallowing it whole.

166 Charles 5/23/09 8:21:24 pm reply quote

re: #145 offendi

Just checking.

Because where I live, there don't seem to be any radical Muslims taking over my culture. Is it possible that the policies of GW Bush might have actually had an effect on the spread of jihadism?

Or are we all doomed unless we wake up and stop trying to "explain it away?"

Warning though, unless you want to read about tea parties and a LOT about Ron Paul, don't bother much with them. If I missed something good, please drop it in the comments!

Baron Bodissey on Charles' Latest "Attack on Wilders"

(Hat-Tip Jeppo) Well, Baron over at Gates of Vienna has prepared a response to Charles Johnson's latest "attack" on Dutch MP Geert Wilders, though it's in the form of a write-up from their "Flemish correspondent VH". I'm assuming that's the "Letter to Geert Wilders" (covered with links by us here) from LGF a few days ago regarding Wilders lack of response to Charles to an email Charles wrote him back in December. In other words, Charles dug up a reason to restart the Wars.

Back to Baron's post for now though:

From our Flemish correspondent VH comes this report about the recent attack on Geert Wilders at Little Green Footballs:

Here is a Dutch response to the latest Charles Johnson scandal.

He keeps unmasking himself as the sock puppet of European fascists like Antifa and Blokwatch. He demands that Geert Wilders comply with the demands of Master CJ himself, an ignorant uninformed blogger, to join the “cordon sanitaire” against Vlaams Belang.

Geert Wilders did not reply to his pathetic email, and is now cursed and threatened by CJ: “I will no longer support him even to the extent I described in this email”. CJ, who has no idea of what is going on in Europe, writes to Wilders: “I’ve done enough research [sic!] into the group to convince me that their current pose of moderation is a false front.”

Duns Ouray, a noted writer for HetVrijeVolk.com (and who is from the group that worked with Theo van Gogh), responds (in English) at HVV:

The curious case of Charles Johnson

Admittedly, Charles Johnson has earned his stripes as a blogger. But now, he gets a little bit ahead of himself.

Charles Johnson has written Geert Wilders an e-mail, to which Wilders has never responded. This, according to Charles “speaks volumes”. It is evidence that Wilders is becoming “more extreme.”

Charles is right. Anybody not replying to their e-mail is well underway to becoming an extremist. It is a historical fact that genocidists like Hitler, Stalin and Mao never answered a single e-mail. So, there!

In fact, I remember writing Charles an e-mail a couple of years ago. And I believe that he never replied. Which, of course, “speaks volumes”…

- - - - - - - - -

All-knowing Charles Johnson also mentions “that the charge that Wilders is pandering to bigots and haters is true.” Again, I take my hat off to Johnson. From California, Charles has an opinion on the legal and moral merits of this case which is governed by Dutch law.

I’m reminded of the words of the great philosopher Clint Eastwood: “Opinions are like a**holes, everybody has got one.”

Except for Gates of Vienna, where assholes abound in great numbers. But wait! "VH" has a bit more for us:

VH adds this comment:

The Charles Johnson email reminds me of a letter written by the former PvdA (Socialists) fraction leader and then-mayor of Groningen, Jacques Wallage in 2003. Wallage wrote his letter to the fraction leader of the VVD (center-right liberals) in parliament, Jozias van Aartsen, urging him to remove Ayaan Hirsi Ali from the VVD party and thus from parliament.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali had visited an Islamic school and openly questioned Islam there. Jacques Wallage, who himself is one of the architects of the mass immigration in the Netherlands wrote to Van Aartsen:

How on earth it comes to the mind of a member of parliament to make sneering comments on the god of the Muslims (“where is Allah then, I see him nowhere”) in front of young children, is a mystery to me.

Honestly. I can only assume that VH was trying to make sense in this "post" of sorts. I only regret that my Dutch became too rusty to read the Dutch press on these events (or the Flemish), but I'll dust it off and put it back to use just for you guys here. For now though, the Gatekeepers:

Blogger John Sweat said...

Charles Johnson is still around?
5/22/2009 10:13 AM
Blogger Fjordman said...

JS: Apparently he is, yes, although I ignore him as much as possible. I did visit LGF again a while ago for about ten minutes, which is the maximum amount of time I intend to waste on that site. I see one of the comments compares me to Aragorn in Lord of the Rings. I usually identify with either Gandalf or Frodo, actually, especially since the name "Gandalf" probably originates from Norwegian mythology. But Aragorn is fine, I can live with that.

So, which LOTR character is Mr. Johnson? He is not powerful enough to be Sauron, not smart enough to be Saruman and not handsome enough to be Gollum. Grima Wormtongue, maybe? Or perhaps that orc who tried to eat Merry and Pippin in The Two Towers?

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/showc/841/7147621

A lot of these people seem to have a Lord of the Rings complex. With Muslims as sub-human orcs, of course. The Baron as King Theoden, Dymphna as Galadriel, Fjordman as a windy Aragorn, the elusive Hugh Fitzgerald as Legolas? That would make Spencer Gimli, I guess.
5/22/2009 10:27 AM

(emphasis definitely mine)

Tell me I did not just read that in Fjordman's comment. If I read one more LOTR comparison to the "counter-jihadosphere" I might lose my cookies, as it were. So, the ever-anonymous "Fjordman" is OK with being Aragorn to people? The man who was destined to be King? But more comfortable with being Gandalf due to his nationalist leanings/ Cute, so cute.

Yes Fjordman, your pathetic essays have not served you well, nor the "research" you must be doing. And don't pull out the LOTR comparisons with us around over here. Yes, in fact, the name "Gandalf" IS from Norse mythology. From the Ballad of Svipdag and Snorri Sturluson gives a list of all the dwarves in Norse mythology, of which one name is "Gandalf". Certainly such a "historian" and a Scandinavian one at that would know his Sturluson! But no, another bit Fjordman let down. Just as expected.

And typically for Conservative Swede to play along:

Blogger Conservative Swede said...

Mecca is Mordor and George Soros Saruman. José Manuel Barroso is nominated as Gollum together with Gordon Brown and Sarkozy.

And Obama? He's the ring!

One Child to rule them all, One Child to find them,
One Child to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mecca where the Shadows lie
5/22/2009 4:01 PM

I just hope that these antics amuse those LOTR fans out here even if they are in the comments. Oh, why do they always sink to this comparison? Tolkien himself hated allegory and disavowed anyone's notions (while he still lived) that his works stood for anything reflecting anything in reality. Then again, these people live to insult, so it's not entirely unexpected.

Spencer Goes GAGA Over New Atlas Article

Well, American Thinker just keeps going with their newest find, Pamela Geller. Her biggest fan, Robert Spencer, keeps going with the write-ups as well. This time Pamela has written "Fast Times at Disaster High", a screed that ends with, "But one thing is painfully clear. Obama is destroying America.". Yeah yeah yeah, yada, yada, yada. The sky falls yet again. At least Pamela's finally getting some media coverage, it's just what she's always wanted. Dreams really can come true! Even for Robert Spencer;)

Charles on "Fascist Strategy of Entryism"

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/33721_The_Fascist_Strategy_of_Entryism
Charles is really digging in trying to restart The Blog Wars. Considering that Spencer has said that he will NOT stop responding to Charles' attacks, this out to be good. Here's Charles:

The Fascist Strategy of Entryism

World | Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:59:32 pm PDT

The leader of the fascist British National Party, Nick Griffin, makes his agenda very clear in this video clip, from a meeting of “white nationalists” in America in 2000. Standing next to Griffin: former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.

Keep in mind as you watch: this is exactly the same strategy of “entryism” currently being used by groups like the Vlaams Belang, who are being promoted by the so-called “anti-jihad” bloggers like Pamela Geller of atlasshrugs, Robert Spencer of jihadwatch, the “International Free Press Society,” and “Baron Bodissey” and “Dymphna” at gatesofvienna.

(emphasis mine)

Here's the video he posted which links Nick Griffin of the BNP and neo-Nazis and other white nationalists here in the U.S.:


More from Charles:

UPDATE at 5/21/09 9:07:04 pm:

The Belgian Vlaams Belang group’s “entryism” involves pretending to be pro-Israel. Here’s a post about their deceptions by Belgian native Stephanie Maneles: Paranoia or Persecution? Belgium — a place where it is not only acceptable to hate Jews, it is recommended.

" The rise of the right-extremist “Vlaams Belang” political party has caused serious concern among Belgian Jews. Although the party claims to be a friend of the Jewish people, its platform is worryingly similar to that of 1930 Germany.

One of their aims is the “abolition of administrative and educational facilities for French speakers.” Interestingly, Jews are widely known to be among the French speaking population of Flanders.

The party also advocates for “deportation of all immigrants who fail to assimilate” to Flemish culture.

Worst of all, the party advocates for “full and unconditional amnesty for people convicted for collaboration with Nazi Germany after World War II” and the “revocation of anti-racism, anti-Negationism and anti-discrimination legislation on the grounds of free speech.”

Many protesting groups have objected the party’s existence. There have been lawsuits and complaints filed against Vlaams Belang, yet the only thing they have changed over the years is the party’s name.

Terrifyingly, its popularity has slowly but surely grown, allowing the Vlaams Belang to become a prominent member of the Belgian parliament. Since the elections in 1999, the number of votes in favor of the party has doubled. Is the persecution still an illusion?"

(emphasis again mine)

Another "Counter-jihad" Summit? Honestly!

Well, I am behind the times here. Baron over at Gates of Vienna has reported on his latest travels, this time to a "Counter-Jihad Summit" or his "Scandinavian wanderings". His description reveals his utter disgust at Muslims in Europe:

On Friday, some of the meeting’s participants arrived early and took the train to Malmö to see what all the fuss was about. With the help of our Swedish contacts, we embarked on a safari that included the most important sights of the city.....

.....Ms. Sahlin is well-known to regular Gates of Vienna readers as a hijab-wearing Certified F**ker, not to mention one of Sweden’s most ardent spokescreatures for Multiculturalism. She is also a leader of the Social Democrats, and may become the next prime minister of Sweden if the SocDems regain power next year.

Well, I guess that's close as Baron can get to his "F Bomb". And
"spokescreatures"? Aww Baron, tell us how you really feel:

Rosengård is a large district with a number of neighborhoods and housing projects, some of which are notorious for their riotous and incendiary “youths”.

Youths were much in evidence, but since we toured the area during the daytime, they were restrained in their behavior. Life in Rosengård is relatively sedate until the sun goes down and the night is illuminated by the golden glow of gently burning tires and dumpsters.

Malmö: The suicide balconiesAmong the other famous sights of Rosengård are the “suicide balconies” of the apartment buildings. Festooned with satellite dishes, they are the scenes of recurrent tragedies: from the balcony railings young girls frequently and mysteriously fall or hurl themselves, often to their deaths.

.....Inside the southern entrance the discriminating shopper will find a selection of Arab shops, restaurants, and other businesses.

A clothing store makes an offer to bargain-hungry customers: “Buy a Hijab and Get a Free Present”.

The advertising signs on the window of one establishment are entirely in Arabic.

Malmö: Arab hairdresserThe signs outside a hairdressing salon are also in Arabic. Notice that the smartly-coiffed models in the pictures on the window show only women in hijab, with the advertised hairstyles covered up by veils. How can a discerning customer be certain of what hair-do she will get?

Just beyond Rosengård Centrum is the Herrgården housing estate, which consists of several high-rise buildings and a number of garden apartments along Ramels Väg....

....Visitors to Herrgården are greeted by a sign with the name of the estate presented in mock-Arabic script.

Just think of the implications: the municipal authorities of Malmö paid a professional agency to design and construct a sign which says, in effect, “This neighborhood is for Muslims ONLY.”

The mosque is far away from the Muslim housing estates in Rosengård. According to our Swedish guide, most of Rosengård’s Muslims worship at the “basement mosques”, and not the fancy one with the minarets paid for by Saudi money.

But there it stands, anyway: an assertion of political supremacy, claiming for the Ummah with its dome and minarets the sacred territory of Rosengård.

One wonders if Baron gets horribly upset when Christian Arabs move here and found Orthodox Churches. Of course the Muslims of Rosengård would build mosques. What's Baron going to do, try to give them all computer viruses?

I've been off a few days, so I will scrape up the rest of the information about this bit of fun the "counter-jihadis" had in Scandinavia. I'm sure Pammycakes even has so good pictures (not that Baron doesn't, just go to the link if you care to see the "suicide balconies" and other such sightings, including one particularly offensive (to Baron) mosque.