On the recent post about Al Haddad, there was a discussion about how (or whether) bloggers such as Geller and Spencer actually prevent people engaging with the problems posed by Islamism, because they frame their (sometimes fair) points in such an inflammatory way, and mix legitimate stories with more trivial or marginal ones.
This mixture seems quite likely to have the unintended effect of making liberal readers more, not less, sceptical about genuine concerns. [Harry’s Place] Read more
