The Politically IncorrectGuide to Islam (andthe CrusadesAmerican Indian tradition. Now I think that's really great. You have
something to be proud of. My cultureisnothing."'
A white American student, "Rachel,"spoke these words to American
Indian professor Dr. David Yeagley in 2001.
Clearly Rachel had imbibed deeply of the mindset Jesse Jackson
memorablyarti cula ted in 1985 :"He y! Hey! Ho! Ho! Wes ter nCivi liza tion
has got togo!" And it is virtual ly certai n that she consid ers the
Crusad ers to havebeen the ultimate Dead White Males, and the Crusades
to be an inexcusable exercis e in Wester n imperi alism, racis m, and
probab ly genocid e. If she atten ded a scho ol with "Cru sade rs" as its
masc ot, shewouldhavebeen among thefirst to want it changed. The way
the Crusades are presented in most schools these days, that's perfec tly
unders tandabl e. But most of what the avera ge stude nt today knows
about the Crusa des. andother topics like them, is False. Those who teach
such Falsehoods have avested interestin creating Americans who speak like
Rachel. She. believesall these falsehoods due to decades of anti-American,
anti-Western, and anti-Christian conditioning in our schools and
universities.
Why the truth must be told
This iswhy thetruth must be told about the Crusades and other elementsof
the histori cal interac tion betwee n Christi anity and Islam. Americ ans and
Europe ans—as well as Christi ans in the Middle East andelsewhereneed
to stop apologizing for past sinsand recall past heroism, and recognize what
Judeo-Christian civilization has brought to the world, We must look
honestly at Islam and Christianity and recognize how they differ. PC
censors must no longer be allowed to make it taboo to note that although
human natureiseverywhere thesame,and people have justified violencein
the nameof every faith, religions are not thesame,
Christi anity isat the heart of Wester n civili zation. It hasformed
what we are as Americans, and influenced Europeans and othersaround
the