(January 7, 2015 at 8:30 pm)abaris Wrote:(January 7, 2015 at 8:23 pm)Esquilax Wrote: "I'm a moderate!" only means something if you do the things that moderates do, which is disagree with the methods of the radicals.
So what do you expect them to do? The Kebap man on the corner has no voice to be heard. And what gives you the impression, they're in any way out to proselytize? They're just going on with their lives as everybody else does.
Something. Finding a voice, in this day and age, is trivial; here I am, on this forum, saying things in a voice. If I criticize mainstream christians for staying silent when one of theirs does something bad, if I do the same of atheists, I'd be inconsistent to stop at muslims.
Besides, why assume I'm talking about everyone? I don't expect every member of any group to raise their voices in unison, I'm too realistic for that, but I'd like for something. As I said in my first paragraph, those that do speak up get respect for me. But I'm not going to applaud anyone who sits by, sees abuse of any kind going on, and doesn't say anything.
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