Not regarding civically correct Germanically—burgerlich—or Hebraically homely—-balabuttish,

both Donald Trump of USA and Friedrich Merz, a chancellor who’s German,

about the massive totality of would-be alien immigrants  are tut-tuttish,

supporting rightist radicals who as domestically undesirable most refugees determine.

Though being burgerlich,  spelled in German with an umlaut on the letter “u,”

is, like being homely and hospitable, domestically correct,

rejection of replacement of a native population by alien refugees is a view

that’s basically based on a reality that’s most hard to reject.

Islamism is undefeated and hardly in secret spreading,

as pointed out significantly not just by Ayaan Hirsi,

in populations in whom its hateful doctrines are embedding

in populations who treat them with empathetic mercy.

In “Germany’s Chancellor Is in Washington. It Gets Worse.” NYT, 3/2/26, Anna Sauerbrey writes:

In an encouraging sign, Mr. Merz unequivocally ruled out any partnership with the AfD at his party’s congress last month. There were also proposals to support a social media ban for children, stimulate investment and cut red tape. This focus on what matters most to Germans, especially the troubled economy, is a step in the right direction. But Christian Democrats must define who they are, too. To do so, it may be useful to revive a word that was long key to German conservatism: “bürgerlich.”

“Bürger” means citizen, the category of person in premodern Germany that, though not aristocratic, was free to participate in public life. Within their cities, citizens could assume office and govern. A sense of self-determination and civic responsibility is still attached to the term, which nowadays means belonging to the middle classes and adhering to a certain set of values. The positive attributes associated with it are decency, civility, integrity, composure and moderation….

The AfD claims to be “bürgerlich,” too. But for the most part, it evokes the negative connotations of the term — conformism, self-satisfaction and contempt for others. The party is full of disdain for perceived outsiders, not only immigrants but also welfare recipients. For many AfD politicians, restoring order really means creating an ethnically homogeneous society. To see that there is nothing civil or moderate about them, you need only to listen to their speeches or follow their social media channels.

In “Iran Is Collapsing, but Islamism Is Spreading,” Free Press, 3/2/26, Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes:

Now Khamenei is dead, and that is cause for celebration. Yet what he spent almost half his life building—the money, the networks, the radicalized men already living in Western cities—still exists. And Austin shows that radicalism is alive, diffuse, and threatening.

In the early hours of Sunday, March 1, an armed man named Ndiaga Diagne—a 53-year-old who arrived in the U.S. from Senegal in 2000—drove up to a packed bar wearing a hoodie that read “Property of Allah” and a T-shirt that bore the Iranian flag. He had a Quran beside him. Diagne opened fire, killing two people and injuring 14. Investigators are examining whether the attack was connected to the U.S. strike on Iran. It is hard to believe the timing was coincidental.

The radicalization pipeline runs long. Sleeper cells tied directly and indirectly to Iranian networks exist across America and Western Europe. They have existed for years. We cannot yet be sure of Diagne’s route to jihad, but the Austin shooting is a reminder of what activation looks like.

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