Word: douthat
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...with Islam, argue a growing number of pundits, but we should be. As exemplified by Ross G. Douthat in his editorial published in this paper, these writers and pseudo-intellectuals have eschewed the labor of informing themselves about other cultures and religions for the easy but shallow polemics and stereotypes reminiscent of 19th-century racist colonial literature. By perpetuating the myths of inescapable conflict and clashes of civilizations, they become the unwitting pawns of the Osama bin Ladens of this world who are itching for such a fight...
These writers allege that violence is fundamentally written into the ideology of Islam, and thus a clash of civilizations is inevitable between Islam and the West. From Douthat, we learn that this ideology comes from the Prophet of Islam himself, “a Prophet who makes war—in self-defense, arguably, but with a glad heart, a war-like spirit...a spirit that divides the world into the House of Islam and the House of Unbelief, and declares irrevocable enmity between them.” Where, in all that we know about the life of the Prophet...
...Ross G. Douthat ’02 is a history and literature concentrator in Quincy House. His column appears on alternate Mondays...
...Ross G. Douthat ’02 is a history and literature concentrator in Quincy House. He will write on politics and culture in the new, post-September Massacre world, and hopes that his words will continue to infuriate, fascinate, perplex and annoy. His column will appear whenever SES and JRL decide it will...
...writing in response to “The Moment of Truth,” by Ross G. Douthat ’02 (Op-Ed, Sept. 19). Mr. Douthat’s fervent patrioism and disdain for those who appear to be blase and indifferent to the tragedy is very understandable at this time and, to an extent, admirable. However, I disagree with his claim that anyone who fails to feel a “burning desire to visit a terrible justice on those responsible” is an unjust person...