"Anti-Racist" Defends Pro-Terror Anti-Semite

OK, normally I wouldn't waste my time on a bunch of Kinsella* sycophants, but since he has linked to them so enthusiastically, and since one is hilariously stupid, here it goes.

• First, the fool published a list of the Canadian Islamic Congress's complaints against Mark Steyn (here), which misquoted and mischaracterized Steyn's words. The (mis)quoted statement comparing Muslim population growth to the spread of mosquitoes was, of course, not Steyn's but that of a European imam. Most of the other quotes were from Steyn's plot summary of a book by Robert Ferrigno. Of course, the CIC intended all of this to make Steyn look like a racist lunatic. And Vlad Glebov, "Commerce and Finance Specialist," swallowed it whole. Don't bother asking for an apology.



• Next, Vlad came by my blog to further make a fool of himself. Confronted with a recent CBC poll which showed that 12% (+/- 4.4% 19 times out of 20, or somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 out of 700,000) of Canadian Muslims think that a terrorist attack that included beheading the prime minister and blowing up the Parliament building would be "justified," he expounded his wisdom on polling thusly: "thats not thousands, thats about 35 people out of that survey of 500..." Further: "The typical sample size used in basic political polls that are reported on CNN are at least 1000 people... and even thats considered to be too low by analysts." When confronted with a few basic concepts from Statistics 101, he kept digging: "...CNN polls are probably done at 99% confidence and that requires about 900-1000 sample size." Of course, that's nonsense. Anyway, if you're thinking of hiring a "Commerce and Finance Specialist" from UTM in the near future, beware!



• Next, Vlad returned to my site not to respond to me, but to post a link to his new post, and hey, it looks like he actually got the quotes himself this time! Anyhow, as I explain here, I responded on his site. He promptly deleted three of my links (to pages where he had previously made a fool of himself), and a question I asked about Tarek Fatah. I pointed this out, and he responded by blaming Wordpress, and accusing me of spreading conspiracy theories about him. If, uh, anyone cares, he posted a screenshot showing that Wordpress gave him a choice to "Approve" or "Edit" my post. He edited it. Just a warning for anyone thinking of posting there. Someone equally clueless responded with this: "HA HA HA! I cannot believe Chris. You think you can seriously win any argument against Vlad? ... Right now, defending Mark Steyn, is putting one self in the same league as him, possibly being identified as a “racist” also."



• So, in response, I asked how they can justify putting themselves in "the same league" with Mohamed Elmasry, leader of the CIC, who is famous for saying that all Israeli adults are legitimate targets for suicide bombers. How do you think this "Say No To Hate" activist/Kinsella sycophant responded? Why, by defending Elmasry, and attacking a Jew!

UPDATE: Here's my latest post, which he doesn't seem too keen to publish (here), just in case he gets the urge to hit "Edit" again:

(1) I did not "make up crazy conspiracy theories." I wrote that you edited my post above (cutting out both links and text). You did. Do you deny doing this?

(2) I do not "blindly support" Mark Steyn. But I don't blindly go along with the hysterical criticism of him either -- much of which, by the way, is based on misquotes or mischaracterizations of what he has written. If the case against Steyn was so obvious, why did the CIC have to falsely attribute the misquitoes quote to him, and mischaracterize his plot summary of a novel as Steyn's own views/predictions? I await your apology for blindly following along and reprinting the same libel on your site.

(3) I did quote the transcript properly. I gave you what Elmasry actually said, not the spin that others added afterwards. In any case, since he clearly stated above in the transcript that all Israelis over 18 are in the army, "Yes [if they are part of the army]" means "Yes."

(4) I do not support B'nai Brith or Adam Aptowitzer in any way, and never have. The point here is that you should think twice before relying on CIC documents to smear Mark Steyn, or anyone else. That is, if you were really interested in "speaking out against hate" etc., instead of just Mark Steyn & Co.

* Washroom Nazi Hunter

UPDATE 2: Hmm... A reader from Sanibel, Florida? Hello Warren!