Posted by
Tzimisce on Thursday, April 19, 2007 1:20:33 PM
After the Virginia Tech shooting, I don't feel safe around Koreans. Who knows how many Koreans Cho Seung-Hui's letter and writings will inspire to act to violence themselves? Factor in the fact that this guy was an immigrant and you're creating a recipe for complete disaster.
The cultures of the far east are known for their violence from Ninja's and Samurais to Mao and Pol Pot. These are racist societies that have little to no respect for human beings, human rights or kindness and diginity. Japan is known worldwide for its violent television and cinema. And we've opened the immigration flood gates to these people!
If the above paragraphs are racist and bigoted, then why is it okay to say similar things about the United States and its culture?
Already South Korea has issued a statement of concern saying in part that they're afraid that there will be a backlash of violence against Koreans living in the United States. Yeah - cause we know how racist and violent Americans are. (And that's not a racial prejudice.)
Already left wing elitists worldwide (but especially in Europe) are criticizing the "violent culture" of the United States. What a gross disturbing generalization of American culture. They would never make a comment like that about the culture of Islam: that would be racist. We're a nation of 300 million people. Most of us have never and will never kill anyone.
It is a racist slam from the left. Any critique of Islam is met with "you're a racist" despite the fact that people from a wide array of cultures and races practice Islam. Any discussion about cracking down on illegal aliens entering our nation is met with "you're a racist" despite the fact that illegal aliens also come from a wide array of cultures and races. So why do the "Americans are violent and racist" condemners get a free pass?
Ironically the answer goes right back to racism: America is considered to have a white majority. Conventional wisdom states that #1) you can never be racist against a majority (cause it doesn't hurt them) and #2) white people deserve it for the Age of Expansion. So as typical, liberals are excluded from their own rules.
When the news broke, it didn't take long for cultural critics to chide us: "How many of you just assumed that this was an Islamic terrorist attack?" Not I. My first reaction to the shooting was to compare it to the Columbine Massacre - an incident where two white kids shot up their school. Interesting that my assumption that the shooter at VT was a white guy isn't considered racist and I'm not slammed for it. White is a race after all. Maybe I should become a lefty.