Michelle Malkin's False Argument

The racist Coulter-wannabe Michelle Malkin is all giddy over the port controversy. Having spent years ranting against evil A-rabs on her website (even if it means hypocritically defending the free speech of Danish newspapers while simultaneously fighting America's own free press), Michelle says that she is glad treasonous liberals are joining her in the fight. In her new syndicated column (entitled 'They are all profilers now'), she says that she is pleased that Democrats and liberals are joining her in the racist profiling she has been advocating for years. She wishes.

What is happening here with the opposition to this port deal is not xenophobia or racism or profiling. It is simply an opposition to a foreign government (especially one with known terrorist ties), read: not individual people, controlling key parts of our national infrastructure.

Profiling is discriminating against individuals based on race or background. An example of profiling is the historically disgraceful internment of Japanese Americans during WWII (which Malkin wrote a book not just defending, but praising). Modern examples of profiling would be the U.S. government rounding up random Muslims, based on circumstancial evidence or even just suspicious names, and disappearing them to prisons without any due process. This too is greatly defended by those on the far right like Malkin... and criticized by those of us who choose to learn the lessons of history and demand justice for American citizens. That is profiling. And it is wrong.

The debate we are having over the ports is a legitimate, and possibly overdue, one.

Shame on Ms. Malkin for attempting to drag the debate down to her racist level, however unsurprising her response is.