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> There are sizable portions of the US and Europe that believe muslims are terrorist sympathizers who want to enact Sharia law. Sure, and there are millions of
by morgante 10y ago
> There are sizable portions of the US and Europe that believe muslims are terrorist sympathizers who want to enact Sharia law.
Sure, and there are millions of people who believe all sorts of nutty things. Millions of people believe that stars predict the future or that aliens regularly abduct people. That doesn't mean we should legitimize these beliefs.
- darpa_escapee 10y agoAcknowledging that a bogeyman exists as a bogeyman doesn't legitimize the belief that a bogeyman is real.
- morgante 10y agoIt does if you refer to the bogeyman without pointing out that it's false. You said terrorists are an existential threat, not that some (crazy) people think they are.