On Stratification

The Baltimore Examiner takes a look at the recent Canadian Jihadi arrests and questions the use by an RCMP spokesman of the term "broad strata" when describing those arrested. (I had something to say about that here.)

WASHINGTON – Here’s something to think about while standing in line at the airport. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police official described the 17 recently arrested members of an alleged terrorist cell as representing “the broad strata of our community.” The more we learn about these individuals, their recent activities and their alleged plans, the more the RCMP’s description looks like evidence of a dangerously common delusion among many Westerners, especially those in positions of authority where the demands of political correctness too often make it impossible to speak honestly about reality.

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Clearly, these men would never be mistaken for aspiring Stanley Cup winners, because their profiles simply don’t square with the Canada displayed by its demographics and dominant culture. Their profiles, however, closely match those of the Sept. 11 hijackers and the 1993 World Trade Center bombers, among others. So why not call them what they in fact are, which is Muslim immigrants accused of being jihadist terrorists? Because in the PC world — where no culture is any “better” or “worse” than any other — nobody is allowed to speak in any way that might ever be conceived as an ethnic or nationalistic slight. That is why the “they are just like us” meme is such a familiar part of the official and mainstream media descriptions of those accused of terrorist planning and crimes.

Read the whole thing, it's worth it. (So is checking the Examiner every day, frankly).

We need to reexamine the whole idea of political correctness and stop deluding ourselves about some things. Or rather allowing a few self-deluded PC fools from dictating how we examine things.

Read the whole thing, it's worth it. (So is checking the Examiner every day, frankly).

We need to reexamine the whole idea of political correctness and stop deluding ourselves about some things. Or rather allowing a few self-deluded PC fools from dictating how we examine things.