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"I'm a shitty person, and so are you." is a cop-out and frankly insulting. > I suspect that many Muslims consider that to be their identity, not just their ide

• dragonwriter 7y ago
  > I can't believe I have to explain that the difference is between what's a choice and what's not You don't, you just need to understand that the idea that identity is always centered on immutable characteristics is wrong.
• AnimalMuppet 7y ago
  That isn't what I said. I said that there is someone who thinks you're a terrible person. It doesn't matter whether you are or not. They think you are, because you're too gay, or too straight, or to conservative, or too liberal, or your skin is too dark, or your skin is too light, or you're too old, or you're too young, or you're too religious, or you're not religious enough, or you have the wrong religion, or whatever. There are people who think that you are a terrible person. So be careful of justifying intolerance of the terrible. That rationale can be used against you, perhaps by people a whole lot less well-meaning than you are.
  • jachee 7y ago
    There's also a line between terrible and hateful. Hateful is willfully terrible. If there's anyone out there that thinks I'm hateful, then they're factually incorrect.
• kgwgk 7y ago
  Are you saying that people can never change the gender/sex/etc they identify with? Some people would find that hateful!