Protip for spotting radicalism: If you support spying on your children because youâre afraid theyâre going to turn into jihadists, look in the mirror. Congratulations! You spotted a radical.
Well, this will certainly convince everyone that British talk about freedom and whatnot isnât transparently cynical. On the plus side, there is certainly no figure that kids consider cooler and more influential than âstate assigned social workerâ, so nipping jihad in the bud should be trivial!
They wouldnât like me, I am instigating a war against ideology.
Ahh, I remember the last war on of ideology, they nearly blew up the whole planet, and all we got was some rubble in Berlin.
A war on ideology might differ from a war against ideology. Consider, for example, âThe War on Drugsâ! The phrase âon drugsâ could connote several meanings. Well, ideology is a hell of a drug.
Iâm sure this wonât be happening in private schools, particularly not the ones which have a [Combined Cadet Force][1], because why worry about the kids with access to weapons?
(disclaimer, I quite enjoyed being in the cadets)
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Cadet_Force
Wrong guy - Christieâs only ideology is, âwhatâs in it for me?â
If I was a British teen, which I am not, although I wouldnât mind, I would take it upon myself to obtain and update the official list of bad words. Then I would blast them out in a secret mailing to all my henchmen, who would instruct my legions of followers to think up new meanings for these words and use them liberally in all text messages. âJihobbyistâ now means âhot girlâ - that sort of thing.
Except I have a hunch the list will never be updated, until one day, in a decade or so, somebody leaks it and we all have a belly laugh at the âhep daddysâ and â23 skidoosâ that were once so dangerous.
I was just looking for the one that looked the most like cocaine bear
You spotted a reactionary, you mean.
In Britain? I nearly got blown up by IRA bombs twice in the 1980âs.
so if a student talks about UKIP does that count?
Thatâs probably a slightly dangerous hobby for the intended targets of the program, who probably donât need the extra heat; but if I were a british student, and as lilly-white-and-WASPy as I am, Iâd be laughing my ass off at the prospect of adopting some hip jihad slang and attracting fretting social workers and similar feckless official interventions.
For extra fun, (if there were authority figures that seemed capable of appreciating it), the next step would be to make it known that the jihad slang, when not being used to literally discuss plans for martyrdom operations in the caliphate and so on; was being used to disguise discussion of illicit drug use, depraved sexual practices, and similar âkids-these-daysâ things that only old people could possibly take seriously, like ârainbow partiesâ and âjenkemâ.
Exactly. Reactionaries are pretty darn radical.
War on Islam Phrase often used by Islamists and jihadis to perpetuate the narrative that the west is at war with all Muslims, which is crucial to their radicalisation and recruitment aims.
So⌠can we talk about the âWar on Christmasâ next, then?
If we wish. Itâs far from news that hardline religious reactionaries, regardless of specific theology, are really very much in the same industry and share numerous goals, enemies, and ideological similarities.
Itâs like producers of beef and producers of pork. They canât live in peace, because demand for one product largely comes at the expense of demand for another; but if you bring up veganism; animal cruelty; saturated fat; or efficiency of calory production; you can just bask in the togetherness.
See also âfatwa envyââŚ
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