11-14-2015, 12:15 PM
Found on a friend's page this morning:
It is difficult to practice, but I know she is right. If I hate all muslim then I am no different than those that put Japanese in camps out of fear, it is the same concept.
Found on Reddit and says what I tried and failed to do last night
"Should this attack be the result of Muslim extremists, as it looks, this is what they want to happen. They want us to hate Muslims, to fear Muslims and anyone who looks like them. They want to drive a wedge between non-Muslims and the millions and millions of peaceful Muslims who check out our groceries, make our coffee, design our computer circuits, invest in our stocks, and make bean dip for our block parties. They want to isolate them, and make them feel unwelcome and alone, make them feel attacked. They want to make them feel like the only ones they can turn to are the radicals.
Do not let them do this.
The Enlightenment poured the foundations for the Western world to embrace the principle of religious freedom, whether that god is Jehovah, Buddha, Ganesha, Satan, Allah or anyone else. We must embrace our Muslim brothers and sisters in arms, we must condemn those who would spit on them and drive them out in retaliation, we must protect the right to worship freely that they have by virtue of being a human being.
That is how we beat the terrorists. Not with bigotry and hatred, but by saying "those evil extremists are not you, and I will refuse to treat you like they want me to.""
It is difficult to practice, but I know she is right. If I hate all muslim then I am no different than those that put Japanese in camps out of fear, it is the same concept.
Found on Reddit and says what I tried and failed to do last night
"Should this attack be the result of Muslim extremists, as it looks, this is what they want to happen. They want us to hate Muslims, to fear Muslims and anyone who looks like them. They want to drive a wedge between non-Muslims and the millions and millions of peaceful Muslims who check out our groceries, make our coffee, design our computer circuits, invest in our stocks, and make bean dip for our block parties. They want to isolate them, and make them feel unwelcome and alone, make them feel attacked. They want to make them feel like the only ones they can turn to are the radicals.
Do not let them do this.
The Enlightenment poured the foundations for the Western world to embrace the principle of religious freedom, whether that god is Jehovah, Buddha, Ganesha, Satan, Allah or anyone else. We must embrace our Muslim brothers and sisters in arms, we must condemn those who would spit on them and drive them out in retaliation, we must protect the right to worship freely that they have by virtue of being a human being.
That is how we beat the terrorists. Not with bigotry and hatred, but by saying "those evil extremists are not you, and I will refuse to treat you like they want me to.""
To be a feminist is simply to believe that everybody should be treated equally, regardless of sex. It means you think that there should be equality of the sexes economically, socially, politically and personally. When you put it like that, it’s surely difficult for anybody to deny being a feminist. But for such a simple concept, it is often dramatically misunderstood.