…most of today’s European leaders still refuse to see it even though it’s right before their eyes.
Don’t think for a second that these so-called “leaders” don’t see the truth of what’s going on. In fact, don’t think for a second that even the most die-hard Leftists don’t see the truth of what’s going on.
The reason the left remains oblivious or unable to handle this problem is simple: they are not ready to critically analyze their ideological dogmas.
You’ve almost hit the nail on the head, AlexinCT.
IMO, the real reason they’re so loathe to speak out against the rising Islamic fundamentalist tide is that they fear being caught in the trap that they’ve used to pummel their political opponents with for the last 50 years: namely, being subject to the shrieking cries of “Racist! Racist! Racist!” from the vast hordes of unrepentant Leftists that will rain down upon them for daring to criticize the sanctified holiness of brown skin. They’re all afraid to be the first ones to stick their necks out because they’ve seen what’s happened to other leftists who actually had enough of a moral compass to speak out against these barbarians (e.g. Fallaci).
IOW, they’re cowards.
Also, it isn’t that they’re not ready to critically analyze their ideological dogmas…it’s that they can’t. Because they’re not ideological dogmas, they’re religious dogmas!
The complete folly of leftist thinking…moral equivalence, multiculturalism, income redistribution, grievance politics, and on and on…has been repudiated over and over and over again, both philosophically and via reasoned analysis of the results of their real-world application. And yet, they remain true believers! Amen, Brother!
For a Leftist, multiculturalism is a tenet of the faith: unchanging and unassailable. It is, quite simply, the Truth. To question it would require questioning the whole leftist religious belief system, which in turn, would require them to have the courage to actually risk the personal/social upheaval that could occur in their lives if they found that they could no longer support those beliefs (e.g. imagine the horrors that would have to occur before someone like a George Clooney would reach a level of cognizant dissonance that would cause him to abandon his leftist beliefs).
And this goes far beyond the problems that are germane to the this thread’s topic. The same thing can be seen occurring in the Democratic primary in the US. The Leftists (i.e. Democrats) have been playing identity/grievance politics for the last 50 years and now the results of that can be clearly seen in the primary, where the Big Mac and Whopper of grievance politics – e.g. women and blacks – are vying against each another in a race to see who’s the biggest victim and, therefore, more deserving of reparation – I mean, nomination.
And it’s only going to get nastier. And whatever the outcome, there are going to be a lot of really pissed off people when it’s over. Such is the well-deserved fate of parties that build their constituencies by hyping up people’s differences and promising everything under the Sun in exchange for votes.
