I'm not sure if he ever left the Left, merely seeing Islamic terror after Sept. 11 for the threat it truly is. But Charles Johnson, one of the "Four Horsemen" on this blog's left, is no longer read by me. In 2004 and '05 I'd check out Little Green Footballs almost every day. Back then he had to fight its being characterized as a hate site.
Surprisingly, the long NYT Mag piece isn't over-the-top sympathetic to Johnson, according a lot of space for the comments of Pamela Geller.
The whole story hinges on a Belgium political party and its leader--Flip Dewinter of Flaams Belang. Probably 99.9 percent of Americans don't have a clue about him or it. But one of our Cassandras--I just finished re-reading _The Death of the Grown-up_ by Diana West--goes all out for him in her MUST-READ post today, calling Mr. Dewinter "one of the true heroes of our times."
Who exactly is this man? Neo-Nazi bogeyman as Johnson characterizes him, liberally applying unsavory tactics himself? Or is he the Ricard the Lionheart figure dying Europe needs in order to muster its resources, which includes the quiescent spiritual, to defeat the rising tide of Muslim ferocity increasingly doting the landscape? Time will tell.
But my sympathies are clearly with people like Diana West and Flip Dewinter.
Surprisingly, the long NYT Mag piece isn't over-the-top sympathetic to Johnson, according a lot of space for the comments of Pamela Geller.
The whole story hinges on a Belgium political party and its leader--Flip Dewinter of Flaams Belang. Probably 99.9 percent of Americans don't have a clue about him or it. But one of our Cassandras--I just finished re-reading _The Death of the Grown-up_ by Diana West--goes all out for him in her MUST-READ post today, calling Mr. Dewinter "one of the true heroes of our times."
Who exactly is this man? Neo-Nazi bogeyman as Johnson characterizes him, liberally applying unsavory tactics himself? Or is he the Ricard the Lionheart figure dying Europe needs in order to muster its resources, which includes the quiescent spiritual, to defeat the rising tide of Muslim ferocity increasingly doting the landscape? Time will tell.
But my sympathies are clearly with people like Diana West and Flip Dewinter.
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