The fellows over at Sadly No! have a hillarious post up mocking the right-wing, racist site, Gates of Vienna.
http://sadlyno.com/archives/4473.html#more-4473
Here's the bare text of the first part of the Gates of Vienna's racist screed:
The Great Islamic Jihad is certain that Western Civilization is about to come to an end.
Islamic Fascism looks forward to the rule of the new Caliphate, in which the whole world will swear submission to Allah and bow five times a day towards Mecca. It aims to kill or enslave every person who will not accept its twisted vision of Islam. With the help of its allies among the world’s dictators and within our own media, it is confident that it will achieve its goal.
But even as this beast tears at our throats, a new defensive force is being born, a determination to preserve all that is good and right and true within the Western world. Even as we are abandoned by our leaders, by the sophists in our academies, and by the propagandists of our major media, ordinary people are connecting with one another, and are ready to stand up and defeat those who would destroy us.
You should really check out the Sadly No! tribute. But a couple of serious points need to be made.
1) These people at Gates of Vienna are serious, genuine, racists. Not, "deep in their hearts, they're really racists" or "if you think about it, something they say might be constructed as racist." No, these people are actual, genuine racists. Just like the proprietors of Atlas Shrugs, Little Green Footballs and (the eponymous) Michelle Malkin. These people aren't representative of conservatives in general. But they do comprise a not-insignificant sub-set.
2) What makes "Gates of Vienna" racist? Well, take the the name of the site. It's based on an old battle between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottomon Empire. The Ottomans almost got to Vienna. The dickwad proprietors at this site then take this battle and apply it to the present day: i.e. you're all gonna die at the hands of evil, crazy MOOOSLIMS. It just devolves from there. Look, just read the site if you don't believe me.
3) Do these people really believe what they're talking about, or is it just hype? Do they sit quaking in fear of the end of Western Civilization (tm)? Or is this just ginning up fear for other purposes? Look, if it's the former, it's pathetic. If it's the later, it's despicable. A commenter at Sadly No! puts it best.
Jeezus christ. This is truly embarrassing. If I’m an Islamofascist Terrorist in a cave somewhere in pakistan, plotting the enslavement of western civilization, and one of my terrorist toadies came running up and showed this to me, I’m pretty sure I’d have some other reaction than to tremble in fear and announce my sudden conversion to christianity. I honestly do have two questions. One, do these guys really think that our civilization is at risk? Or are they just playing that game ’cause it’s no fun if there’s no stakes. I mean, you ever play poker for rocks? If you run out, you just go get more. It makes for a stupid game. The other question is do these guys really think they can do something constructive, even in their warped and violent view of what constructive might be? I mean, how many mexican traficantes are really afraid of the fat white guys with shiny new glocks that call themselves the minutemen? If they ever found themselves in a real, uncontrolled situation, most of them would die with full pants…
mikey
Indeed, they would.