by frinik Sun Jan 14, 2024 12:06 am
Western Europe is also affected but not as badly as countries in the Anglo sphere. My sons (Gen Z are in Europeans schools and they were never taught about post colonialism, lgbtq ideology, gender theory, pronouns, crt, whiteness and all that rubbish. Teachers are respected and nobody assaults them. Sure in higher academia there have been infiltration at some level but way less and Europeans are less receptive and less susceptible. Europe is much more tradition-oriented and because Europeans are much less religious than Americans they are less susceptible to be attracted to woke-type cultism , secularism is deeply entrenched in western Europe. Also I suspect having a longer history and culture in a way creates a shield. But yes there is some influence through social media mostly. I believe in the US there will be a turning point in the next few years as people - even on the moderate left ( traditional liberals)- are waking up to these Nazi-type regressive leftists who like the Nazis are obsessed by race and deeply anti semitic and prone to excesses and hatred.
I think in hindsight Maher may have regretted saying that. He said it 23 years ago and in context of comparing the US using remote weapons to fight its enemies and lobbing missiles 2000 miles away whereas the terrorists stayed in the cockpit until the end. But I agree with you it was grossly inappropriate and insensitive of him to say that.