Unquestionably, when imminently threatened by anyone, I firmly believe that one must act first and ask questions later. That “Islamo-Fascism” is a fiction alters not in the least the fact that the world is full of Islamic terrorists that desire to destroy American life, murderous vipers whose ambitions we must crush with nothing less than death. Yet if our objective is to achieve a genuine understanding of who our enemies are — an objective purportedly shared by a considerable number of people, including those who believe in the threat of “Islamo-Fascism” no less than those who do not — then we need to move beyond the caricatures. And “Islamo-Fascism” is indeed a gross caricature.”

I don’t think that this argument is valid for the simple reason that I believe that the whole argument was framed based on a false premise. I have never heard Islamo fascism being described as being perpetrated by someone whom is motivated solely by a kind of insanity marked by hatred. If you accept this, then the argument makes sense. However, this is not something I have ever heard. Not by those talk show hosts mentioned, nor by any other conservative. Hatred is, of course a motivating factor. But the term Islamo Fascist is meant to draw a distinction between other non violent muslims, or other types of terrorists. Therefore, this distinction is important, because as any term does, it defines succinctly and unequivocably just what it is we are talking about.

As I understand it, the term Islamo fascist describes a militant breed of terrorist who is grounded in the ideals of the Islamic religion. If you take Mr Kerwicks definition, then the Fascist part of the name has no meaning. After all, if the islamo fascist is simply some crazy, hateful, nihilist, the term Fascist means nothing in that context. The reason that “fascist” is part of the description is because this type of militant terrorist is interested in IMPOSING religious law and doctrine as a form of government. In this case, it is Sharia law. Thus, the term “islamio” Placed before the “fascist” tells us that the fascistic nature of this brand of terrorist is based in Islam. This is what I understand Islamo Fascist to mean. While the Islamo Fascist may be hateful, he is anything but irrational, nor is he insane. I don’t know a single well known conservative thinker that argues that the Islamofascist is any of these things. However, what I DO understand is that the IslamoFascist is hateful because he despises the Infidel, he despises Western values and Western culture, he despises Democracy, he despises Jews and Israel, and all those who help Israel. The Islamo Fascist hates, not because he is irrational, but because the brand of Islam that he believes in tells him to despise these things, and the islamo fascist acts accordingly.

The White racist is not anywhere near equal to the Islamo Fascist. While the Islamofascist can be quickly determined according to the criteria I have established, the White racist is nebulous. One cannot assign the same criteria to the white racist because the white racist is not visible, is not bound by a set of values and motivations the same way that the Islamo Fascist is. Where the islamo fascist is represented very clearly by groups such as Al Qaeda, the white racist has no similar correlary, except maybe the KKK. However the KKK does not factor in to current events to any significant degree, nor does the KKK follow a guiding set of values or principles, nor is the KKK trying to impose a governing body.
Nobody argues that Islamo Fascists are one dimensional, and the term itself conveys a far more sophisticated definition which serves to clearly identify the motivations and principles of a type of terrorist or activist.