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The community of people threatened by Islam contains many colors and creeds. The intellectual luminaries of its activist community reflect this, in so far as they are as diverse as the swathe of humanity they represent. There are ex-Muslims (Ayaan Hirsi-Ali, Ibn Warraq), Hindus (VS Naipaul), Leftists (the late Christopher Hitchens, Nick Cohen, Paul Berman), homosexuals (Douglas Murray), feminists (Lionel Shriver, Fay Weldon) all grouped among that number, each bringing with them their own reasons for standing up to this nefarious global bully and their unique insights into how best to do it in the future. Homosexual defiance of Islam is roundly applauded even by sections of the left. Non-white ex-Muslim females, having escaped confinement in the third world, such as Ms. Hirsi Ali, are also – though they are sometimes controversial – accepted as having naturally come to their opinions. The same with feminists, atheist Marxists and Christian conservatives. Whether or not, people disagree with what these people have to say or with the way in which they say it, they are ‘trusted’ to have arrived at their views via an organic, understandable process; one that we can all relate to. Even the most doctrinaire leftist still has enough insight within him to imagine what it must be like to be gay in Pakistan, or a woman in Saudi Arabia, or a feminist locked in an abusive marriage in the West. The leftist would rather we don’t dwell on these things too much, but he is happy enough to allow these things to be opposed.
What cannot be tolerated however, is the opposition of an ordinary civilian; that is, someone who did not need to fight Islamism but chose to do so. This is a problem because choosing to fight for justice when one could have had an easy life is a heroic myth jealously guarded by the left. As such, it simply cannot happen on the right. There must always be another explanation. Nobody can come to right-wing views except by an unromantic or devious process. This belief is well represented by the case of Pamela Geller.
Ms. Geller is what we might call an extraordinary ordinary person. Brought up in the West rather than in the Middle East, Ms. Geller had no obvious reason to stand up for the millions of Muslim women whose path she never needed to cross. Educated in the relatively plush surrounds of American colleges, she had no obvious reason to stand up for those denied the right to learn to read. She chooses to do this. She stands up for her sex, her society and her civilization (and allows herself to be hated for it) simply because it is the right thing to do as a Woman, a Jew, and an American.
This kind of explanation, the Left simply will not stand for. It tramples over so much of what they hold dear. The presumptions which undergird their rationale – the imagined world of selfish, cigar-smoking bankers, facing off against a righteous world of hungry brown people, is at odds with the Geller story. In this story, one has a Jew (which as an innuendo is almost interchangeable with both ‘banker’ and ‘capitalist’), who is also an American (once again =’capitalist’), and a defender of Israel (interchangeable with both ‘Zionist’ and ‘racist’) – in other words, a racist, Zionist American Banker.
Even one of these charges is deemed sufficient for the Left to scream ‘evil!’, but having them ganged together in the same person is enough to make a liberal choke up Bran Flakes. And yet in the Geller story, this Zionist banker is working everyday not on behalf of Goldman Sachs, but on behalf of ravaged women in Afghan villages, acid-scarred schoolgirls in Pakistan, and illiterate Egyptian, Tunisian, and Iranian women – all of whom have been trained to see her as the enemy.
Not for the first time, the Left is here wholly wrong. Geller is not a monster but an icon of bravery, and a much underappreciated and abused one. Her heroic blog Atlasshrugs has done more to raise awareness of the Islamist issue than any national newspaper. She goes further than most but never over-steps the line separating truth from falsehood. She is rarely sued (or at any rate successfully) despite being vehemently despised by many powerful (and wealthy) sections of society. In a more honest age she would be setting the standard for feminist activism and courage. In this age, she is ‘sowing hate’ and ‘division’, or she is a ‘Zionist’ aiming to launch an offensive alliance against Islam by manipulating evidence.
And there are various other theories.
But as with so many cases, the simplest answer here is the correct one. Ms. Geller is Jewish. Islamists have declared a war of annihilation against the Jewish State and on the Jews who live outside of it. Ms. Geller is offended by this and has decided to fight back.
Why should it be more conspiratorial or complicated than that?
Why is the left less keen to accuse homosexuals or atheists of self-interested conspiracy when they oppose Islamism. The answer should surprise no-one. There is a typical racist tendency to imagine that a Jew cannot react with natural, universally-understood instincts, but only with a devious slowness of forethought; a slowness suited to conspiracy and cunning.
But imagine for a moment if this was not the case, and that Ms. Geller was merely a ‘normal’ woman, belonging to an unexceptional social group marked out unjustifiably for destruction by one-in-five human beings…. What is such a woman to do then? How is she to talk of those who, were they ever victorious, would kill her family and loved ones, and then enslave her fellow women? If Geller’s is the unreasonable reaction, then the left must inform us of the reasonable one.
D, LDN.
burkasrugly said:
I liked your blog about Pamela Geller. She is one of those unrecognized heroes. We have too many low-information voters in America (aka dumb butts) who don’t know what a debt of gratitude they ow people like her, Robert Spencer, Brigitte Gabrielle (president of ACT! for America), etc.
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Derwish said:
Icon of bravery, and a much under-appreciated…–
So true.
And so shameful is the fact that so many of us are
uneasy about openly supporting her because we are
afraid to be declared to be “Islamophobic”, “racist”,
“antibrownpeople”–even though we do agree with her.
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zonkerharris said:
There are few that can stand in the shoes of Oriana Fallaci, but Pamela Geller is one. She speaks the truth in an age that worships spin, she writes honestly in a profession that has become increasingly dishonest, and she has more courage than most men. She has taken on the Churchillian task of warning about the encroaching evil of a seventh century ideology. I’ve come to respect her immensely.
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Defend the Modern World said:
I entirely concur with the Fallaci comparison. Feminist heroes.
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David Frisko Teacher said:
It is obvious that Pamela Geller’s work on her website Atlasshrugs.com and else where would not cause Ayn Rand to roll over in her grave as so-o many so called Americans would do to their stated American heroes from among the founding fathers. Ayn would instead be sitting up and CHEERING for one of her favorite ATLAS SHRUGGED readers of ALL TIME. I only hope that I can achieve the same reaction metaphorically by making Ayn Rand the Second Eve to create a balance to Jesus Christ being the Second Adam in my “Eternitarian-Integrationism” visionary philosophic theology.
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ahem said:
Don’t forget writer Bruce Bawer.
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jwNYC said:
Kudos to you for recognizing the courageous Gellerw/ her one-woman crusade against the Islamist barbarians at Western civilization’s gate…no exageration. She stands as an enlightened individual defending the Constitutional First Amendnment rights, that Obama has not yet succeeded in destroying, to deliver the unvarnished truth to the ostrich media & delusional Left. The pc Libs prefer to appease the enemy & not fight for our inalienable right to own our government & not the other fatalistic, pusillanimous Orwellian way of the gov’t owning us.
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Debi Brand said:
Well deserved, well-earned credit attributed to Pamella G. herein. Additionally, she is doing what all freedom-loving human beings ought to be doing.
In brief, here’s why: When “Allah’s Messenger,” and on his death bed no less, stated “May Allah’s curse be on the Jews and the Christians,” he meant just that.
When he said, “May Allah curse the Jews,” he meant just that. (Sahih Bakhari)
When “The Messenger of Allah” said “Let Allah destroy the Jews,” again, he meant just that.
When he said–and did thus when he was “about to breathe his last … in this very state: Let there be curse [sic] upon the Jew and the Christians,” once more, Allah’s messenger meant just that.
When Allah’s Messenger further said, “Oh Allah! curse [sic] the tribe of Lihyan, curse Ri’l, curse Dhakwan, and then fell in prostration. It is after that that the cursing of the unbelievers got a sanction.” (Sahih Muslim.)
Now, for one to fully appreciate the message of those ahadith, one must understand Muhammad knew that “qatl” could have the same meaning as “killing.” Thus when he said “Qatallahu Allah” it meant “May Allah kill him.” When he said to one, “qutila,” Muhammad did so knowing such meant “May he be killed.” Both those statements are curses. (Qadi Iyad)
And of course we know, Allah uses, as needed, the hands of the Believers to get his work down here down.
Hence the clarity and no waste of words in Surah Muhammad, also know as “Surah al-Qital [ Surah of war] …. revealed immediately after migration to Madinah,” verse four which reads as follows: “So when you encounter those who disbelieve, then (aim at) smiting the necks, until when you have broken their strength thoroughly.” (Ma’ariful Qur’an.)
Thus, as mentioned above, anyone who rejects the message of the Qur’an and the man who delivered it, you do will to heed the warnings of Pamela. Indeed, she warns you well in advising you to take note, as long as you remain hard-tracked in your “disbelief,” Islam makes your property—family included therein–to include your blood and your life legal for the Muslim to take.
And they do not have to show their hand in the executing of that, if concealing “that hand,” for now, would best serve the ascendancy of Islam.
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Michael Fine said:
She also has the patience and fortitude to sift through the convoluted calumnies of the “enemedia” to reveal their shameless stupidities and nauseating arrogance. In addition, Ms. Geller has great taste in music and movies and is a joy to behold. Quite a lady.
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Couper said:
I regularly read Atlas Shrugs, Pamela Geller’s blog, and since she mentioned you, I thought I would read some of your posts. I entirely agree with your description of her. She is singular in her tenaciousness and absolutely fearless in the face of evil. She is an example to us all.
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bob e said:
glad to see this forum & see there are still brave people about..
pamela gets all our hearts beating..eh ??
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Jerry "Wolfie" Wolf said:
BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO !
To the question, “Where are our heroes today ?” one only has to look at the EXTRAORDINARY work of Pamela Geller to see that she is certainly one.
I had the very good fortune of meeting Pamela at one of our Gotham Tea Party events and I can tell you that she is the “energizer bunny” of American Patriotism.
Her integrity and courage in the face of evil can only be explained by Devine guidance.
This is a very special woman that has been given to us in a very dangerous time in our history.
Every freedom loving person, not just American Jews, should thank G-d for her work and ask G-d every day to keep her safe.
Wolfie from Harlem
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Nicola Timmerman said:
An amazing woman who is partly inspired by another amazing woman Ayn Rand (thus the blog name atlasshrugs) although Geller is somewhat religious. If you want to contribute to her security costs or her campaign to educate Americans about jihad, you can go on her site and donate via paypal. She can also be very funny and has a wonderful taste in jazz music and old movies.
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Carol Eberwein said:
I MEET HER WITH TEARS IN MY EYES
FOR THE MIGHTY SACRIFICE AND
PAIN SHE SUFFERS DELIVERING THE TRUTH.
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Bozo the Yep said:
Tits,
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Max Modine said:
May the ranks swell behind Pamela, May other leaders emerge to protect her flanks. Max.
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lburt said:
Reblogged this on The Counter Jihad Report.
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genomega1 said:
Reblogged this on News You May Have Missed and commented:
The Heroism of Pamela Geller.
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olympusxxx said:
Just seen the KAICIID velvet wrapped advertisement. Even The Catholic Chursh seems beguiled by King Saud’s stategems! “War is deceit.” And Robert Spencer barred by a Cardinal of the Church from speaking, so as not to disturb Islamic-Catholic dialogue. I’m shocked. I do hope Robert is not embitted by this clamp down by his own Church. A Catholic priest in Canada. Don’t worry Robert many great Catholic have been silenced by the Church before you. Telhard de Chardin is one that comes to mind.
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Charles Smith said:
I think PAMELA GELLER is great!!! We need more people just like her! And since our own Commander-in-Chief will not name the enemy: RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM, then the truth must be stated by people of courage like PAMELA GELLER!!! YOU GO GIRL!!! Keep up the good fight!
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Defend the Modern World said:
Absolutely. She’s very brave. I don’t of many other people with that amount of bravery and commitment.
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