This is a disturbing development. In a speech at the U.N.
yesterday, British Prime Minister David Cameron said that 9/11 and 7/7
truthers, and others who hold what he considers “extremist” views, are just as
dangerous as the violent ISIS. He goes on to compare those holding extreme
non-violent views with Nazis and Klu Klux Klansmen.
In his speech, Cameron said:
“We
must be clear: to defeat the ideology of extremism we need to deal with all
forms of extremism - not just violent extremism.”
It’s
possible Cameron may walk back some of his comments after the inevitable
backlash, but the thought process here is truly Orwellian. It harkens back to
the blog I wrote yesterday about the Denver school board member who wants U.S.
history to be taught with a more positive, patriotic spin. Who decides these things?
Who decides whether a history book for high schoolers includes an honest
discussion of slavery or not? Who decides which non-violent views are
extremist? It’s our glorious leaders.
In
Cameron’s world, you can be labeled an extremist for simply disagreeing with
what your government says or does. If I say I don’t buy into the official
version of events on 9/11, I’m as dangerous as a knife-wielding ISIS member.
And,
after he’s identified the enemy, how exactly is Cameron going to combat
non-violent extremist views? Will the extremists be imprisoned? Sent to
re-education camps? Labeled as mentally ill?
Cameron’s
U.N. speech was fear mongering at its most appalling spiced with totalitarian
inclinations. It laid bare both the elite’s growing anxiety at the worldwide
threats to Western hegemony and the reactionary, undemocratic response to those
threats. Big Brother would be proud.
