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Still, on the whole, the secular Left makes its pennies by declaring itself the safe harbor for the endless demographic groups who have been victims of the evil Christian West from which it is out to save the world. <\/p>\n

But what happens when victimized demographic groups collide? \u00a0We all know that the narrative of the Left is that there are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world who only want to embrace John Lennon songs and the values, such as they are, of the secular Left. \u00a0There are simply a few bad apples who only hate us because the evil conservatives who cling to the evil Christian Western tradition made them hate us. \u00a0And those who mock and deride Islam? \u00a0Need I bother? \u00a0Simply charge Islamaphobic Bigot. \u00a0If you aren\u2019t a liberal, you\u2019re by definition a bigot. \u00a0Duh.<\/p>\n

Well, every now and then, there comes a collision between the various groups that the Left ostensibly is here to protect. \u00a0Sort of like when homosexual rights activists were incensed at the idea that a woman could abort a gay baby if the woman didn\u2019t want a gay child. \u00a0Abortion rights activists were quick to bare their claws and teeth, warning folks not to infringe upon the sacred right of women to flex their superior muscles by aborting the hell out of any baby for any reason. \u00a0It was quite funny, in a sick and evil spawn of Hell sort of way.<\/p>\n

Now, today, it looks like Richard Dawkins has put Salon into a bit of a sticky situation<\/a>. \u00a0When contemplating an interview with a Muslim, Dawkins more or less showed his typical contempt for Islamic religious beliefs in a way not surprising. \u00a0But doesn\u2019t that mean he\u2019s an Islamaphobe? <\/p>\n

No! \u00a0According to the always balanced and reliable Salon.com. \u00a0You see, basically, in a nutshell, the problem is that we\u2019re upset at the wrong type of person who simply speaks the truth. \u00a0Religion, being a foul and malicious set of bullshit fairy tales that need to be exterminated from the planet, in itself has no right to be offended when someone speaks the truth. \u00a0Hence Charlie Hebdo, that made its meat off of blaspheming and mocking various religious beliefs. \u00a0Islamaphobic? \u00a0Heck no. \u00a0Simply brilliant and enlightened.<\/p>\n

The basic approach that the secular Left has toward religion is condemning various religions for calling each other wrong or evil, when in fact they are all wrong and evil and all need to be eradicated from the human condition. \u00a0So at the end of the day, from the POV of the esteemed Salon.com, all is right with the world. \u00a0Dawkins is no Isamaphobic bigot. \u00a0That term is reserved as an attack phrase for those who fail to embrace liberal policies, narratives, or ideals. \u00a0As Dawkins does all of those things, and more to the point, hates all religions equally, he is off the hook. <\/p>\n

Remember kids, don\u2019t try to pin adherents of the modern, secular Left, on some consistency of principles or morals. \u00a0It won\u2019t work. \u00a0Trying to glean consistency from the Left is as likely as locating a flying spaghetti monster.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"