Clash of Civ Re-Redux

The attacks in Paris yesterday and today have people citing Clash of Civilizations again.  I have repeatedly posted here my take, so instead, I will just put up a few of my tweets from earlier today:

Anybody making a Clash of Civilizations argument has to reconcile with basic reality--far more conflict within civ than between 1/2
— Steve Saideman (@smsaideman) January 9, 2015

the greatest number of victims of Islamist extremism are Muslims. So, let's re-bury Huntington and not rely on simplistic/wrong Clash 2/2
— Steve Saideman (@smsaideman) January 9, 2015

one more thing about clash of civ--enduring evidence that bad ideas spread further, endure longer than good ones. #BuryClashofCiv
— Steve Saideman (@smsaideman) January 9, 2015

Anyhow, that is my rant du jour.  I am sure I will rant again because, as the third tweet suggests, this crap-tastic idea is not going away anytime soon.