Political Correctness doesn’t change us, it shuts us up.
The cost of our political classes’obsession with multiculturalism and Political Correctness is not justsanctimonious news conferences and racial special interest groups. It’sdeath and injury as residents were reminded last week.
We were reintroduced to Anastacio Miranda, an illegal alien in PWCdoing work Americans didn’t want to do. Unfortunately, while making hisvital contribution to the economy, Miranda found time in his off-hoursto murder three people and shoot two others after a toddler’s birthdayparty.
Later we learned Maj. L. Eduardo Caraveo, a Woodbridge resident, was a victim of Fort Hood Muslim murderer Nidal Hasan. Naturally, the first item on the agenda after the shooting was assuringMuslims that although another follower of Islam had bagged a fewinfidels, every step would be taken to prevent potential “backlash.“
Rather than worry about ticking time bombs in the Army, our leadersmake sure rednecks don’t stock up on sheets and ammunition at Walmartbefore heading for the nearest mosque. And if the mosques here are anything like the mosques in Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s going to be quite a firefight.
But that’s not going to happen. A fewlouts may yell “towelhead” at a niqab-clad pedestrian out for hermorning constitutional, but that’s about it.
Strange isn’t it, when abortionist George Tiller was murdered, themedia had no problem discussing “fundamentalist Christians” whileunconcerned about “backlash” against Baptists. And in Seattle police had no problem calling Christopher Monfort a“domestic terrorist” but then his name is Christopher Monfort.
Islam is the last topic authorities discuss when it comes to SuddenJihad Syndrome incidents. The standard line is it was a “lone gunman,”“isolated incident,” “random act of violence” that was perpetrated by a“troubled individual,” who was “under stress,” “harassed” or otherwiseforced to “snap,” “act out” or “explode.”
As long as the investigation of this “cry for help” doesn’t turn upa cell phone with Osama on speed dial, investigators are going to finda secular or psychological reason. They will be very careful not toconnect any dot that results in a picture in any way offensive to Islam— The Religion of Peace.
The same investigators and media that can’t find the Muhammad in thehaystack will detail every time someone hurt Hasan’s delicatesensibilities with “name-calling and harassment.“
But how do people discover Hasan and other grievance-collectors areMuslims? Most people have no idea I’m a Christian because my life doesnot model Christ as it should. I could be an environmentalist, Buddhistor even a Unitarian.
What tips these rednecks off? Is it the scimitar, spitting on theground as a Jew walks by, the Allahu Akbar bumper sticker? Scratch theAllahu, that’s what Hasan said while shooting infidels. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. is concerned thatspeculation about the Muslim faith and the motives of Hasan could sparkretaliation against Muslim soldiers and hurt diversity within the Army.
Casey lugubriously added, “I believe it would be an even greatertragedy if our diversity becomes a casualty here,” which must be realcomforting to the relatives of the dead and wounded. In fact, it’s unity that gives you strength, not diversity. But Gen. Casey appears to take his Multi-Culti Kool-Aid straight.
Judging by the general’s standards, Major Hasan was a man ofstrongly diverse opinions, but it didn’t add much to the Army’sstrength. The good major proselytized to his patients, declared he’s aMuslim first and American second, claimed the war on terror was a waragainst Muslims and suggested non-Muslims be beheaded and have boilingoil poured down their throats.
But apparently no one informed Army investigators because they didn’t want to be seen as Islamophobes.
The only place Hasan and I share even partial agreement is hisbelief Muslims shouldn’t be in the military. I’m ready to trade and letthe homosexuals in if we can keep the potential jihadists out. Please spare me the “only ten percent of Muslims want to slit ourthroats.” Why aren’t the 90 percent taking steps to prevent the 10percent from acting?
Episcopalians go out of their way to make homosexuals “safe” intheir churches in spite of the damage it does to the denomination. Whycan’t Muslim imams discourage potential jihadists and alert authoritieswhen they learn of their existence?
There’s got to be something going on in mosques. I don’t thinkMuslims are more entrepreneurial than Christians and therefore morelikely to open a Terror-Is-Me franchise. The place to begin preventionis in mosques.
So if you remain a fuzzy thinker who believes, contrary to all theevidence, that “diversity” is uniformly beneficial to the country, Iinvite you to visit the graves of Miranda’s victims and drive by theDale City home of Maj.Caraveo.