The creed of contemporary multiculturalism sought to establish that all societies were roughly equal and that the “other” was but a crude Western fiction. But we were reminded that people like the Taliban who did not vote, treated women as chattel, and whipped and stoned to death dissenters of their primordial world were different folk from citizens of democracy. A chief corollary to such cultural relativism was that Americans have wrongly embraced a belief in the innate humanity of the West largely out of ethnocentric ignorance. But surely the opposite has been proven true: the more Americans after September 11 learned about the world of the madrassas, the six or seven varieties of Islamic female coverings, the Dickensian Pakistani street, and the murderous gangs in Somalia, Sudan, and Afghanistan, then the more not less, they are appalled by societies that are so anti-Western.
Victor Davis Hanson, Ripples of Battle, 2003.
Yeah, but it’s all the fault of those icky white men. Just get rid of the white men and universal peace and harmony will prevail on Earth.
Comment by MBlanc46 — March 30, 2024 @ 17:59
[FACEPALM EMOJI] Of course! It’s obvious! Why didn’t we see it before?
Comment by Nicholas — April 1, 2024 @ 21:08