(June 27, 2015 at 1:43 pm)Dystopia Wrote: ...
As usual, François Hollande is saying this has nothing to do with Islam (he also said the attacks in Tunisia are not related to France, which there is no evidence until now so he's not wrong on that) and so are other news outlets and politicians. People need to wake up. If every Muslim was like Reza Aslan or Majid Nawaz we wouldn't have any problems.
Although what François Hollande is saying in that is false, he is saying that because he is interested in a more important truth, which is that it is the action of some Muslim people rather than the entire group of people who are Muslims. François Hollande is interested in stopping bigots from attacking Muslims who had nothing to do with the attack. He is also interested in having as many Muslims on France's side as possible, and that is best accomplished in saying what he is saying.
Saying the more complicated truth would be problematic because idiotic bigots need simple statements or they will not understand what is being said. After all, if they were smart, they would not be idiotic bigots at all.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
