Multiculturalism Under Attack--Finally!

The idea that multiculturalism is the best way to achieve harmony among cultures is being proven to be a bogus feelgood philosophy. Egalitarianism, which states that all cultures, creeds and philosophies are equal is the basis of multiculturalism (the sole exception being our Judeo/Christian Western Civilization, which, in the opinion of the left, is and has been the root cause of all of the world's problems). Multiculturalism dictates that all cultures be allowed and encouraged to exist and proliferate within the country's borders, as opposed to encouraging acculturation.

Our country, whose motto is "E Pluribus Unum," or, out of many, one, has successfully taken immigrants from virtually every known country by being a "melting pot." In other words, immigrants acculturated by becoming Americans and adopting our culture. This enactment of our motto has been fashionably discouraged in recent times as a result of the multicultural movement foisted upon us by leftist academicians and weak-kneed politicians.

Ironically, the PC elitists in Europe are waking up about this failing policy before we do. Hallelujah! It's about time someone starts seeing the light.

There are a couple of good pieces along these lines today. Michael Barone has an excellent piece titled, Cultures Aren't Equal:

Multiculturalism is based on the lie that all cultures are morally equal. In practice, that soon degenerates to: All cultures all morally equal, except ours, which is worse. But all cultures are not equal in respecting representative government, guaranteed liberties, and the rule of law. And those things arose not simultaneously and in all cultures but in certain specific times and places...mostly in Britain and America but also in other parts of Europe.

In America, as in Britain, multiculturalism has become the fashion in large swaths of our society. So the Founding Fathers are presented only as slaveholders, World War II is limited to the internment of Japanese-Americans and the bombing of Hiroshima. Slavery is identified with America though it has existed in many societies, and the antislavery movement arose first among English-speaking evangelical Christians.

But most Americans know there is something special about our cultural heritage. While Harvard and Brown are replacing scholars of the founding period with those studying other things, book buyers are snapping up first-rate histories of the founders by David McCullough, Joseph Ellis, and Ron Chernow. Multiculturalist intellectuals do not think our kind of society is worth defending. But millions here and increasing numbers in Britain and other countries know better.

Another related piece appears in the Toronto Free Press; Europe, Nothing Politically Correct about Terrorism!

The inventors of political correctness, the lords of tolerance and restraint, the defenders of the indefensible, champions of understanding and global thinking, have just become the first in the world to run out of patience, understanding and yes, tolerance for terrorism...

After beating America over the head for years with their grandiose ideals of an all-inclusive social order, in the end, it is the Europeans who have come to their senses first.

Read both pieces. It's encouraging to see people waking up and admitting that there are real problems with many of these "feel good" leftwing programs. This could happen here if the radical ACLU could be reigned in and the will of the people would be given more respect in the legislature and courts.

(Hat tip to Capitalist Pig Gallery for image)