(May 15, 2016 at 6:25 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: What the bigots such as the Lt. Governor is doing is looking out for the muslims by imposing sexual segregation in all public facilities. So far the muslims haven't had to take a position because the traditional bigots are doing it for them. You can bet that they will go ballistic over having to share facilities with people of the opposite sex if the bigots aren't able to kill the movement for them.
Someone should check the Lt. Governor's bank account for recent large deposits.
Certainly there are right wing Muslims who aren't willing to go as far as the theocracies they escaped, and yes, they have sexism too. But I wouldn't be so quick to assume all Muslims living in the west are as bigoted as the ones you are talking about. This is the part of the left I do hate, not the empathy, that part is great, but the left unwittingly allows the asshole bigots of ALL religions hide behind multiculturalism. But please don't assume all humans who migrate from the East and Asia are all intolerant. That is flat out false, and Atlas can tell you that.
And we don't help the following people by assuming guilt. These people have either escaped it and or are still living in parts of the world where they can be murdered for dissent and they also have families still living under those conditions.
https://www.facebook.com/exmna/
And you should scroll down on the following twitter page and look at the brave woman who defied Saudi law.
https://twitter.com/SaudiExMuslims
These are the people we potentially hurt by assuming guilt of name, nationality and even religion.
I say it on all social media, and it is always worth repeating. You can and should blaspheme, ridicule and debate bad ideas. But it is never a good idea to use blanket guilt as a solution.
I don't want my country following the demagoguery and scapegoating Mein Drumpf sells. You can go after words as ideas in a book, and violent groups sure. But at the end of the day we cannot afford to fight their fear with more fear. Humans should always be treated as individuals first.
