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Originally Posted by jayeff
The biggest lie of all is the implication that moslems - or at least moslem "extremists" - are fundamentally evil people who have no other aim in life except to destroy America. This emotive message shortcircuits for most, the obvious question as to why they have this intent (if indeed they do).
The specter of religious extremism has been planted to scare our own people, so that instead of asking questions they will approve policies which can only further the divide. Certainly the threat against us is very real and certainly many of our enemies are moslems. However they are not our enemies because they are moslems, but because of what we did and because of what we are still doing.
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jayeff, would you agree though, that fundamentalism in itself is dangerous, and can breed irrational hate? And that religious dogma in the form of theocracies is at odds with and incompatible to western ideals such as free speech, inalienable rights, fair trials, etc.?
The religious wars between Christianity, Islam, and everything in between has waged long before the US existed. While we may have added fodder or inflamed the situation, I'm not sure that we're the source of this unfolding (or ongoing) dilemma.