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In reply to the discussion: Many Liberals Defend Islam the Way Conservatives Defend Guns [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)12. No major religion is progressive, but...
it's easy to pick on Islam.
How would your reception be if you beat up on Judaism because of some arch-conservatives raising hell? The JDL, say, wasn't anything near as horrible as ISIS, but it was extremist and did cause trouble enough.
Would you look funny at your neighbor Goldberg, the high school math teacher, every time you heard about something nasty an Israeli did in the ME?
Buddhists in Burma aren't exactly the nice guys you might think they are. Nor are they in Tibet.
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I know christians who are a hell of a lot more progressive than some of the people on DU.
CBGLuthier
Nov 2015
#4
They were promoting Communism, a secular dogma which happened to be anti-theist
Yorktown
Nov 2015
#153
The discussion centers about Islam?? Xian fundies are regularly pilloried here
Yorktown
Nov 2015
#142
Because every single Muslim is a saud. They all are the same. Yeah, bullshit.
CBGLuthier
Nov 2015
#2
You can't argue with the fact that a LOT of Xtian sects are super misogynistic and repressive.
Arugula Latte
Nov 2015
#134
I suspect part of it is due to innocent people in the US being subjects of hate crimes.
herding cats
Nov 2015
#18
I agree-- we progreessives have become accustomed to defend groups that are discriminated against...
TreasonousBastard
Nov 2015
#32
Congratulations on missing the point. I can see it was a herculean effort on your point.
Scootaloo
Nov 2015
#46
I agree to defend people, Muslim or not, unjustly attacked for whatever reason
Yorktown
Nov 2015
#53
How many examples do you want of this supposedly nonerxistent criticism of non-Xians?
whatthehey
Nov 2015
#120
enough is enough. Your point was made the first time. There is no rule that says someone has to
still_one
Nov 2015
#167
Ten days after bragging about all those "examples" you had and you have NOTHING, LOL?
whathehell
Nov 2015
#172
Did it ever occur to you that's because the religious people doing most of the damage in
Arugula Latte
Nov 2015
#136
The culture of any conservative strain of religion is incompatible with progressivism.
Arkana
Nov 2015
#91
Nope. But it gets the most attention here because it does the most damage here.
Arugula Latte
Nov 2015
#132