O'Neill's article is nothing but a whole bunch of strawmen.
The truth is, we do speak up, lament, and soul search all the things he claims we don't.
The problem can be boiled down to this:
he, and all his ilk pretend they are merely posing this question:
Quote:Wonder if radical Islam is a problem for the West
when in reality they want to ask this question:
Quote:Wonder if Islam is a problem for the West
- as if they actually hold the view that there is a version of Islam (and by extension muslims) that can be distinguished from the radical kind, and which they would accept into their society. What a joke.
I have far more respect for open Islamophobes who hold no such pretense, and say what all Islamophobes are thinking - Islam - full stop, is the problem, and has no place in western society - in any form.