My ex writes:
One of the clearest, most coherent presentations of contemporary neo-fascist ideology I've ever seen:
The ideology is insane, but the man, quite lucid!
Apparently, he was quite keen on Zionism and Israel.
Joanna
^^^^^ CB: Even list skeptics on using the f-word can agree that Joanna's correspondent uses the term very precisely here. Do these commentators arguing that Breivik has a point know that they are publicly sort of confessing to being fascists.
But some commentators argue that despite his deplorable methods, Mr. Breivik has a point: "Multiculturalism" has failed and Europe should turn back toward the narrower, traditional national cultures of the region.
They argue, Breivik's attacks – among the largest mass murders carried out by a single person in history – should push Europe to redouble its opposition to both Muslim immigration and to Islam itself.
Exhibit A this morning is a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Bruce Bawer, an Oslo-based American critic of the role of Islam in Europe, whose book "While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam Is Destroying the West from Within" was admiringly quoted by Breivik in the rambling 1,500 page manifesto he published online before his rampage.