Bilby wrote:
I didn’t set out to upset Leyla. I should have made it clearer that I was referring mainly to Muslim men, because I believe Muslim women and children are probably just as much victims as anyone else.
Believe me, you don’t “upset†me any more than most of the human population on this planet. You’ll just have to trust me on that, and luckily that you can since I am a woman, eh?
Your position is very clear to me, Bilby -- despite how things appear to you.
I would like to know what is morally correct about the condition you grant to black Americans and yet deny to Muslim men:
I believe mindless racism is wrong, if it’s just based on superficial differences, like skin colour. I disagree with prejudice against the African-American, for example, because I really see no difference between them and a white American. They seem to be able to achieve just as much given a level playing field and they share our values.
So, what you’re saying is that since there have been news reports about Muslim males raping women, that all Muslim males are misogynists because they also (according to a poll) think there is some justification for suicide bombing?
This connection, you are saying, is not mindless racism, yet the same rationale doesn’t hold true for KKK activities, bombing of abortion clinics, etc, because these people aren’t really Christians, they’re “Christians� In the same way, hypothetically speaking of course, if we were to apply the same rationale and discrimination you allow here as a self-proclaimed atheist for and between Christians and “Christians,†what--in your oh-so-very morally correct view--would constitute a difference between Muslims and “Muslims�
Specifically, in what way does considering suicide bombings as not being outside of the arena of war (which you do the minute you attempt to use it as a supporting argument) constitute an element of mindful racism based on attitudes towards women as reflected in news reports, whereas KKK activities and blowing up abortion clinics, activities actually outside of the arena of war, constitute a misrepresentation of Christian values?