(November 18, 2016 at 6:36 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(November 18, 2016 at 6:20 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Wow, ok then. Holy crap. Apparently all you have to do is say "Muslim is a religion not a race" while still completely disagreeing with their discrimination, and you're already called out as a Trump supporter of some sort.
See, this right here is the problem. If anyone dare say anything even remotely veering off course of the liberal narrative, even if it's a fact, such as "Muslim is a religion not a race", you get shut down and put into a box.
Way to miss the point. Neither "Muslim" or "Jew" or "Christian" or "Hindu" or "Buddhist" or even "atheist" are a bloodline. Those are constructs people mostly get sold to by their parents at birth. People worldwide also leave one label for another in all directions.
BUT, that does not negate the reality that racism itself is still a very real thing and religion is the root to what drives it IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
Jews were wrongfully targeted by a white Christian German majority and slaughtered to the tune of 6 million. But today's Jews in Israel DO see not only Jews as a race but Muslims as a race, and that intent for good or bad is what causes them to be divided. The liberal Muslims and Jews call it a race, or ethnic or culture, but all that is is a doge for both sides to avoid what is really causing it, religion itself.
The haters use those words too, race, culture ethnic on the right, the right wing Muslims, and right wing Jews and use it to create "otherism" to justify harm to their fellow humans.
No religion in the world is a race or ethnic or culture, and especially not a bloodline. If one were bound to a label by blood it would be physically impossible to leave that label. Our facial features and skin tones are a result of evolution. So it is stupid to equate any religion to a bloodline. I have seen people of all labels leave that club for another or none at all. But again, that does not magically mean racism isn't a real thing. It is unfortunately and religion is the biggest driver of it. Liberals are simiply the empathetic side of the coin, and conservatives are the selfish side of the coin, but both hide behind religion to excuse racism.
A religion would only drive racism if that particular religion taught that people of a certain race are lesser or deserve less rights. "Religion" in and of itself is merely an ideology that involves a belief in God/gods. There's nothing inherently racist about belief in God/gods. It all just depends on what that particular religion teaches about human dignity, etc. Unfortunately racism would exist even if religion didn't. It seems to be some sort of dark human condition to think lesser of those who are different from ourselves.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
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