Learning From Our Enemies

The Hammer Folk are keenly aware of the threat posed to the West's survival by resurgent Islam. We distinguish ourselves by our refusal to accept politically correct "explanations" for Islamic terrorism, preferring instead to confront the hard, cold, truth that the jihadis want to destroy us because their religion tells them to. We know who the enemy is and what motivates him. We despise the enemy. We despise his religion. We want his complete and total destruction, and we're not afraid to say so. However, despite our disdain for the jihadis and their faith, we Hammer Folk aren't so arrogant as to think that we can't learn anything from them.

In Hesperia's life-and-death struggle with the Islamists we, the Hammer Folk, understand that the West must be willing to embrace any and all ideas, tactics, practices, or strategies that will aid our victory over jihad, even if they come from the enemy. We must not assume that because the jihadis are anti-Western savages they have nothing to offer us. In fact, they have one idea that could be of great benefit to us Westerners, if we'd only copy it. The idea used to characterize Hesperia but has been repudiated by her for at least a generation. The idea? Love your own culture.

That's right. Love your own culture. A simple concept that, sadly, too many Westeners run from in horror. We have been inundated with the crippling doctrine of multiculturalism, the belief that all cultures are equal and equally good. For Godless Hesperians multiculturalism is their religion. The belief is so strong that many of them feel they must appease, or even collude with, radical Islam to prove they aren't racist. The belief has turned them into self-hating pacifists. If all cultures are the same, then Western culture isn't special, isn't worth dying for. So their committment to multiculturalism drives many Westeners to willingly aid and abet the demise of their own civilization. The jihadis don't subscribe to this insanity.

Radical Muslims have a zealous devotion to their own culture, civilization, and faith. They unapologetically pass this devotion on to their children. The jihadis don't think twice about teaching their kids to love Islam and to believe that Islam is worth dying for. Seeing little children dressed as suicide bombers or waving machine guns around is disturbing to Westeners. However, the Hammer Folk realize that behind these images is the powerful force of cultural self-love. The jihadis believe their culture and their faith are good, even superior, and worth defending. The strength of that believe is reflected in their gun-toting children.

We in the West must recapture the pride we once had in our own civilization, culture, and faith. We must deprogram ourselves from the multiculturalism cult and once again celebrate the accomplishments of our forefathers and the gifts they gave to the world. We must understand that it's ok to celebrate our victories over our enemies. Children waving machine guns around shouldn't disturb us if those children are our own--Americans, Brits, Poles, French, Austrians, Israelis--singing of smashing the Muslims the way their ancestors did at the Battle of Tours, the Gates of Vienna, and the shores of Tripoli. Cultural self-love is the absolute prerequisite to cultural self-defense. The jihadis know this instinctively. Hesperians once did; it's vital that we know, and act on, it again. The Hammer Folk will lead the way.