Remembering "what did the Romans ever do for us" from Life of Brian.
Speaking as an atheist thank god for the Crusades. Christianity may be bad but it's a hell of a lot better than Islam.
Your average self-hating leftist today would rather kiss Allah's ass than that of Jesus.
Christianity always was better than Islam, and Christianity had a Reformation and Enlightenment. Islam has had neither! Maybe it's starting to have the beginnings of a Reformation now. But when Saudi style Islam comes to town the women go into their bags much more and Islam becomes less diverse. And also Islam is not a religion which lends itself to critical inquiry. Very few books get translated into Arabic for example.
It almost goes without saying that the left everywhere are clueless on all these points, with the rare exception of people like Salmam Rushdie, Sam Harris, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and so on. 9/11 liberals with a small l. But most liberals give liberalism a bad name on this issue.
Regarding Pam Geller yes she has her agenda. But in the face of Islam and it's dangers and abuses I think we should make note of useful facts wherever they come from. I'm no longer a knee-jerk righty-hater. The right is right on some issues. Isn't that what true skepticism and reason are supposed to be about? The answers don't always lie with the relativist hippie colored glasses left.
