Janet Sheehan or Paul Bolt?

Paul Sheehan's steaming turd of an op-ed piece, that claims Islamophobia is a social construct to "fit the prevailing orthodoxy in academia that the default position for Muslims in Australia is victim", proves a very important point.

It proves he is Sydney's thinking-person's Andrew Bolt who will gladly whip up prejudice if it helps his career.

Sheehan questions whether, "Islamophobia exists at all?"

Then argues, "there is ample evidence that Australians have become uneasy about Muslims."

Sheehan follows this up with a long list of "Muslim" crimes and then argues, "Given the abundant evidence of violent cause and fearful effect, involving a small percentage of antagonists, the general charge of Islamophobia is an ideological fabrication."

In other words, Islamophobia is entirely rational.

I'm tipping every radical preacher and far right organisation will be using Sheehan's garbage as a recruiting tool.

The SMH should fire this fuckwit ASAP.