Posted by
Jason on Monday, December 10, 2007 5:33:05 PM
Jim Henley should pull a "New Republic" and hire a new fact checker! Why? Because in a recent article, Henley concluded that:
"Mark Steyn is a racist douchebag in addition to being a ridiculous figure..."
Sounds like something a reasonable adult would say, doesn't it? Anyway, Henley based his conclusion on the following sentence from Steyn's book:
"Just look at the development within Europe, where the number of Muslims is expanding like mosquitoes."
The only problem is that Mark Steyn didn't say that... the statement appears in his book, but as a quote attributed to a Norwegian imam (Muslim preacher), Mullah Krekar:
" 'We're the ones who will change you,' the Norwegian imam Mullah Krekar told the Oslo newspaper Dagbladet in 2006. 'Just look at the development within Europe, where the number of Muslims is expanding like mosquitoes. Every Western woman in the EU is producing an average of 1.4 children. Every Muslim woman in the same countries is producing 3.5 children.' As he summed it up: 'Our way of thinking will prove more powerful than yours.'"
Oops! No word yet on whether Henley thinks the Muslim imam is a "racist douchebag" for making the remark. I doubt we'll find out though, as Henley is in the process of retracting his statements...
Next time, try reading a full paragraph Henley!
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