LoonWatch.com, recently published a devastating rebuttal of chapter four of Robert Spencer’s book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades. The article no doubt knocked Spencer flat on his backside. In one swift move, LoonWatch completely neutralized one of his main lines of argumentation against Islam and Muslims–his pet issue of “dhimmitude” which he recurrently brings up to fear monger. One cannot underestimate the importance he gives to this issue–after all, he registered DhimmiWatch[dot]com! It is arguably his favorite topic. Spencer issued a half-hearted (non)reply to the rebuttal. LW immediately counter-replied, completely pummeling Spencer. And now…silence. Spencer, who has no real job other than this, has suddenly become as quiet as a mouse. What happened, Spencer? Cat got your tongue? Where did all the bravado go? It’s not like Spencer is averse to going twelve rounds in debate…In fact, he had a debate with Omer Subhani on this very issue, and Spencer churned out not one but three (!) articles rebutting Subhani. (See here, here, and here.) Notice the blustering confidence Spencer exudes in those articles. Unfortunately, Subhani was by his own admission very busy during the time that he wrote his rebuttal (he’s a law student) and therefore was unable to do the in-depth research that we did. Notice how detailed Spencer’s replies to Subhani are (complete with photographs that Spencer took of his own personal library and rotund self). It is clear that Spencer’s multiple replies took a lot of effort and time (he doesn’t have a real job like Omer Subhani does). So how come LoonWatch doesn’t get just one article rebutting our article on the same exact topic that Spencer was earlier willing to write three rebuttals of? Well, we all know the answer to that: Spencer has been defeated in debate, is boxed in, and has no possible way to respond to the points raised. And so the once ferocious Muslim eating tiger has turned into a cowardly chicken. Omer Subhani recently blogged about my rebuttal and Spencer’s non-response: Full article: http://www.loonwatch.com/2009/12/robert-spencer-is-a-chicken/ | 
