Andy McCarthy Tells Us How He Really Feels

Given that the 80’s left collectively lost its mind, its not surprising to see the first iteration of 21st Century conservatism lose its bearings to its own ideals, principles and even basic reality (hey torture, high deficits, corruption and gross ideological preferences over meritocracy was okay for 8 years, but not anymore!). In a few years, the younger generation of exceptional conservative thinkers will finally have more influence and restore conservatism to greatness.

Exhibit #1940324 of the collapse of intelligence and principles in conservatism is Andy McCarthy’s pathetic shilling for the oppressive, racist Chinese treatment of its Uighur minority. Since others say it far better than I can beyond that, allow me to share a smattering of the disapproval his idiocy provoked:

Joshua Foust of Registan:

Maybe if Uighurs are terrorists, McCarthy should ask former President Bush why he was so close with Rebiya Kadeer—the Uighur activist who DOES argue, quite eloquently, that the Han Chinese create an intolerable living situation for the Uighurs in Xinjiang. Or maybe he could accuse all Han Chinese of terrorism, since some surrounded a Uighur man in Urumqi and attempted to beat him to death, until they spotted an ABC news crew and attacked it as well.

The Gormogons:
Unless Mr. McCarthy is willing to state a belief that all Muslims worldwide are necessarily given to religious fanaticism and hatred, he should withdraw his statement implying Uyghurs are inherently violent because they’re Muslims. If not, National Review should inform him that he no longer need comment on affairs touching on Islam, since they can be adequately expressed in the simple equation, “Muslims are bad” which can be easily appended under his name to any discussion of world affairs with a simple keystroke macro.

Rodney Balko:
There was once a time when, if an ethnic minority was rising up against an oppressive communist regime, you could count on National Review to side with the rabble-rousers fighting for political freedom, not the commies. But I guess that was pre-September 11. Now it’s apparently all about siding with whoever is killing Muslims.

Balko adds a link to a compelling article in National Review four years ago about China’s repression of the Uighurs and a detailing of how they co-opted the war on terror. Now they tolerate McCarthy’s blathering about the rightful response of the Chinese government to a race riot instigated in part by its own Han Chinese majority amidst a sustained campaign to send the Uighurs into the history books. Its pleasant to see McCarthy’s ideology in pursuit of preferred truths exposed for what it is.