And the worst thing is, I’m a participant in it. It’s taking place at a blog called Neo-Neocon. Feel free to visit, and feel free to wade through the combox (that’s not a recommendation)–at least if you have some time to waste, and don’t mind the prospect of sacrificing a few thousand brain cells in the process.
I thought I went there to take issue with the idea of U.S. military intervention in Syria. But that no longer seems to be the issue. Apparently, I’m the issue. As commenter “blert” puts it:
Khawaja is a very strange critter, blog wise.
Based upon a first pass Google-up:
1) Out of the closet gay model of Pakistani descent…
2) Brainy enough to make it/ fake it in academe…
3) And alienated enough to construct what seems to be a totally synthetic name… or some homage to the past or to culture. Any connection is too obscure for Westerners.
4) Probably engaged in blog jihad. This is now commonplace among those Muslims with advanced literacy. Blog jihad is used to inject cultural demoralization among kafir elites, so it can be no surprise that this player advocates the classic Libertarian script.
So I guess that makes me an alienated, low IQ gay Libertarian jihadi pseudo-academic…with looks to die for. Things could be worse.
Postscript, September 7, 2014: For a notably more intelligent discussion of the subject, read this post by Brandon Christensen at Notes on Liberty. I regret that I haven’t had the time to give the idea of intervention-in-Syria the thrashing it deserves, but I hope that everyone so inclined (i.e., disinclined to intervention in Syria) will take some time out to make their sentiments known, above all to their political representatives.
Postscript, September 8, 2014: I haven’t given the idea of intervention-in-Syria the thrashing it deserves, but I guess I haven’t been able to stay silent, either. The preceding link goes to a comment on Brandon Christensen’s comment on a recent piece by Richard Epstein, “Rand Paul’s Fatal Pacifism,” Defining Ideas (Sept 4, 2014). I’m agnostic on the recommendation that Christensen makes in the latter half of his post, but I agree with his criticisms of Epstein–as far as they go. The original Epstein piece strikes me as a problematic combination of pomposity and vapidity badly in need of a more thorough fisking than I have time to give right now.
Blog-jihad in style…with Irfan Khawaja.
The real Khawajaenator: Maryam al-Khawaja
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I don’t remember you wearing that suit, Irfan. New, or did you keep it in the closet all this time?
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Good one.
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I was very disappointed to learn that you do not double time as a fashion model. Perhaps there’s still time?
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Judging from the photo below the post (either photo, actually), I certainly have the looks for it. The problem is, I’m supposed to be a gay fashion model, and I’m not sure I have the time to make the switch to a new sexual orientation. The truth is, I have no idea where “Mr. Blert” got the information that Irfan Khawaja-the-fashion-model is “out of the closet gay.” I just assumed that that must be true, but with a witness of that caliber, I probably shouldn’t assume anything except prima facie unreliability.
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Well, I think many social conservatives have been blessed by nature and proper upbringing with a finely honed gaydar, so perhaps we can trust your detractor’s gut. He certainly seems to.
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Thanks for the kind words, Dr Khawaja.
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You’re very welcome. But call me “Irfan”!
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