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> Imagine how this article would read if for "muslim" you substituted "hispanic" or "jew" or "african-american". Alarmist? Racist? Hostile? Got it in one. Now h
by venomsnake 11y ago
> Imagine how this article would read if for "muslim" you substituted "hispanic" or "jew" or "african-american". Alarmist? Racist? Hostile? Got it in one. Now how is structuring the narrative around muslims any different?
Religion is not like race. Religion is a choice that could be changed within a second with zero effort whatsoever.
- jacquesm 11y ago> Religion is a choice that could be changed within a second with zero effort whatsoever. Race you can't change, religion you can. That we agree on, there is plenty of evidence that this is possible. However, 'race' is often in the eye of the beholder and religion, how ever easy it is to change in principle has a nasty habit of becoming an integral part of the identity of the practitioner and it can be extremely hard to get rid of it, definitely not a 'zero effort whatsoever' thing, more like an extremely invasive review of what makes up the self. Think of it as a psychological crisis and not many people go that route head-on. If anything it is usually a very slow process stretching out over many years where disillusion plays a major role. So not quite 'changed within a second'.
- raverbashing 11y agoUnless you live in a Muslim country and wants to change to something else, then you are killed or at least has committed a crime.