French Essayist Blames Multiculturalism for Breivik’s Killing Spree
SourceRichard Millet is an accomplished figure in French literature. His book Le Sentiment du Langue (The Feeling of Language) won the Académie Française’s 1994 essay award. His work as an editor for celebrated publisher Gallimard, meanwhile, helped produce two recent Prix Goncourt winners — including the 2006 novel Les Bienveillantes (The Kindly Ones) by American author Jonathan Littell. Now, however, Millet is getting attention of an entirely different kind with a new work attacking immigration and multiculturalism, and describing the acts of convicted Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik as “formal perfection … in their literary dimension.”
That bookish qualifier, says newsweekly L’Express in its critique of Millet’s new essay, “Éloge Littéraire d’Anders Breivik” (Literary Elegy of Anders Breivik), is a “gratuitous facade” for an otherwise “vindictive text” and thesis. Indeed, though Millet states he does not approve of Breivik’s murderous actions on July 22, 2011 that left 77 people dead, he does write the slaughter was “without doubt what Norway deserved.” The reason? Norway, Millet contends, allowed immigration, multiculturalism and the domination of foreign customs, language and religion to become such dominant influences that a self-designated defender of traditional society felt compelled to take decisive action.
“Multiculturalism, as it has been imported from the United States, is the worst thing possible for Europe … and creates a mosaic of ghettoes in which the [host] nation no longer exists,” Millet told France Info radio on Aug. 27. “Breivik, I believe, perceived that and responded to that question with the most monstrous reply.”
So Brevik was evil but you know they made him do it with their evil ways....is that the level of logic going on here?
Maybe we could just write off all evil act's with the qualifier (not really his fault at the end of the Day, he was pushed by circumstance.)
The book sounds like apologist bull****.
Looking forward to english translations of said essays, so I can make an informed response.
My French is too poor to read them.
Notwithstanding the recent court decision, I think Anders Breivik is insane. A tin-foil hat wearing whacko whose insanity could've went into a different direction just as easily.
However, there's one thing about the concept of multiculturalism which I don't quite understand: it was deemed unnecessary to reach a public consensus on which path the society should take. Eat or die. Even if the decision-makers are genuinely convinced that opposition to mass immigration is inevitably racist it begs the question why the predictable conflicts weren't taken into account before.
It should be noted that the concept of multiculturalism isn't particularly popular among immigrants either, especially among those who're suddenly supposed to get along with people whom they outrightly hate in their country of origin. Germany for example sees an alarming rise of anti-Semitism - though the perps aren't blond and blue-eyed but Muslims in fact.
Coincidentally, only yesterday a rabbi was beaten up in Berlin by a group of Arabs who also threatened to kill the man's six year old daughter.
Because it isnt uncommon that proponents of massive immigration are racist against those in the host country, or hold some ill feelings towards them. Two way street. Us vs them.Originally Posted by muck
Multiculturalism, as it has been imported from the United States
uh... what?
The american VIEW of multiculturalism.
Seems like he does not like the US......... the source of all European evils.
A few gems from my native Germany... you couldn't make this shit up.
"We will see to it that the Germans of tomorrow will be called Mustafa, Ali and Giovanni." - Cem Özdemir, chairman of Germany's Green Party
"Germany has to be walled in and thinned out from the inside with the help of immigrants." - Joseph "Joschka" Fischer, former Green Party leader and Foreign Minister of Germany (in his book "Germany: The Risk")
"With every passing day another part of Germany is gone and I think it is great." - Jürgen Trittin, Green Party leader and former Minister for EnvironmentOh don't you worry. The majority of us knows perfectly well that we fucked up our continent without your help.
^ inb4 those are 'translation errors'.
thats the new world order, to be global and multiculti. after america comes europe, the same process.
new york is the best example followed by frankfurt, london, paris or berlin..
Not really. America and Europe, these are two utterly different stories. "Immigration" has a totally different connotation in the United States of America, a melting pot of peoples and cultures.
I dare them!^ inb4 those are 'translation errors'.
and what happens in berlin, paris, london.. etc. are you trying to rise the view count of this thread?"Immigration" has a totally different connotation in the United States of America, a melting pot of peoples and cultures.
Those cities aren't nowhere near New York. We've had this discussion before - the United States are a nation owing its growth and its very foundation to immigrants. "Old Europe" however, doesn't.
When the first skyscrapers were raised in New York, London and Berlin had already stood a thousand years. Justifiable or not, conflicts were bound to arise once external interests began to change the cityscape from the outside. A provocative question: why must we tolerate architecturally unbefitting mosques in our historical city cores? I must emphasize this comment isn't even a value judgement; it's just a declaration of the obvious, i.e. that "just because" isn't proper reasoning. Mass immigration and the transformation of the society into multiculturalism are matters which should've been based on a public consensus, they shouldn't rank lower than other fundamental questions such as a declaration of neutrality or nuclear energy use. Yet no one sought a public consensus on this particular matter in no European state... why? Were they afraid of the outcome?Huh?are you trying to rise the view count of this thread?
Maybe, i don't know the guy nor his work particularly
It is still true that US multiculturalism was set and used as an example by our politicians at the end of the 90s to build up the european multiculturalism ....with all the results we know nowaday (the whole melting pot yada yada mantra ....)
What do you want, historically you were/are always the example to follow, forgetting that Europe and USA have different histories, space, mindset, landscape, pop density and traditions
Transposition of big concepts from USA to Europe has often enough ended in disasters because we are not suited for your way of life (as you are not for our (or rather ours, Europe is not a monolithic block))
Examples ? : melting pot theory indeed
urbanization (some 80s cities (villes nouvelles or new cities) were built on the US model with hmmm interesting results to say the least
management system and SOPs in several big european companies
copycat of the entertainment system (Hollywood) while most of the movie companies in Europe were not suited to work that way, leading to a bunch of bankrupt
etc etc .........
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