Daily Gut: Backlash Against the Backlash
by Greg GutfeldAnd that’s the drill: concern over crimes that have never happened, as opposed to the terror that has.
So, denying the role militant Islam played in the Fort Hood atrocity is like staring at a shark bite and thinking, “bicycle.”
When a fundamentalist kills thirteen innocent people while shouting “allahu akbar,” Islam isn’t just a small player – it’s got a starring role. And now that U.S. intelligence admits Hasan tried to contact al Qaeda, it should make it increasingly hard for anyone to say otherwise.
I say it “should,” but it won’t.
Look at the news.
Over at Time, thoughtful types speculate over a “secondary trauma” that could have driven Hasan to kill. Never mind terror – one news network tells us we should focus more on “a backlash against Muslim soldiers.” On a major website, they want us to ponder the “next McVeigh.” And our very own Homeland Security secretary says she’s hard at work preventing “a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment.”
And that’s the drill: concern over crimes that have never happened, as opposed to the terror that has. When Americans are murdered in cold blood, the first step in our screwed-up world is to chant, “backlash.” Never mind that backlash concerns may have allowed this massacre to occur in the first place. Hasan exhibited more signs than a horoscope – yet fears over appearing politically incorrect kept him around.
The fact is, in mosques all over the world, the desire to destroy the west continues – and our administration still worries about what you might do. The PC thing? Avoid “connecting the dots,” but stick to the “square peg in round hole” equation: a troubled man feeling hopeless in a weird world, suddenly snaps and kills people.
But it’s more than that. The defiant Muslim living in America has contempt for modern life, your lifestyle, your beliefs. Add to this a rejection of female equality, which pretty much eliminates any chance for a hook-up – and you’ve got a madman on a mission.
I suppose saying all this makes me a right-wing hate monger. But that’s the point. When a man kills Americans in the name of Allah – and you become a bad guy for pointing that out – then it’s time to be the bad guy.
It’s far better than moaning “why do they hate us.”
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Obama, Islam terrorists are a very real threat to the American people. They have proved themselves to be murderers of the worst kind. If you can not take responsiblity to stop them; then you and your administration must leave.
There is no other answer.
It's an insult to our intelligence to suggest this was anything other than an act by an islamic extremist that made his jihadist views perfectly clear. What's astonishing is that this traitor exposed his sentiments within the military and to his colleagues. The fact that the military allowed this traitor to remain in their midst solely as not to appear insensitive is shocking and I would go so far as to tsay the blood of the victims is on their hands as well as Hasan's.
when is the blame czar going to be involved? (blame czar = george bush) when will we hear it was his fault? obama never takes the blame for anything, perhaps in 10 years he might start taking responsibility, not now, its too much fun blaming bush.
I'm not ready to jump to the conclusion that all Muslims are bad based on one man's actions. There are other soldiers in Colorado Springs who committed a series of murders. None of them were Muslims. I am not ready to make the leap that all soldiers returning from Iraq are murderers either. We need to find out what is the cause and not reach a conclusion that puts blame where it shouldn't be. Maybe some men and women are not cut out to be soldiers.
Greg, I couldn't agree more! It's so insulting to hear our supposed leaders caution US citizens against anti-Muslim sentiment, when that's not even an issue.
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Wait a minute, I thought BH thought it was wise
to keep the lid on the truth about this until after Christmas. Allow me that snarkiness, because this story, and my "rude" response to BH dropping the ball on it, cost me my place at BH. So to all those Big Hollywood readers who liked my stuff, you can still visit my blog
"not all Muslims are terrorists……………" But recently all terrorists are turning out to be Muslim. Yet very little is heard from the Muslim community condemning the radical Muslims that do commit the acts.
So little wonder at the backlash, and the potential for it. If a groups cannot or will not stand and condemn the behavior of the few bad apples within the group, then the entire group suffers.
When will moderate Muslims stand and be counted, or should we infidels continue thinking they are biding their time?
The problem with this guy is he told everyone his views, yet no one did anything about it. When you know he's going to go extremist, and yet you do nothing about it, that's the real crime.
When will politician understand we know the difference between a Muslim and a Islamic Terrorist Fascist. This country was founded on religious freedom we get it, the question is do the politicians understand religious freedom.
making white christian males the bad guys while Islamic militants KILL us ON OUR OWN SOIL… it's just… so stupid… POlitical correctness is killing us… literally.
are american muslims being shut out by the media? where's their outrage? and doesn't 9/11 free us all from ever having to hear another backlash speech; those mongrels went untouched even after they danced in the streets to celebrate! speak up now american muslims or forever hold your peace.
This is the most important time that you should be posting here. If someone with you background can't help make sense of this who can. I hope Andrew reconsiders, your gold. I saw the same thing at Mil-Blogs this weekend, crickets. Maybe I have a higher respect for the people of this world. Kill evil, embrace God is great. Never pervert Gods words for mans evil actions.
Give every Muslim serving in the Armed Forces AND the U.S. Government their discharge letters, thank them for the service, give them a small stipend and send them on their merry way. And someone please slap the shit out of J. Edgar Napolitano.
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Have seen over and over today, one sentiment about political correctness. We are done–no more. Speak the truth and PC be damned.
Sorry to hear, and I wish it wasn't so.
What a bunch of vast right-wing conspirators on the show tonight! Awesome! I hope Fox re-runs this episode this weekend.
Jim Norton does a segment on the Jay Leno Show, and on the rotating set, there's an "I Love Red-eye" bumper sticker pinned to the wall! HA!
WTH man, I read your post just now, I don't see how that would justify them dropping you. Who do I complain to?
If you think this was bad just wait until gays are openly serving in the millitary. We can expect this trajedy to play out on a weekly basis then. It's sad also to note that he often said he was a muslim first and an American second. While that is fine when you just want to blend in and live your life, it takes on a whole new meaning when this is how they express it.
Try complaining to:
John Nolte
John Nolte is Editor-In-Chief of Big Hollywood. You want his cell phone #? (just kidding John)
Dude, how much more do you need to read about this guy in order to realize that he was a JIHADIST. PERIOD. He went to a mosque that was led by a radical imam. He tried to contact Al Qaeda. He got in trouble for preaching to soldiers about Islam. He wrote radical Islamic blogs.
Do you need us to hit you over the head with a mallet? Rhetorically speaking of course.
No one is saying that ALL Muslims are bad because Hasan is an evil SOB that needs to be taken out in the most violent way possible. All of us more than understand that you can't group people together like that. It's a straw man argument.
Instead of being concerned that other bases may be in danger of this; that the military needs to stop being PC and start paying attention to people like Hasan (radical people of ALL races, religions, etc.); that our soldiers could be at risk for continued attacks like this – the Admin is worried about a BACKLASH.
Does that sound rational to you?
"I suppose saying all this makes me a right-wing hate monger. But that’s the point. When a man kills Americans in the name of Allah – and you become a bad guy for pointing that out – then it’s time to be the bad guy."
Greg, I'll be your "bad girl". I'm with you 100%
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There most certainly is a lot of moaning going on. We can hear the moans from all those who still insist on keeping their pretty little heads buried in the sand, which is where they will be when it comes time to lop them off. The truth of the matter is very plain to see, but we just can not bring ourselves to look at it, and as a result good Americans die.
I heard an explaination that the good major had some type of traumatic syndrome. From what? He had not deployed overseas. The mental gymnastics our elites go through to explain inconvenient crimes must be exhausting. My question is how do they look themselves in the mirror. Slinging BS has got to take its toll, maybe that explains Maddow and Olbermann.
Barack Obama may not know the motives of the shooter but I sure as hell do.
"And our very own Homeland Security secretary says she’s hard at work preventing “a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment."
How about working hard to prevent the next wave of anti-American sentiment caused by Muslims right here in America. How about it Homeland Security secretary? Do your job because we might not have a hero like policewoman Kim Munley around the next time this happens.
Now can I "jump to conclusions"?
Count me as a Bad Guy! This Hasan was a terrorist, and the Army and our government was too PC to protect our soldiers, and is now too PC to speak the truth.
Add to this a mainstream press that we do not trust to tell the truth. They are doing exactly what we would expect. They are calling this everything but terrorism.
We have to be bad guys. There is no one else to look out for our soldiers or our country.
I want to hear the families of the victims get enough of this crap and start yelling in frustration. I know I would be.
Or worse, gay muslims.
Let´s not get carried away. It is important for the country not to get caught up in speculation about Hasan's profession, and we must not encourage any anti-psychiatrist reaction to the killings. Focusing on the suspected shooter´s vocation could heighten the backlash against all psychiatrists in the military. The vast majority of army psychistrists are not murderous fanatics. The free practice of psychiatry is what makes America great.
Wow, I cannot believe you were dropped for pointing out how this was obviously a case of Islamic extremism. There's been so little coverage here on what is possibly one of the more important issues that has occurred recently. I suppose BH has better things to go after, such as the evils of Sesame Street and Independence Day 2.
Amen brother.
i won't blame a group for one man's action, but i will blame a group for the group's inaction! maybe CAIR's condemnation of this tragedy is enough for muslims, but to me it's ONE person waking up to the mic and issuing the expected response.
this guy never even went to either afghanistan or iraq, they say perhaps he caught it (ptsd) from someone else, i didn't think it was contagious?
It seems to me that when a Muslim commits a crime in the United States, his religion is instantly an issue. If this crime was done by a Jew or a Christian, I can say without a doubt that the media would have never mentioned his religion. Every religion has people that steal, murder, and commit atrocious crimes. However, the United States seems to link the Muslim religion with crimes because it supports their oversees agenda.
LOL I'm a big fan of big hollywood but that's hilarious.
The outrage for me is the POS is still alive !
Of course this article is correct. But I must say I'm not exactly offended for one simple reason: I no longer bother with the Legacy Media at all. I'm not even convinced there's a significant portion of the populace left that does either.
If you really want to understand how PC the military has become download this pdf he had to retire after CAIR forced him out of the Military.
http://www.strategycenter.net/docLib/20080107_Cou...
“TO OUR GREAT DETRIMENT”:
IGNORING WHAT EXTREMISTS SAY ABOUT JIHAD
Stephen Collins Coughlin
Major, Military Intelligence, USAR
NDIC Class 2007
This depends on the definition of terrorism. Every religion has alleged terrorist organizations. However, since the United States is at war with many Muslim nations throughout the globe, it seems as if every terrorist is turning out to be a Muslim. If this guy is being called a terrorist, then others of different faith who commit the same crime should be as well. In the minds of American today, it is not possible for someone who is of a different faith to be a terrorist. The Muslim community has no need to be apologetic; they didn't even though the crime. This guy was a psychotic killer. Don't blame his religion for his actions. If he wasn't Muslims, then the word of terrorist wouldn't have emerged in your mind.
The Associated Press: Homeland chief warns against anti-Muslim backlash
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM...
Instead of deflecting responsibility in Abu Dhabi, for Americans holding a single person accountable for their own actions, I think the U.S.Homeland Security secretary, Janet Napolitano, should be promoting American values of women's equality. After all it was a woman, Sgt. Kimberly Munley, who stopped a mass murdering man. The Middle East and Africa need to hear of our strength of values, not of possible anti-Muslim sentiment.
If someone kills people around the world in the name of capitalism or gain or resources or to spread their government ideologies, and I point it out. Will you be with me 100%?
You know what sent me over the edge today? I was listening to the WH Press Conference that they do every day and I think it was Major Garrett from Fox News who asked Gibbs about something General Casey said today about the killing at Ft. Hood.
The quote: "… what happened at Fort Hood was a tragedy, but I believe it would be an even greater tragedy if our diversity becomes a casualty here."
Really? Read that again.
If that does not make you want to fling these idiots over the ship for a good old fashioned keel-hauling, I do not know what would.
Good point, that explains why we heard nothing about those Jewish guys flying airplanes into buildings.
Beslan should have been the wake up call the West needed to stop denying the truth about what Islam allows. But, still, Islams defenders continued to blame the victims so they could find their "root cause".
The victims of Ft Hood were not innocent in the eyes of Islam. When grown men can target and kill children in defense of Islam, and have half the world sympathize with their struggle, there is no hope for the world.
Islam will win. Because there is nobody to fight it.
Political correctness gone terribly wrong. As we whistle, by the graveyard, with Barry and witless minions there will sadly be more of this kind of attack. Muslim goons do not fear our Barry, it’s far better to be feared when dealing with uncivilized Islamic barbarians, oh well.
Look at the bright side, he thought he would be waking up in paradise with 72 virgins! I would have loved to see the look on his face when he realized he was alive.
They can't say anything, 'cause if they do, they will be killed!
OMG you have to be kidding. Can you imagine if there was even a hint of Christianity here? That's all you would hear about forever. The only reason there is any restraint being used here is because he's a Muslim and we can't hurt their delicate feelings.
Good screen name for you though, very appropriate.
I really don't see much distinction between the massacre at Fort Hood and the attack on the Cole in Yemen in 2000. Both were attacks against our military. Fort Hood was domestic, but Yemen was supposed to be a "friendly" port. 9/11 happened a little over a year after the Cole. It's time to end the political correctness and start paying attention.
If Hasan had not invoked the name of Allah during the shooting, I would have thought of him as simply another deranged individual who had gone off the deep end thinking the taking of innocent lives would somehow make his less miserable.
By uttering "Allahu Akbar" during the shooting makes him, to my mind, and to most, I would think, a terrorist, more precisely a Muslim terrorist. Just as much so as one who would strap on a vest full of explosives and walk into a crowd to detonate it.
It is past time to recognize what individuals like Hasan believe in is an extremely violent religion. It is past time to sceen thoroughly Middle Easterners more thoroughly at airports, and stop the damned political correctness bull.
Better still, go about airport screenings the way the Israelis do.
But until then, we have to realize that a Muslim has a greater propensity to take lives this day and age than do members of nearly any other religion.
Isn't that just like saying a suicide bomber, except they only blow themselves up and spare the infidels.
I heard he may be paralyzed. If he can't stand in front of a firing squad then we'll have to lay him down on a guillotine; face up.
Psychiatrists? From the report I saw on CNN this was about middle-aged balding men who were fed up with other people having full heads of hair.
"I'm not ready to jump to the conclusion that all Muslims are bad based on one man's actions."
Who is asking you to jump to this conclusion? Dude, are you able to think logically?
Backlash? Except for when blacks riot over some jury decision when has there ever been a backlash? So let's imagine what a "backlash" might look like and what might happen if one ocurred: If a white person or persons attacked a mulim person(s) the resulting news coverage and condemnation would be 10 times that which we've already seen about terrorist Hasan. If a black person or persons attacked a muslim it would go unreported as "backlash". The media would call it a "fight", "altercation" or "assault". That is simply the truth.
Political correctness: Digging your own grave with a smile on your face.
Indeed. As if we're all hateful, violent rednecks just rearing to enact vengeance on all Moslems. So condescending.
yeah can you imagine him pulling out a gun and yelling " Freud is Great" when he started shooting?
Yes. Capitalism is about making money, not killing innocent people. If people were killing innocent people in the name of capitalism, I would do everything I could to distance myself and my ideology from those committing the crimes.
Which is exactly the point. If Islam really is about peace and love and harmony, yada yada, the other muslims should be doing everything they can to speak out against the renegades who are making their religion look bad.
I, for one, am not seeing much of that.
Does the fact that he was screaming "Allahu Akbar" or God is Great, which seems to be the battle cry of Islamic terrorists everywhere as they blow themselves up, count for anything here. How many times do Islamic terrorists get to shout "'Allahu Akbar" while blowing people up before we make the connection they were terrorizing people?
I was just saying that at the dinner table tonight. Give all muslims an honorable discharge, have them leave their weapons and please leave. J Edgar Napolitano is an incompetent, I agree, she should exit stage left and the sooner the quicker.
Political Correctness used to just kill people careers. It now kills people.
Are you really that dense or are you just pretending? Do you know anything about the killer in the case? He was a devout Moslem who killed specifically because of his religious beliefs. What's more, he never made any bones about his beliefs.
Oh lovely…………………..Big Hollywoods going all pc on us.
I'll be sure to visit your blog Bosch, always enjoyed your input.
I'll also be sure to check the weather when I want to know whats going on inside the beltway.
When a Muslim steals a loaf of bread from the grocers, we don't think about his religion. When he commits murder while emulating every single behavior of the jihadists we are currently at war with, then yes, religion is instantly the issue. The fact that you can't distinguish between the two scenarios is scary, to say the least. Especially the fact that a lot of people in this country have the same deficiency in critical thinking as you do.
All must kneel to the great god Diversity! It's so much more important than human lives.
Amazing that p.c. has come to dominate not only our popular culture but our military as well.
Diversity is great, as long as we all share some common values, one of which is the belief that the USA should continue to exist. Enjoying the "richness" of a diverse culture with those who wish to saw your head off seems a bit odd.
Obama seez that we should not jump to conclusions, didn't Barry from Hawaii decide without all the facts that the cops in the Harvard case had acted 'stupidly'. Defending a BRO? BARRY?. Barry wants to give the muslim terrorist the benefit of the doubt. We don't want to offend muslim terrorists says Barry from Hawaii, bad for our image abroad. Barry from Hawaii is a wimpy, anti-American with the background straight out of Berkley. An anarchist that wants to cause [1] Chaos, [2] Discord, a ruling class emerges and seizes power, [3] Confusion, reprogram human nature, [4]Bureaucracy, people need to be 'taken' care of, people escape into fantasy, drugs, or madness, a permanent slave class, [5] Aftermath, implosion of society, things go completely out of control with the final fusion of statecraft with sorcery, people are regarded as cattle. Thanks Barry from Hawaii.
I think this person's moniker reflects the fact that his brain cannot apply any relevant facts. Retard. Go back to DU.
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A very astute observation. If you thought of it first, would you mind if I use it from it time to time?
Most of the smiles are on the faces of those that cower behind the protectors of society. They have the luxury of preaching PC b.s. because it has really not affected them; you know, living in ivory towers kind of insulates them from the consequences of their views. But sooner or later, the barbarians may very well breach the walls and visit extreme harm upon the sheep.
Quit screwing around on the internet and get back to work, Ms. Napolatano.
I can't help but think some day they'll be selling out the colosseum feeding Muslims to the lions.
Oh wait……………………………..thats not politically correct………………………sorry.
But just wait until you see how much those front row seats will set you back…………..and you can forget about the balcony seats, they'll be reserved for the politicians and their wives.
Go right ahead. I'd love to start a meme.
The net result of protecting the bad is always to hurt the god, not to protect them, because it robs people of the ability to differentiate the bad and the good so rather than defaulting to good, people default to bad because it's safer that way.
Check out Krauthammer's take on the PC attitude http://msunderestimated.com/2009/11/09/charles-kr...
Every great empire eventually crumbles. However, America will be the first world power to die by suicide.
Liberalism is not only a mental disorder – it is a terminal disease.
As well as Barbara Walters' "our military doesn't have enough psychological help" pablum:
http://msunderestimated.com/2009/11/09/barbara-wa...
Blame Czar!!! oh *snap*! Excellent point, my friend. That comment had me rolling. So true, as well.
yes it does sound rational just by reading posts like this.
Conservative views in the military tend to limit one's pay grade to no higher than Lt Colonel.
don't credit me, credit mark styen, he coined that one, and it is brilliant!!
I have to admit that after reading the Sec. of Homeland Security's comments and also reading Gen. Casey ( I believe) comments from over the weekend, I wonder how active our recruiting of the SS would have been during WWII if the current crowd were in power then? To put it in more modern terms, have any of these people understood Jerry Seinfeld"s "What were you thinking?" when they lament the impact on cultural diversity when 13+1 (one pregnant victim) people are dead by an individual that clearly was shaped and warped by the teachings of Islam? To say this is ridiculous understates the situation IMO.
Naw, the Romans did it too, to some extent. They filled their armies with barbarians, and when they inevitably turned against the Romans, they then tried to buy them off by giving them chunks of the Empire. That worked out about as well as you might expect.
Yet another disastrous affirmative action, PC hire. The government's full of them.
When are we going to stop this PC and affirmative action BS and resume judging people on their merits and accomplishments, and calling to attention quickly abherrent behavior?
Not soon enough for the thirteen innocent souls this evil f0ck3r blew away.
BH, living up to editors true calling: Being the source of that smell emanating from the bottoms of shoes.
I agree completely. This just shows how deeply political correctness is entrenched in many institutions, especially government and bureaucracy. But the elected government and their parasitic bureaucracy will still not face the real threats to our society. Common sense screams out to be heard.
At war with many Muslim nations? Last I checked, we weren't at war with any Muslim nations, we were waging war against terrorism and terrorists. We are supporting the govts of Iraq and Afghanistan. We're fighting against identified terrorist groups, which are primarily fundamentalist Muslim, and don't represent the govts of any Muslim countries anywhere on the globe, nor do they represent the majority of Muslims in the world today. It's attitudes like yours that are driving moderate Muslims into believing that the US is at war with countries that are primarily Muslim, or with the entire Muslim religion.
Greg has nailed it. Whining a about nonexistent backlash gives cover for future would be terrorists. This is the 4th Muslim attack on fellow soldiers that I know of. There is no telling how many such attacks were stopped. It is past time for the idiots in our government to stop tracking NRA members and start tracking fanatical Islamist's.
Ya know what just occurred to me – your post just made me think of it. I am slow so bear with me.
You know your military is screwed when you embrace those wanting to kill you, saw your head off and pour oil down the hole (I think that was one of Hasan's gems that people were afraid to report), but you better damn well not be a gay guy wanting to fight along side. Feel free to spread anti American hatred and try to recruit for Al Qaeda in the military, but you better not tell anyone you only have eyes for men.
I EXPECT the military to be politically incorrect, ball-busting badasses.
and if she's not too tied up, maybe she could work hard on securing our borders, too!
C'mon, seriously? What about the translators? What about the Iraqi support personnel that have been serving and dying with our guys in Iraq? Not to mention the untold number of US citizens I agree this guy is a terrorist, but you're talking about discharging lots of American's whose patriotism you have no reason to question.
IS it a conservative thing to report someone in your ranks that means to do you and your harm? Would a WWII guy fighting in Europe keep quiet if a guy in his company sported a swastika on his arm, kept quoting Mein Kampf with a dreamy expression and kept on saying "When is Hitler gonna come? We have Jews here that sure need to be carted off to Auschwitz."
As far as I am concerned, we have become a nation of utter idiots who, if we accept this version of reality, deserve to get what's coming.
Barack Hussein Obama, the name says it all.
If the leftie liberals don't want to say that this guy is a terrorist, can they at least acknowledge that was a hate crime?
I like you.
Putting aside the fact that we do have loyal muslims in the military, Hasan is why Israel doesn't have Arabs in their military.
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