The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

...And you don't find many Muslim leaders - whether Imams or whomever - condemning violence against Jews and Israel.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles...e.asp?ID=19444

What do I win?

I find it appalling that there are people that immediately associate “Islamic” with “Terrorist”; people who condemn all of Islam for the actions of a fanatical and deranged few. And before some says “But mainstream Islam is evil because it does not condemn the fanatics!”, stop and think about the resounding silence of mainstream Christianity in this country when it comes to fanatical Christians – not just the Fred Phelps and the Pat Robertsons, but the Scalitos, and the Wildmons, and the Reeds, too. Where is the Christian outrage at the hate these people spew? When mainstream Christianity starts chastising people like this for their un-Christian behavior, then they can condemn mainstream Islam, and only then.

I suppose that for some it is far easier to live in hate and fear than it is to think for themselves – far easier to reduce the world to “us” vs. “them” than to try and gain understanding of those who are different. I just can not understand the mindset that says we must fear and hate that which is different, simply because it is different. It shocks me that, in this day and age, with our ever shrinking global community, there are still those who consider everything that is “foreign” to be a threat; something to be contained and destroyed lest it attack us in our sleep. How sad.