QotD: Islamist Recruits

Let's face facts: Islamism's appeal, is largely to the sort of type of person who would have been tempted to cheer on the blackshirts in the 1920's. It combines authoritarianism, militarism, anti-socialism and anti-liberalism with a special squeamishness about human sexuality.

Western Leftists who ally with Islamism because they think the phenomenon represents the interests of the masses are fooling themselves. If it represents anything it's the prejudices of the bazaari and clerical class in organised form and we've already seen that in Europe.

It wasn't nice then either, but at least in those days the left automatically knew they were against it.

Marcus, "Lumpenbourgeois Losers", Harry's Place, 2006-08-12