To red state America, Mr. Steyn is also Rush Limbaugh’s occasional talk radio stand-in, not quite as a replacement (as if), but rather a British-accented opposite. Part of Mr. Limbaugh’s appeal is his tendency to fly off the handle and say something outrageously unfiltered. But Mark Steyn is a right-wing zealot in exquisite control of himself and his words. (…)
“Raising awareness is a waste of time. Raising awareness is some mumbo jumbo term that allows people the pose of compassion, rather than actually doing anything. And that’s all it’s about now. Earth Day’s a waste of time. Pink Shirt Day is a waste of time. Pink Earth Day is a waste of time. Earth Shirt Day is a waste of time. They’re all a waste of time.”
What really matters to a culture is not what is illegal, he said, but what is commonly understood to be unacceptable. Common sense requires something in common, and the tragedy of mass immigration is that, eventually, “the so-called host community assimilates with the immigrants.”
