Ross Douthat on the Brink
…use Douthat is, on this, not wrong. As Douthat notes, the arrival of large numbers of Muslims into parts of Europe alien to them “promises increasing polarization among natives and new arrivals alike.” He suggests what I too fear might come next: That their presence “threatens not just a spike in terrorism but a rebirth of 1930s-style political violence.” Fascism, he means. Even as I am angered by the anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe that denies co…
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