Now Calling Muslims "Moderate" is Offensive!

The onslaught of censorship dressed up as civility and tolerance goes on - but this time from a so-called "conservative"!

That's right, Baroness Warsi has been off spouting nonsense once again!  Having called Britain a police state in the past, and only last week slating the right-wing of the Tory party for daring to question the electoral policy of throwing the election so the Lib Dems can win, Baroness Warsi has now come out and has basically said that it is bigoted to refer to "moderate and "extremist" Muslims!  Here are the various extracts from her speech to Leicester University,

"Indeed, it seems to me that Islamophobia has now crossed the threshold of middle class respectability.

For far too many people, Islamophobia is seen as a legitimate – even commendable – thing. You could even say that Islamophobia has now passed the dinner-table-test.

The drip feeding of fear fuels a rising tide of prejudice. So when people get on the tube and see a bearded Muslim, they think “terrorist” …when they hear “Halal” they think “that sounds like contaminated food”…and when they walk past a woman wearing a veil, they think automatically “that woman’s oppressed”. And what’s particularly worrying is that this can lead down the slippery slope to violence.

We need to think harder about the language we use. And we should be careful about language around religious “moderates”. This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot. It’s not a big leap of imagination to predict where the talk of “moderate” Muslims leads: In the factory, where they’ve just hired a Muslim worker, the boss says to his employees: “not to worry, he’s only fairly Muslim”. In the school, the kids say “the family next door are Muslim but they’re not too bad”. And in the road, as a woman walks past wearing a Burkha, the passers-by think: “that woman’s either oppressed or making a political statement”."

Remind me again - Why is this woman a high ranking member of the Conservative Party?  This is not the speech of a sound minded right-winger, this is the sort of nonsense we would hear from the uber socialist diversity officers encouraging us to spend billions of pounds of taxpayers money on "diversity initiatives" and whatnot!

It is difficult to know what is most galling about Baroness Warsi's comments.  Is it the blatant putting down of her own country as bigoted, when it is in fact one of the most tolerant countries in the world?  Is it the condescending assumptions of what the masses "really think" about Islam (When they hear "Halal", they think "contaminated food")?  Or is it the cynical attempt to shut down free speech on the implied threat of "racism" and "Islamophobia"?  Yes, I think it is that last one!

Under this vague banner of "Islamophobia", people in America and especially Britain have been hushed into not discussing one of the most important issues of our time - the spread of Islam and its violent tendencies.  As a consequence of this tip-toeing around, we now often speak of "moderate" Muslims - those who are peaceful and do not advocate violence, and "extreme" Muslims who do.  This is a fair distinction as it forms the middle ground between tarring all Muslims as evil, and ignoring the problem altogether by burying one's head in the politically correct sand.

However, Baroness Waris would say that we are not even allowed to do this anymore - for even this too is offensive.  She is concerned that this sort of speaking has "passed the dinner-table-test."  Well, yes it has Baroness, it has passed the dinner-table-test because it is true.  There are indeed a majority of Muslims who are peaceful and on Britain's side, and then there are a significant minority of nutters who are violent and pose one of the biggest threats to British and American safety since the war!  So whether we make a distinction between "moderates" and "extremists" "soft" and "hard" Islam, or whatever we call it, there is a distinction to be made.

The problem is with people like Baroness Warsi is that that reality of a situation does not fit in with their blinkered view of the world, where all that matters is "diversity" and "tolerance" and not the fact that there may be some legitimate questions and concerns that need answering.  Ultimately it is this false "diversity" and "tolerance" that leads to the most ardent campaigns for censorship and blatant intolerance of those who disagree with the views of the politically correct classes.

It is not racist or bigoted to have concerns about Islam, nor is it bigoted or racist to distinguish between those who are violent and those who are not.  If Baroness Warsi does not like the conversations people are having, perhaps she should ask why they are having them, as opposed to just smearing everyone she doesn't like as a bigot.

The Conservative Party needs to sack this woman as soon as is physically possible - she is not a conservative, but a power hungry authoritarian leftist, and she will do great harm to the party if her inane ramblings are allowed to continue.

In Stockport, England - Liberal Democrats Bow to Islam.....Again!

Let's get this out of the way first.  This story has very little do with Muslims and a LOT to do with the left.

In my hometown of Stockport, England, there is a small business - a sandwich shop called "Beverley's Snack Shack."  The place has been there in one way or another since 2002, but now it is under attack.

There is no doubt that living near a sandwich shop that serves hot food can be unpleasant at times.  Anywhere that cooks food will have some sort of smell coming out of it, and that smell will not always be a pleasant one!  These factors are always considered whenever planning permission is given for a place of business such as this, and when any extensions are made to the business.  Conversely, it is also taken into account when house prices are considered - so someone buying a residence near a place where food is professionally cooked will almost certainly pay a lower price for the property than they would if the restaurant or shop did not exist.  Therefore, the free market allows prospective buyers to place a value on the inconvenience and work out whether the asking price matches compensates enough for that inconvenience and/or discomfort.  So a £160,000 home may sell for $120,000 if there is a strong smell coming from next door.  The prospective buyer has to work out if that added inconvenience of the smell is worth £40,000.  If it is, they buy the house, if not they go elsewhere.

This is what has happened in Shaw Heath in Stockport.  Yet, with the basic replacement of an extractor fan, the next door neighbours to the "Snack Shack" have complained about the smell.  This case would of course not be a case - they knew the risks, they knew the smell, and the replacement of a fan does not alter that.

However, the next door neighbours have been sneaky, and made a political statement that would set alarm bells ringing in the heads of the Stockport Council - a Council which is dominated by the hard-left Liberal Democrats.   The neighbours wisely stated that the smell of bacon was offending Muslim visitors to the house.

Of course, this pushed the panic button in the Chambers of Stockport Borough Council, who immediately retroactively denied the restaurant permission for the fan (can you even do that?) meaning that the store has had to remove the fan.  I am not sure how the business is now operating, but Stockport is an area that was hard hit by the recession, sandwich shops are not exactly corporations and I wouldn't be at all surprised if this decision is not making it extremely difficult for them to stay in business.  Over-sensitive lefties have attacked a hard-working business just on the basis that they might have inconvenienced the most protected group in our society.

Once again it shows that the Left always respond whenever Muslims are seen to be offended - even those who might only be a visitor to somewhere once every blue moon.  We have seen it in the last week with the firing of Juan Williams at NPR, and we see it on a daily basis all over the world - the Left are absolutely terrified of offending Islam in even the most minor way.  The left have no problem putting Christians and other groups through the mill and making all sorts of hateful comments about them, but offend a Muslim even accidentally, and it is as if the world is going to cave in.

This isn't just political correctness, it is cowardice.  These people are sensitive to Islam because they are scared of its radical elements getting angry.  The whole left-wing approach to radical Islam has been to lay down and surrender until they are no longer angry with us, and this has been extended to all Islam.  It is time for this to stop!  It is not Islam that is the problem, it is the left who mollycoddle Muslims as perpetual victims that are the problem.  Do they really believe that this will lead to greater integration in our society?  Do they not see that it will lead to anger, intolerance and divided communities, as it has done already?

Everyone must be treated equally under the law in a civilised democracy - special exceptions made to so-called "persecuted" groups is not the answer.  It also sends a message to radical Islam that there methods are working, as our politicians are bending over backwards to meet their every need, all out of fear.

So, if you live in Stockport - go to Beverley's Snack Shack and buy 10 bacon butties......EACH!!