• xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 day ago

    I thought leftists were the ones who like Islam? Or did it switch again?

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      8 hours ago

      It’s that leftists “like Islam”, it’s just that they are generally not broadly xenophobic.

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        15 hours ago

        I know. Yet every time someone criticizes Islam on the internet, leftists jump in to accuse them of racism. I find this inconsistency weird.

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          9 hours ago

          Those people are defending non-extremist Muslims, not all Islam. There’s a huge difference, though I don’t expect you to grasp it based on the general level of ignorance you’ve displayed thus far.

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            6 hours ago

            Muslims are by definition supporters of Islam. By defending their beliefs, you are defending Islam.

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              6 hours ago

              They’re not defending their beliefs, they’re defending their right to exist. It’s the same thing they do for Christians and Jews and Buddhists etc etc etc.

              See? I told you you wouldn’t get it.

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                4 hours ago

                It’s interesting that they don’t extend the logic to, say, Nazis. I am Personally consistent on this: both Muslims and Nazis should have the right to exist, but not to force their views on others.

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          9 hours ago

          The problem is religious fanaticism. It doesn’t matter what the flavor of your extreme fundamentalist religion, the cyanide Koolaid it represents will kill you. Don’t think for a minute that extreme fundamentalist Christians wouldn’t do similar stuff.

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            7 hours ago

            I definitely agree that fundamentalist Christians are also bad. Why are you assuming I don’t?

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      21 hours ago

      You had me believing you thought in the first half of your comment but then your proved otherwise