The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason

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Peter Oborne (12 May 2022). The Fate of Abraham – Why the West is Wrong about Islam. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781398501041. Oudenampsen, Merijn (27 October 2020). "How US Neocons Inspired the Netherlands' New Radical Right". Jacobin . Retrieved 7 January 2021. Murray is gay, [95] but has said that he believes that homosexuality "is an unstable component on which to base an individual identity and a hideously unstable way to try and base any form of group identity". [96] [ bettersourceneeded] In his book The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity, Murray asserts that homophobia has mostly been vanquished. [97] [98]

That is a gross over-simplification. In pretty much every Western country, there have been big arguments about immigration. In Australia, the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, pretty much anywhere one cares to name, politicians have come to realise they will only possess legitimacy if they avert unrestricted immigration.In recent years it has become clear that there is a war going on: a war on the West. This is not like earlier wars, where armies clash and victors are declared. It is a cultural war, and it is being waged remorselessly against all the roots of the Western tradition and against everything good that the Western tradition has produced.” Stewart, Blake (2020). "The Rise of Far-Right Civilizationism". Critical Sociology. 46 (7–8): 1207–1220. doi: 10.1177/0896920519894051. S2CID 213307100. Pass Notes: Douglas Murray; The lowdown on the precocious author of a new Bosie biography". The Guardian. London. 8 June 2000 . Retrieved 4 May 2012. Liddle, Rod (7 May 2017). "Books: The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 3 September 2019.

As a result of this idea, the least tolerant influences will after some time take over every aspect of public life. (side note: there’s an Osho video on tolerance that is actually quite grand, and I highly recommend it) Where does Brexit fit in Murray’s narrative of a war on the West? He ignores that question and is instead indignant that “we have been pushed into racial hyper-awareness”:Harkov, Lahav (17 May 2019). "Douglas Murray: Israel has healthier attitude toward nationalism than Europe". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020 . Retrieved 6 January 2021. Orwell Prize 2012 Longlists Announced". The Orwell Prize. Institute of Advanced Studies. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017 . Retrieved 31 March 2017.

So the pendulum does still swing, and contentions which for a short time have held sway are exposed to criticism, and cease to be quite so fashionable. It turns out to be possible to disapprove in the strongest terms of racism, without supposing it offers a complete interpretation of the past. In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows how many well-meaning people have been fooled by hypocritical and inconsistent anti-West rhetoric. After all, if we must discard the ideas of Kant, Hume, and Mill for their opinions on race, shouldn’t we discard Marx, whose work is peppered with racial slurs and anti-Semitism? Embers of racism remain to be stamped out in America, but what about the raging racist inferno in the Middle East and Asia?Kotch, Alex (27 December 2018). "Who funds PragerU's anti-Muslim content?". Sludge. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020 . Retrieved 20 December 2020. 'Europe is committing suicide,' says British author Douglas Murray in a video published by the far-right educational nonprofit Prager University. The cause? 'The mass movement of peoples into Europe…from the Middle East, North Africa and East Asia' who allegedly made Europe lose faith in its beliefs and traditions Shribman, David (26 November 2019). "Conservative author Douglas Murray on immigration, Islam and why he doesn't want to talk about Trump". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 14 December 2022. Lastly if I may, one or two examples that may encourage what I am hoping is the way forward: reasoned, respectful and honest debate. Douglas Murray and the War on Western Culture - Opinion: Free Expression - WSJ Podcasts". The Wall Street Journal. 25 April 2022 . Retrieved 4 October 2022.