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July 20, 2010

‘COEXIST?’ You First.

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COEXIST bumperstickers represent more than just the obnoxious posturing of self-important twits

– although the obnoxious posturing of self-important twits is a huge component of what they represent. These public statements represent the kind of dangerously parochial, ethnocentric mindset that conservatives are often labeled with, except this mindset is the mantra of the transnational liberal/left. It is a mindset that sees the “intolerance” of the West as the real root cause of conflict, and imagines that if we can just get beyond our own myriad flaws all will be well. What this mindset does not appreciate – what it almost willfully ignores – is that all those groups represented by all those symbols making up the COEXIST design are not the same, do not share the same values, and in many cases have absolutely zero interest at all in coexisting. -- Kurt Schlichter @ Big Peace

Posted by Vanderleun at July 20, 2010 1:11 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Where's my paper tiger...if there's any bumper sticker I hate more than the Obama bs, it's this one....and that other one: "God Bless the Whole World....no exceptions". Why they don't just come out and say, "With the Exception of America and Israel", I'll never know, but it prolly won't fit on a bumper sticker. It is what they mean when they say no exceptions, though.

Posted by: Jewel at July 20, 2010 2:27 PM

There's another version...

Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2010 4:46 PM

As Prager says, true courage would be applying COEXIST to your bumper in, say, Egypt or Saudi Arabia.

In the U.S., it just confirms your self-regard and shallowness.

Posted by: Western Chauvinist at July 20, 2010 6:52 PM

It's hard to coexist with a Muslim, what with the jihad and all.

Posted by: Marie at July 20, 2010 8:15 PM

Marie: You don't understand. Coexistence with Muslims is easy. Pay the jizyah tax and abase yourself before Muslims and you will be allowed to live.

Posted by: Fat Man at July 21, 2010 8:12 AM

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