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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I believe anyone should be able to run for president regardless of their religious associations.  I also believe everyone has the right to disqualify someone based on their religious beliefs.  That is where you and I disagree and where you show your own form of bigotry.
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No, we don't disagree. I've said this about three times and I don't know why you continually don't get it. Islam encompasses a few core beliefs intertwined with cultural and traditional elements and various schools, off-shoots, etc.  It just doesn't make sense to say "a Muslim shouldn't be President" because the range of possible beliefs of that individual can range from the very acceptable to the very unacceptable. If, on the other hand, you decide not to support a specific individual who is Muslim because that individual believes women should be covered head to toe and not educated, that it totally acceptable to me. But, the assumption that any Muslim would have such beliefs is what I find bigoted. 
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Well, perhaps I'm misunderstanding you.  But you definitely are coming off as someone who would disqualify Carson and all Islamophobes (which there are probably millions) simply and solely because they are Islamophobes.  Keeping in mind this group of Islamophobes are going to be as diverse as Muslims in their range of possible beliefs.  Perhaps that wasn't your intention.  But if it wasn't then it makes me wonder why you even started this topic.[/quote]

I would definitely oppose the election of any Islamophobe just as I would oppose the election of any anti-Semite or any white supremacist. While Islamophobes may be diverse, they are united by their hatred of Islam. That is enough for me to oppose them. In 2012, Ben Carson wrote, "It is very important to remember, however, that there are 1.4 billion Muslims in the world and to paint them with a single philosophical brush is just as absurd as trying to characterize the diverse thinking of billions of Christians around the world." In his statement that provoked this thread, he used exactly that single philosophical brush that he had previously described as "absurd". Carson apparently changed his position because it was necessary to remain competitive in the Hate Olympics that is known as the Republican primary.  I started this discussion to draw attention to Carson's statement which even by his own reasoning was "absurd".

Carson is supposed to be an intelligent person, but taking this position was not very smart. It was not very clever for the reason Carson himself had previously explained, but in more practical terms, it opens the floor to discussions of his own religion. How much scrutiny of 7th Day Adventism do you believe he would tolerate before screaming about prejudice and unfair treatment?

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