RE: A Simple Rule
December 31, 2014 at 6:07 pm
(This post was last modified: December 31, 2014 at 6:09 pm by DeistPaladin.)
(December 31, 2014 at 3:59 pm)abaris Wrote: Here's a little experiment. Whenever someone feels like saying muslims this and muslims that, just replace muslim with jew for a moment and try that shoe for size.
Not fair. Jews ARE a race, if the word "race" has any meaning. The word "Jewish" refers to a people, a culture and a religion.
Now, replace the word "Muslim" with "Christian" or "Scientologist" and I have no problem at all.
(December 31, 2014 at 3:49 pm)Blackout Wrote: The problem is that the only people with a minimum of political credibility arguing against Islam are the nationalists, the same who probably support kicking out all immigrants, banning blacks and want to favour Catholicism over anything else. This is why I don't manifest my agreement towards Christians that criticize Islam, since they are doing it for the wrong reasons.
All the more reason we need to make it clear that ridiculing bad ideas or discussing how dangerous ideologies are dangerous is not the same thing as persecuting a people. Muslims can become ex-Muslims, after all.
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