On a comment thread on another blog, a leftard accused me of having bought into a philosophy of cultural supremacy.

Dana Garrett Says:
February 26th, 2006 at 10:39 pm

Nice try, Rhymes. All one need to do is go to your site and see all those posts about the evil Muslims to see that you have already been recruited by supremacist views.

And also here.

Dana Garrett Says:
February 27th, 2006 at 1:18 am

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Oh, I have read your diatribes against Muslims. There is no doubt that you are a cultural supremacist.

IÂ’ve let that accusation sit for a while, so that I could reflect upon it.

I’ve come to realize that he is right – my statements on Islam do clearly show that I believe Western culture – especially as expressed in America – to be superior to the culture prevalent in the Muslim world.

When I compare the religious freedom and tolerance of this country to the oppression and dhimmitude prevalent in the Muslim world, I find American freedom to be superior.

When I look at the relatively unfettered speech and press rights of our country and the limits placed on these fundamental rights in the Muslim world, I find American liberty to be superior.

When I consider the relative equality of the sexes in America and the chador/burqa/abaya-clad chattel who are subject to so-called “honor killings”, I find American culture to be superior.

In fact, I cannot find anything in Muslim culture that is superior to its Western (especially in its American form) counterpart – a reality I can trace back at least five or six centuries.

If that makes me a "cultural supremacist", then I gladly plead guilty to the accusation.

But then again, maybe that does not make me a “cultural supremacist”. Maybe that just makes me someone with common sense and a love of freedom -- and, to use a word which is anathema to folks like my accuser, a patriot..

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