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Originally Posted by WI Crippler  Why is it that every discussion about Islam is always redirected to either a debate about Christianity, or the US? Why are people unwilling to approach the subject of Islam exclusively?
I mean, I'm not claiming the US or christianity to have spotless records, or that they are even approaching a level of near perfection now. There are plenty of flaws to discuss. But they seem to be discussed when someone broaches the subject of Islam. Why the misdirection? Why deflect the topic? It happens just about every time.
Now I know the OP is certainley guilty of redirecting just about any thread into a discussion about Islam, so he is complicit in this kind of misdirection as anybody. But others start threads about these subjects, and the same tactics are employed. Why?
Why not discuss Islam on its own merits, its own history, its current state? Certainley people start threads about Christianity or the US to criticize it, and the thread usually stays on target.
To borrow a little something from Silence of the Lambs, why not point that high powered perspective towards Islam? Or are you afraid of what you will see? |
it's because the criticisms usually directed at Islam are true of other large groups of human beings and their respective worldviews. Islamophobes seek to prove a causal relationship between Islam and violence. but if the same is true of other "religions," then Islam is obviously not the cause.
it's pretty simple really. let's say you're a psychologist and you isolate all the grey rats from one region and observe their behavior, and make conclusions about what those particular grey rats do. but then, after you publish your paper, someone else comes along and points out that white, black, tan, spotted, and brown rats, living on all continents, all do precisely the same things.
would you feel foolish? I hope so.