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> Modern western countries with christian historical traditions do indeed welcome people from different ethnic backgrounds to a degree that no other countries o
by beckman466 5y ago
> Modern western countries with christian historical traditions do indeed welcome people from different ethnic backgrounds to a degree that no other countries on earth match.
i see you wrote that in another thread. now i understand why you’re claiming this university-led research is ‘bullshit‘: your eurocentric worldview is largely ignorant and naive and it doesn’t sound to me like you’ve had a chance to spend time in Muslim countries.
> The progressive left in the west and even some feminist groups have for decades turned a blind eye to repression of women in the Muslim world due to exactly these kinds of mental gymnastics and it's reprehensible considering their claimed moral postures in other contexts.
ok buddy, whatever you say.
- rayiner 5y agoI’m from a Muslim country. His point is quite sound, and hand waving about “Islamophobia” is a tactic you’re using to avoid legitimate debate.
- beckman466 5y agoi hear what you're saying but i've spent too much time in the Middle East to know that most reporting in the west is intentionally deeply Islamophobic; mostly to manufacture consent for imperialist wars that allow the global north propertied/capitalist class to plunder and dominate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2khAmMTAjI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2khAmMTAjI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3LFbOSPfrE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3LFbOSPfrE