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Pat Buchanan: Norwegian Mass Murderer’s Anti-Islamic Xenophobia ‘May Be Right’

by Frances Martel | 4:36 pm, July 26th, 2011

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It is far too soon after the tragedy to define Norweigian psychotic mass murderer Anders Breivik as bearing any mainstream political stripe, and yet his rambling, incoherent manifesto has landed him a number of adjectives– from “Christian fundamentalist” to”xenophobic anti-Islamist.” At least this much is clear: Breivik thought immigration was a threat to national identity and he’s apparently found one ally on that front in America: Pat Buchanan.

Buchanan penned an editorial on this Breivik monster for World Net Daily today (where else?), where he in no uncertain terms labeled Breivik “a cold-blooded, calculated killer,” “evil,” “coward,” and “deluded.” What he refuses to call Breivik, however, is “insane,” because he exhibited “some intelligence” in identifying what Buchanan agrees is the main threat to civilized European culture: Islamic immigration.

Buchanan writes that, much like Thomas Jefferson wrote that the battle over slavery was to him a “fire bell in the night,” so too are Breivik’s actions, highlighting not the threat of right-wing xenophobic extremism, but that of Islamic terror. He argues that Breivik’s point is not unique to the far right, as “Angela Merkel of Germany, Nicolas Sarkozy of France and David Cameron of Britain have all declared multiculturalism a failure. From votes in Switzerland to polls across the continent, Europeans want an end to the wearing of burqas and the building of prayer towers in mosques.” Europeans, he concludes, who are both murderous and otherwise.

Buchanan goes on to hit on the usual talking points currently floating around conservative circles– that conservatives will be the victims of “guilt by association” thanks to his actions; that the backlash will be no different than when Sarah Palin found herself in liberal crosshairs after the Tuscon tragedy that seriously injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, herself a target of Palin’s political crosshairs– at least by way of illustration. He adds a quip about Norway participating in the Afghanistan invasion and the Libyan “kinetic operations” and then claiming to be “peaceful and progressive,” which doesn’t really go anywhere. He also makes it clear that, to him, the moral of the story is as follows: “That [macro-] threat comes from a burgeoning Muslim presence in a Europe that has never known mass immigration, its failure to assimilate, its growing alienation, and its sometime sympathy for Islamic militants and terrorists.” He then concludes with this gem:

As for a climactic conflict between a once-Christian West and an Islamic world that is growing in numbers and advancing inexorably into Europe for the third time in 14 centuries, on this one, Breivik may be right.

That Europe faces a problem with ethnic enclaves attempting to divert the power of the federal government away from them to maintain what would otherwise be illegal practices in their culture is truth, and a fair point to bring up in most other arguments– as is the point that many in the media jumped to blame Islamic terrorists before swinging that pendulum over to conservative bloggers. But that is an entirely separate discussion, and to include Breivik’s thoughts about the matter in any capacity into said discussion legitimizes his thoughts in a way no one deserves to have their thoughts addressed after opening fire on an island full of unarmed children.

Breivik could have held a number of commonly-respected opinions– say, that Hugo Chavez is a pretty terrible singer, or that the American debt crisis debate is tedious and insulting to the intelligence of the American people– but inserting him into any discussion only gives him the honor of being validated as an individual whose thoughts are worth considering. No civilized society can allow that privilege to grow out of the barrel of a gun.

Breivik proved he was willing to kill to be a respected voice in the public discourse, and suggesting that he may be right in his views– no matter what those views are, and in this case they are disgusting views– elevates him to a status that no cowardly child butcher deserves.

[h/t Alan Colmes]

Anders Breivik, Norway, Norway Bombing, Norway massacre, Norway terror, Pat Buchanan, World Net Daily

Anonymous

frances is attending the tommy christopher school of writing……….spin
Anonymous

Anders Breivik, organic farmer (greenie) and reputed drug user (laid-back lefty); it was only a matter of time before he exploded.
Anonymous

Well done Pat, please tell us what’s in the head of the right wingers. At least you are not ashamed to tel us so.
insideguy

Don’t you get dizzy from all the spinning that you do?
http://24Ahead.com 24AheadDotCom

What’s funny/ironic about this is that Pitchfork is Old Skool rightwing. The New Skool rightwing – r/w bloggers, pundits, the GOP, and the 24ahead.com/s/tea-parties morons – are in the firm grip of the Kochs. A Koch not only joined w/ Soros to give millions to the ACLU (which strongly opposes immig. enforcement), but the Kochs fund a series of groups that advocate for loose borders.

That doesn’t mean that the TPers support loose borders, just that they’re dumb enough to be led around by those who do or who are paid to do so.
Anonymous

“According to Europol’s 2010 data (PDF) attacks by separatist/nationalist groups far outnumber attacks by Islamists.”
Anonymous

That Europe faces a problem with ethnic enclaves attempting to divert
the power of the federal government away from them to maintain what
would otherwise be illegal practices in their culture is truth, and a
fair point to bring up in most other arguments– as is the point that
many in the media jumped to blame Islamic terrorists before swinging
that pendulum over to conservative bloggers.

You think the Jihad group claiming responsibility might have had something to do with that? http://tinyurl.com/4ydsk8r

But that is an entirely
separate discussion, and to include Breivik’s thoughts about the matter
in any capacity into said discussion legitimizes his thoughts in a way
no one deserves to have their thoughts addressed after opening fire on
an island full of unarmed children.

That particular thought is either right or wrong. The fact that Breivik is a murderous scumbag who needs his own bullet in the head does not impact the truth or falsity of the statement. Whether it is factual or not is the only basis upon which to to assess its legitimacy.

You simply don’t like Buchanan saying it, because it makes you uncomfortable and you don’t find it politically correct. That doesn’t make Buchanan wrong either. This time, anyway.

Have you read any of the psycho’s manifesto? There’s a decent overview here. Note the last excerpt there.
http://games-survival.com Justplaythegame

Good Job Pat, I always say if you force them to drink enough Tequila, eventually they will eat the worm!Once again, with the cries of fire fire in this case terror terror pushing the Islamic terror phoba another right wing Christian has flipped.. next up….

Truth be known, pat’s just pissed he wasn’t raised an Ayatollah and has a few more years before he can buy a sword and use it without clashing with his suit. Don’t worry Pat, the day is coming. we need a new religion around here, the current ones have gone stagnant like the economy. I think the hoax is up?

pssst… it is just a media for mass control…there is really no one in those clouds looking down..pssst

In Jesus name boogiemanboogiemanboogieman Amen
Anonymous

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. While people of free countries would like to welcome all people. When they accept people that do not embrace the values of the country they immigrate to they take the chance that the immigrant will overrun the country and fundamentally change the country to that which they came from. This killer was right in his fear of that but he violated the values of his homeland, conservatives and Christians. Not only do conservatives and Christians not believe in killing someone who they disagree with they most definitely don’t agree with killing the innocent people connected with those we don’t agree with. This killer is most surely a broken clock and it looks like he may be angling for the insane defense.
Anonymous

‘Checkpoint’ – HOW TO ASSASSINATE GEORGE BUSHhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090100858.htmlWhere was the leftist outrage?Breivik is wrong and should pay for what he did. The liberal media considers these disturbed folk to be “artists”. So far, the title hasn’t been used on Breivik’s manifesto.
Anonymous

Oh, hey look … another article where Colby completely misrepresented the story by choosing a sensationalized headline!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ECYBIXNKAG5E46BC3GCJQPA7CQ well_its_no_cannibal_holocaust

So Cenk Uygur gets pushed out because of his “tone”, and this rejected relic from the Einsatzgruppen continues to be employed by the “Liberal” network?
Anonymous

According to American death tolls,muslim terrorists have killed more Americans than separatist/nationalist groups.

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/AmericanAttacks.htm
Anonymous

Pat is living in the hell of the lamestream media after he left the conservatives and pimped himself out to the leftist propaganda machine, man…

Cool icon. If that’s you, you look a lot like Harrelson’s character in 2012!

The boogieman has Jesus’ blessings…
Just some Blow Hard…

Really? I didn’t think the confederacy was Muslim?
Just some Blow Hard…

Are you not entertained?
Anonymous

I think you’re missing a bit of the author’s point, Pablo. Why is it that Breivik gets to be referenced by Buchanan at all? You might make the same comment, but you’re not going to be referenced by Buchanan. The difference is that this guy went out and murdered a whole bunch of people, in hopes that people like Buchanan would look at his manifesto and think that he was right. What message does that send to irrational individuals who feel like they have something important to tell the world, but no one is listening?
Tedderman

Time for the “Pat and Pat” Show, Buchanan and Robertson, both are apt to come out with an equally outlandish statement every few days.
Anonymous

They were discussing him. How do you not reference him? And how do you not look at what was in his head and how he came to be the psychopath that he is? If you can’t talk about that, what’s the point of talking about him at all?
Anonymous

“Xenophobic.” By definition, denotes an irrational and overt dislike or fear. The fact that I despise Islam is NOT xenophobic. Rather, is completely rational and reasonable. Any culture that treats its women the way Islam does is immediately suspect and that doesn’t include the violent theological aspects, etc.

The world would be much better off without that awful religio-culture. Ergo, Europe and so too will America have problems with Islam as well as Hispanic cultures that refuse to assimilate.

Purveyor
wakan

Do you have proof he is wrong?
Anonymous

Pat’s just mourning his Dad, who died at Auschwitz…

…when he fell out of a guard tower.
Anonymous

Pat’s just mourning his Dad, who died at Auschwitz…

…when he fell out of a guard tower.
Anonymous

way to go pat…you got the wingnuts all juiced up……you go to the world nutt daily or for short birther central to place your call to arms….now i gotta deal with these fertilizer bombing pieces of shit over here….you and joe scarborough were on quite a roll this morning running from the terrorist….i suppose you got a call from hate central and got reminded that your mission is to incite violence not rebuke it….good thing nbc news is onboard with this crap you spit out but im sure they make you pass through the medal detector twice b4 youre allowed in 30 rock
Nietzschean

Frances, your smug, sarcastic tone is nauseating. What are you, 22 years old?
http://twitter.com/TheGrottoTweets Laurie Beth

Good for you, girl. This is a great piece.
Anonymous

but inserting him into any discussion only gives him the honor of being validated as an individual whose thoughts are worth considering. No civilized society can allow that privilege to grow out of the barrel of a gun.

Some of your best thoughts…
Anonymous

Attack the messenger without addressing the message, predictable.
Palmares

So Western Civilization which so many on the right love to brag about as being Gods gift to humanity, can’t absorb and withstand an influx of Muslims? Sounds like these right wingers aren’t all that confident n the superiority of their culture after all. What a bunch of goofballs.
Clearfield

i think you made a mistake, pat’s dad did not fall out of a guard tower at auschwitz, he fell off a barstool in a pub in Dublin. (my reply is as stupid as yours, dummy
Califpoppy55

why do we still care what this man has to say?
Anonymous

Considering that everyone would still marvel at the invention of the wheel without WC, we did pretty good.
Anonymous

The West survived Hitler, it will not survive the Left’s immigration policies. I don’t know what the liberals have against white people, but they cannot wait to see us replaced completely.
Rusty Shackleford

You realize that America grew out of the barrel of a gun, right? Not a gun that slaughtered children, but nonetheless The Declaration of Independence and more importantly The Treaty of Paris 1983 have thousands of humans’ blood on them.
Nietzschean

I’m probably more liberal on more issues than you are.
Anonymous

Frances said: “Breivik proved he was willing to kill to be a respected voice in the public discourse, and suggesting that he may be right in his views– no matter what those views are, and in this case they are disgusting views– elevates him to a status that no cowardly child butcher deserves.”

Nice. That is exactly right.
Tommie

Buchanon has it right. it has been the drive of Islam to complete the old orbis terrarum, ‘the circle of lands’ around the Mediterranean since they first broke out of Arabia on their quest for world conquest.
one is right to fear the resurgence of this Abrahamite sect, because its goal is world conquest.
slaughtering teenage innocents at summer camp is an inappropriate way to counter this military and cultural threat.
Anonymous

No, it isn’t. He wasn’t trying to “be a respected voice in the public discourse.” He was trying to start a revolution.
Glenn Bovine

I am going to repeat something someone else said but Pat got the full concept.

“Se estan cagando de miedo”

That would be you xenophobic, bigots, ignorant morons.
Anonymous

Examine history in the last 100 years. Who killed the most people further to world conquest? Islamics? Nope. White Europeans (Germany, Austria, Russian, etc.), and Asians (Japanese, Chinese, Cambodia, Viet Nam). Islamics are not even in the world conquest ball park.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CHFJLOURUEVT6D33MGUYT5IN5I David

Gee Pat…if you’re so worried about the threat to civilized European culture, why not head over there and help them out…indefinitely. Good riddance…sorry, I mean “bon voyage.”
Anonymous

Now examine the last 50 years.
Anonymous

I know this is a disconcerting and annoying new look and feel thing, but I remember we discussed this previously, in the more fun days, and when you look at the numbers, Islamics are not among the leaders when it comes to killing non-Islamics. Their unrest is mostly a function of a civil war between factions of Islam. And at the same time, their old culture is being sucked into the vortex of the modern culture that is represented mostly by the US, including technology that really upsets their world, and the old guys and their masses won’t give up. They hate us because we are a destroyer, in their eyes.
Anonymous

Isn’t it called “respect” when you get 500 million people now reading about your every right wing fantasy? He got zero respect before.
Anonymous

And Pat knows these things. Good Republican. Good boy, Pat!
http://twitter.com/cek100248 charles kirtley

Like him or not, Pat has a certain set of beliefs and he does not compromise them. That is a rare trait inside the beltway.