Pat Is On His Trolley

Remarks like these are nothing new, but insightful: “not a religion,” but “a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination."

The irony here, perhaps, is that if we follow this logic Islam becomes a more legitimate participant in the public sphere. That is, if we accept Habermas' claim that only agents using reason are permitted to engage in constructive discourse. A "political system" then has more legitimacy than a religion since, although it may be anarchistic (as Robertson is implying), it is based in reason. No?

Of course, this is not Robertson's point. And the key lesson to take away (aside from the rampant fear-baiting) is how he names PC as the main culprit here. More on that later.