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Doing that in a rural area is privilege compared to doing it as a member of a group they actively demean, such as being a Muslim working in a gas station in urb
by akhilcacharya 10y ago
Doing that in a rural area is privilege compared to doing it as a member of a group they actively demean, such as being a Muslim working in a gas station in urban America.
I've dealt with these people before (and I have friends that are like this). They're completely out of touch with reality and the consequences of their beliefs.
- angersock 10y ago> They're completely out of touch with reality and the consequences of their beliefs. Are you referring to the Muslims, or to the 'channers? 'Cause, you know, an argument could be made for the extremists in either set.
- akhilcacharya 10y agoI don't think there is anybody that does not believe that extremist Muslims are completely out of touch with reality or the consequences of their beliefs. So yes, both.
- telecroutonics 10y agoThere are the enraged, violent, gun-toting psychotic Islamic militants that I tend to equate with cult members. But then, there are belief systems in general (which need not be folksy rural superstitions), which I also find to be out of touch with reality. Pretty much anyone practicing odd rituals and harboring irrational opinions about tradition and funeral practices is going to catch this bug. We don't go anywhere when we die. We didn't come from anywhere when we were born. When bad things happen, without obvious cause and effect, it's not cosmic justice at work. To make claims otherwise is to be out of touch with reality, no? So maybe an "extremist Muslim" is No True Scotsman?
- logiczero 10y ago>They're completely out of touch with reality and the consequences of their beliefs. That only applies to people in rural areas. It is not true of urbanites in any way. /s