Marathon Pundit: Robert Spencer comes to DePaul University

Man oh man, I'm sorry I missed this one, but luckily MJ and Jake of the Freedom Folks, and Anne Leary of Backyard Conservative were at DePaul Univeristy as David Horowitz' Islamofascist Awareness Week kicked off, with Chicago's entry featuring author Robert Spencer, who runs the Jihad Watch and Dhimmi Watch sites.

Jake and MJ videotaped Spencer's speech, made in front of capacity crowd. Early on, Spencer brought up the last words of Theo van Gogh, "Can't we talk about this?" Van Gogh, although Spencer didn't phrase it as such, was a Dutch Howard Stern type who pretty much insulted everyone. But it only his attacks on Islam for which he paid the ultimate price.

The world's premier Islamofascist, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, isn't interested in dialogue, so in line with Spencer's levelheaded reasoning, "Can't we talk about this?" would fail to make an impact on Iran's windbreaker-clad leader.

Amir Abbas Fakhravar, a former Iranian student who "tried to talk" but ending up spending five years in prison--where he was tortured, also spoke, as did DePaul Professor Scott Hibbard, who Jacobsen called "an engaging speaker very much rooted in the 'realist' approach to the Middle East."

The YouTube videos are great, and every minute is worth watching.

The event was sponsored by my good friends at the DePaul Conservative Alliance.

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