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> or they will kill us (I don't think you mean it this way, but I'm going to appropriate your comment to make a point:) They? Us? Who is "us"? Hacker News rea
by hackuser 11y ago
> or they will kill us
(I don't think you mean it this way, but I'm going to appropriate your comment to make a point:)
They? Us? Who is "us"? Hacker News readers? Americans? Do any believe in Islam?
The foundation of hatred is the concepts 'they' and 'us'. Once the discussion is framed that way, the haters are empowered. That's how ISIS' worldview. Let's remember that 'us' is the vast majority who want peace, freedom, and justice, of every religion. 'They' are the perpetrators of hate and violence, everywhere. A fundemental tactic of hate groups like ISIS is to drive a wedge in our group, to alienate our Muslim brothers and sisters.
- cpt1138 11y agoYou are correct, what I meant was "people." Or they will kill people. My point is that there are a lot of disenfranchised groups currently. Heck even I, a white male in the U.S, is disenfranchised in that the vast majority of my tax money (which I am happy to pay) goes to war and old people (http://whatwepayfor.com/ http://whatwepayfor.com/). I don't support war in any way so I am disenfranchised. Not all disenfranchised groups are killing people. Perhaps we should look at why certain ones do.