PROMETHEAN ANTAGONIST

Of all the leftists I've encountered in my day, a great many have articulated a dislike (often hatred) for Christianity, The Catholic Church, and Western Civilization in general that rivals their dislike of free and open society (modern liberal democratic capitalist society).

Where do they stand on the "blasphemous" cartoons-of-Islam issue?

Strike up a chat with anyone on the left and I'll guarantee that their sympathies will, as usual, be with the more violent and totalitarian elements, in this case fundamentalist extremist Islam -- the "victim" card writ large.

I've stated it several times and I need to repeat it as being one of my core observations regarding Leftism; When appraising a conflict between a totalitarian / authoritarian entity and a free / open society, a leftist will always "side with" (show the greatest sympathy toward) the totalitarian / authoritarian enterprise. If two totalitarian entities are in conflict, the left will side with the one that imposes the state's authority over economic affairs most (the more socialist of the institutions).

Like any sober observer, I know there are many Muslims who are not burning buildings, yelling and screaming like mad men (lets face it, you won't see too many "mad women" among them) but, this religion is really making a generally bad name for itself. In general but revealing terms, Islam is assuredly NOT the "religion of peace" but a cult of fanatical violence and anti-freedom. To say that it has more in common with communism and fascism than liberal capitalism would be a gross understatement.

...Certainly nothing worth converting to and something a wise person would choose to distance themselves from. Islam is not special, and its becoming clearer each week that Islam, in general, is not good.

To the howling hoards of "offended" control freaks; why not join your secular neo-Comm brethren, take your fatwas and shaking fists back to your totalitarian caves and leave the rest of civilization alone.