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In reply to the discussion: In defense of the need to post blasphemous caricatures [View all]Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)--Ancient Chinese Proverb
It is necessary to fight when fighting is called for, such as when Genghis Khan is storming your city in the Dark Ages, or when creationists are trying to get science thrown out of our schools.
Hold hands with Genghis Khan and you'll pull back a bloody stump.
Sing Kumbaya with fundamentalist creationists and you will be laughed at by them, as they proceed to tear down our educational institutions in spite of your singing. This is the real world, not The Good Ship Lollypop.
Part of the image problem we Democrats have is that we are perceived by our enemies (and yes, we have political enemies) as soft, mushy-headed, Kumbaya-singing pushovers. That's one reason why the Republicans win elections. We are seen as coddling terrorists and bending over on demand.
If the liberal and moderate Muslims want our help in fixing their image problem, let them make some move in that direction. I don't see any such large-scale movements from that quarter. I see them also appeasing the terrorists. So that seems to be the signal for some Democrats to come running to rescue the poor, downtrodden 1.6 billion Muslims who obviously, according to some liberals, are not competent to fix their own image problem, so they need our benevolent help. That, by the way, is racist. The white man's burden all over again. (Google "white man's burden" if your are not a student of history or poetry.)