There's an aspect to the Anthony Weiner farce that no one seems to be talking about and the liberal media wants apparently to avoid talking about, or at least dress up in dissembling narratives - namely, what the hell is Weiner's wife doing staying so humiliatingly loyal to a guy who quite clearly has some significant issues? Well, McCarthy over at National Review has an opinion on that which if you're inclined to grant legitimacy and credence to leads one's thoughts down some pretty disturbing trails, both as concerns Obama's seemingly incoherent at best, grievously misguided at worst Mideast policy directions but also liberal elites view of Islamism in general.
All things being equal, as the putative free thinkers of America who reject the moralistic asservations of irrational piety, liberals should be in the front lines of scepticism towards Islam, just as they should be in the front lines viz criticism of any moralizing dogmatism spewed forth by a religion - and, sure enough, when it comes to the US they're ever ready to pounce with great outrage and umbrage taking at some idiot thing some Christian fundamentalist has uttered - but when it comes to Islam, they're much more forgiving, much more tolerant, much more willing to champion the warm euphemisms of understanding - even the calling of Islamic based terrorism Islamic based terrorism is frowned on by these people as being insensitive. Not hard I guess to figure what this is about: Christian extremism is linked to conservatism in America - moreover, Christianity in it's missionary guise is seen as a perfect expression of the arrogance of white privilege and, in its Puritan form, the acquisition of wealth - accordingly, indulgence of Islam and its excesses becomes a proxy for directing contempt at the things the liberal elite loves to hate: notions of white privilege, capitalism, the military.
Russia's communists used to view the West's uber liberals as convenient gateways into America, both for the spreading of propaganda to the gullible but also of course for the infiltration of national security operations. Why would anyone think Islamists wouldn't view and manipulate America's uber liberals in the same way? If the constitutions of the United States and France and England etc etc placed theocratic principles ahead of secular ones the uber liberals of the West would be with justifcation screaming Christian fascism from morn till night - but Islamism they're willing to tolerate - a case of the enemy of my enemy is a friend?
