Thursday, December 30, 2004
I'm not even sure what to do with this. Comparing 9/11 to the "shot heard 'round the world"...the American Revolution as a tool of the elite "landed classes," (you know, like...farmers...), you know you're stepping into Marxist la la land when you read the word "class" in an essay involving the American Revolution and the author feels the need to remind you that the nascent USA was a "slave-holding" sovereign.
You know you're stepping into something far worse - a difficult task considering Marxism's bloody history - when you see the rest. Here's a taste of where we're going:
Iviews.com: America and Islam - Seeking Parallels by Shahid Alam
The author is not some Islamist kook writing for Arab News. The author is a professor of Economics employed by Northeastern University here in Massachusetts who believes the "real America" is one that "...daily employs its might to mangle the lives of hundreds of millions..." Read the piece in full and lament - your taxes subsidize this man's salary. (Hat tip: Miss Kelley)
Related posts: Holocaust Remembrance Day (and Patriot's Day) and A Thousand Coffins
Update: Seems LGF was already on this. One of their readers got a response:
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