RE: Not all Muslims are Terrorists!
August 19, 2015 at 8:23 pm
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2015 at 8:24 pm by CapnAwesome.)
(August 19, 2015 at 7:12 pm)abaris Wrote:(August 19, 2015 at 7:03 pm)Napoléon Wrote: I think you're arguing about something that's nothing to do with the point the OP was making abaris.
In my book the point is moot to begin with, since it's not the problem. He's arguing against people rushing to the defense of muslims, but hardly anyone uses his OP argument. The arguments are many, among them Harris' statement that there are no moderates, the conspiracy to take over the West and many, many others. There's no outright quote about all muslims being terrorist, though Harris comes pretty close.
Pretty much what Napoleon said. But no, people say that all the time. All the time. I mean I hear it probably once a week at least. I probably read it on these forums frequently as almost an exact quote. I don't know how anyone who is involved in a debate about Islam can't hear it pretty much constantly.
To make it a little more general I think most people who defend Islam and aren't Muslim themselves use pretty dishonest tactics and argue against an imaginary foe or try to distract from the real issues that people have with Islam, or as you've done, try to somehow relate criticism of Islam with nazis and right wing groups, as though those are the only people who can have a problem with Islam, which is itself an extreme right wing ideology. To give credit to Muslims themselves, most of them online have a far more nuanced defense of Islam.