Shameful to see a Douglas Murray article posted on Hacker News...
This guy's whole MO is saying racist/xenophobic things and then complaining about PC "mob mentality" when people say he's a racist or a xenophobe.
This guy's whole MO is saying racist/xenophobic things and then complaining about PC "mob mentality" when people say he's a racist or a xenophobe.
I read his book "The strange death of Europe: immigration, identity, Islam" and found it to be balanced, copiously referenced and frankly very scary. There is currently no other group of people on this planet that I know of that is hunting down the people they dislike and executes them. Maybe the Mexican cartels.
He refuses to call Tommy Robinson a racist, that’s pretty racist.
If there’s ever an argument and race is a component, you’re not going to find him on the right side. He tip-toes around explicit racist statements on purpose but when looked at broadly I think he’s pretty clearly helping racist causes, I don’t think it’s an accident, and I don’t think he minds.
Frankly it’s a bit telling that the only other comparable group to jihadi terrorists you can think about are Mexican. You should read some criticism of Murray, read some left media. I think you’d be surprised that it’s not all the PC nonsense that Murray and co complain about.
Here's to second chances: Muslim immigration is not the death of Europe. The death of Europe, according to the author is accepting too many immigrants that do not share the values of equality and respect towards women, other minorities, or even the rule of law.
And then not enforcing said law when they break it, in order not to appear racist, thereby leading to a lack of confidence from the general population and massive shifts in political power to nationalist or extremist parties.
There's much to be said about this topic and I would do it in a polite and respectable way, but from my discussion with a moderator I think it would not be welcome. Somehow we're stuck with mostly being able to say positive things or else being labeled despicable.