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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]All of these politicians are pitching to their constituency right now so all kinds of generic blanket statements are gonna be getting tossed around.[/quote]

None of them should be excused. You know full well that making the same blanket statements about other groups would be career-ending. Bigoted statements should not be excused simply because they are targeted at the powerless.

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Islam is not an identity; it is a belief system, like white supremacists, or communists. In much of the world Islam is anything but powerless, in almost all of those places a whole lot of things incompatible with western values are implemented by force of law.[/quote]

Again, Islam is not homogeneous. Every time that you suggest that is the case, you are exposing both your ignorance and your bigotry. What groups besides Muslims do you believe it is acceptable to cast blanket statements about?

The US Constitution -- a document that many believe espouses Western values -- explicitly prohibits religious tests for holding public office. Why would you excuse any candidate that opposes that Western value?

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