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Mass culture in the "west" (whatever that is, so let's just say US for the sake of the argument) absolutely gives Buddhism a pass, but it more or less gives any
by garbagecoder 4y ago
Mass culture in the "west" (whatever that is, so let's just say US for the sake of the argument) absolutely gives Buddhism a pass, but it more or less gives anything that's not Christianity a pass. This is understandable since this culture is largely a post-Christian one.
I think on the left there is a tendency to explain away a lot of Islam's problems too, whereas on the right there is a tendency to exaggerate them. I'm not sure what else to make of This event at Hamline College.[1]
The whole Myanmar thing is quickly turned into a No True Scotsman conversation any time you bring it up.
[1]https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/hamline-university-islam-prophet-muhammad.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/hamline-university-isl...