Capitulation
posted by Liberal Seagull at 11:16 AM
In the discussion over my previous post about Dinesh D'Souza, forum user detrius pointed out the article "Hurray! We're Capitulating!" in Spiegel Online. The article discusses how Europeans are going out of their way to avoid offending Muslim sensibilities.
To me, the striking thing about this article is the parallel to how we react to the Christian right in our own country, especially in the last several years. We go to great pains to avoid offending them. We fine companies who broadcast words or images offensive to Christian morality. We provide alternate, religiously-correct explanations for events where the Bible disagrees with science. In dozens of ways, some of them so small they escape notice, we take pains to avoid offending thin-skinned religious people. It's right-wing political correctness, and it's a tradeoff we rarely discuss. But the Spiegel article is confronting a very similar issue head-on.
To me, the striking thing about this article is the parallel to how we react to the Christian right in our own country, especially in the last several years. We go to great pains to avoid offending them. We fine companies who broadcast words or images offensive to Christian morality. We provide alternate, religiously-correct explanations for events where the Bible disagrees with science. In dozens of ways, some of them so small they escape notice, we take pains to avoid offending thin-skinned religious people. It's right-wing political correctness, and it's a tradeoff we rarely discuss. But the Spiegel article is confronting a very similar issue head-on.
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