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Reader comment on item: Why Was Enoch Powell Condemned as a Racist and Not Charles de Gaulle?

Submitted by myth (Germany), Aug 20, 2013 at 18:18

De Gaulle and Powell share the fear of invasion.

Britain as a nation depended on the USA to resist a possible German invasion in WW2. Parts of the British population sympathized with the Nazi ideology. The Empire was but a burden and a weakness to fight Japan. Britain lost the leadership of the English-speaking world to the USA in cultural terms.

Following an invasion France suffered years of German occupation. The French nation split in three during the occupation. Part of France resisted, part of France actively collaborated. The third group, the majority of the Jews in France were surrendered to be deported and murdered.

The French nation broke under pressure. Its culture proved useless to stop an invasion, resist occupation, let alone liberate the country as a nation.

By analogy to WW2, both politicians are afraid of a Blitz-immigration. Both know from WW2-experience their nation's culture is defenseless when challenged on a large scale. The USA as an immigrant-nation would not come to the rescue of the Old World from immigration.

Religion was no source of good, no source of evil during WW2. Consequently the subject of Islam hides beyond the horizon of De Gaulle and Powell. Both authors' perspective of scale, the numbers of immigration, the focus on outer appearance do fit the WW2 context. The Nazi movement's scale, numbers of followers and its display of symbols and uniforms illustrate the perceived threat.

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3Dear Mr. Pipes [70 words]Debanjan BanerjeeAug 22, 2013 12:19209167
3Of Arzals and Ashrafs and hypocricy [213 words]dhimmi no moreAug 23, 2013 06:41209167
1why this double standard ? [49 words]SamSep 9, 2013 22:57209167
true reason for some arabs migration to india and.nearby regions [92 words]being humanSep 16, 2013 11:50209167
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cure for dhimmi:) [75 words]Being HumanOct 10, 2013 09:49209167
1The elephant in the room and the Muslim mind [96 words]dhimmi no moreOct 11, 2013 09:52209167
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4Islam and "racism" [99 words]Delta MikeAug 21, 2013 21:07209150
3Why Was Enoch Powell Condemned as a Racist and Not Charles deGaulle [202 words]JudithAug 20, 2013 20:19209122
1context of WW2 - Blitz-immigration [235 words]mythAug 20, 2013 18:18209120
1Powell [34 words]VijayAug 20, 2013 14:04209117
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2SOCIAL ENGINEERING BY POPULATION MANIPULATION [277 words]John HashamAug 20, 2013 12:07209114
2The fundamental issues are not dealt with [95 words]Aurora AronssonAug 20, 2013 08:49209106
2Them and us. [13 words]steven lAug 20, 2013 00:30209094
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4Five Points on De Gaulle and Powell [402 words]IlsensteinAug 19, 2013 20:43209092
2racism or culturalism? [610 words]
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1C.S. Lewis & Martin Buber [83 words]David W. LincolnAug 19, 2013 18:57209086
3Not a Clear Message? [359 words]Ron ThompsonAug 19, 2013 17:41209085
1So, Say It, Daniel [16 words]Mark WerfelAug 19, 2013 17:39209084
3It seems like the French were right (although it pains me to say so). [56 words]David OleskerAug 19, 2013 17:23209083

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