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I am reading the posts, and the problem is not the posts. It's he general message that it's okay to hate on an entire religion because of a few. It is the ignorant and inflammatory way of thinking that ends up clouding day to day life, and escalates to fear, hatred, and beyond. It's what leads countries to war, or huge injustices to humanity (I won't reference another historical us vs them argument, which people so quickly seem to ignore). One need only look at half the memes on Facebook (why really should be a fairly lighthearted slice of life to begin with) to see the seed has long been planted on us vs them. I'm not worried about comments on DCUM, or an entire thread, I'm worried about the seed it plants that makes it okay to some people to spawn misinformation and hatred. [/quote]

The tenets of their faith - and I am speaking of the regular people, not any extremists - make it an us-vs-them. Dietary restrictions, head covering, strict prayer times and rules, different personal cleansing..... Things that set you apart from your friends and neighbors make it difficult not to be part of the whole. And the implication - my Muslim friends who cover say they do so to shield themselves and their beauty from men's eyes. It's difficult not to hear an implication that not covering makes me kind of a slut. If one must cleanse oneself in certain ways in order to be clean, it's difficult not to hear an implication that the rest of us who do not are unclean. Dutiful adherence to the whole religion fosters an us vs them.

That said, I do feel bad for the regular Muslims who will be at personal risk for the actions of a couple of morons.[/quote]

Stop projecting your own personal insecurities. EVERYONE EVERYWHERE one way or another makes choices that they feel are better about how to live a good life. And other people may feel judged whether or not the person intends it. It's only an issue if you're insecure about your beliefs and way of life and their choices make you question your own. Stop feeling threatened just because people make a decision that is different from your own.[/quote]

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