August 3, 2018
Unmasking the Creation of 'Islamophobia' in the Academy
By Pamela Geller
Conservative individuals and groups frequently report that they are banned, blocked, or shadowbanned from social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Many of these people frequently complain that they are labelled “far right†when in fact, they are not even right-wing, let alone “far right.†It is increasingly being realized that there is a serious problem here. So let’s look at some details of how this is achieved, and how deep the problem goes. Many in academia are fully in collusion with this.
An article published this month demonstrates without a shadow of a doubt how deeply embedded the lazy and erroneous ideological assumptions of many academics are. "The transnationalisation of far right discourse on Twitter: Issues and actors that cross borders in Western European democracies" is typical of many such articles. It could well pass unnoticed by all but a few scholars, especially since it’s locked behind an expensive paywall, written in academic gobbledygook, and littered with mysterious diagrams reminiscent of the work of the alchemists. Yet this article is worth scrutiny, for it’s one piece of the puzzle of how the trick of labelling people as “far right†and as “Islamophobic†is pulled off by the “intelligentsia†and the establishment. It’s easy to assume “academics are locked in their Ivory Towers doing little other than talking to each other, so let’s ignore them.†But not all are. Some are talking to governments and some are talking to tech companies, and there are consequences.
Read more:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/08/unmasking_the_creation_of_islamophobia_in_the_academy.html#ixzz5NDSbhQMn
