It is useful to assess the underpinnings of the transformation to an increasingly hard left in term of Whiskey’s analysis.
For those who doubt this, I present exhibit A.
A few days ago, a small circle of people with whom I share e-mail was sent by one of the members, one of those youtube videos describing the demographics of Islam vs native born Europeans and North Americans. The video was fairly dispassionate and really just a description of the facts.
A wife of one of the circle members, a public school teacher who is the archetypal not-very-bright NPR high-disinformation leftist (who believes, in her own mind, that she is MENSA material) responded thusly:
“This kind of thing can seem scary when presented in this manner. However, change is inevitable. Look at the transformation over the last 30 years in the types of foods we eat with the increase in the Latino population. Who doesn’t like a good breakfast burrito?
Certainly we have seen an increase in the Muslim population; it is a growing demographic due to both birth and conversion. My very good friend, XXXX, converted from Catholicism to Islam when she married a man from Pakistan, and she has had more than 1.9 children. Three of her four sons are Harvard graduates. Her oldest, who graduated two years ago, took my son under his wing when he was struggling with wrestling. The youngest is a former student and a sophomore at the university. They are wonderful people. XXXX does not wear a burqa, just capris and cardigans like the rest of us. Extremists are scary– no doubt about it, but as an agnostic, I fear Muslims no more than Christian or Jews.
I don’t care so much what god people worship or language they speak as long as we remain free and democratic. As Americans we need to work tirelessly to preserve the rights our forefathers outlined in the Constitution. Whether combating foreign terrorists or battling economic disaster, we have to remain diligent in fighting for our liberties and preventing policies that would undermine them. In that way, we will preserve the most important aspects of our culture.
Plus, I refuse to have any more children!”
I can’t add to that, although others (Whiskey especially) might like to comment.
