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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]This sounds a little.like blackmail - u can't draw cartoons and you can't criticize fringe groups in my religion as drawing a religious rationale or I will go from.peace-loving to a head chopperoffer? Are you really that peace loving if its that easy to move the dial to alienated killer? Is our goal to stand up for universal human values or to appease killers[/quote]

Please, I am so tired of the "distort your argument so that I can criticize it" tactic that I constantly encounter here. I am specifically arguing the opposite of saying you can't criticize fringe groups. Rather, I am arguing that attacking the entire religion increases divisions with members of that group. I am baffled that this is not simply accepted as fact. Criticizing the fringe groups is exactly what I suggest we do. Accurate and specific criticism is exactly what is needed. IS had committed atrocities for which there is no excuse or justification. They should be condemned without equivocation. But, their actions say nothing about Islam as a whole.
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