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cleanhippie

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12. Cbayer, this is where you (intentionally?) confuse the issue.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 01:36 PM

Jan 2013

It is the religious moderates reluctance and refusal to deal with the religious fringes that has led to their empowerment that gets them lumped together; implicit support of their ideology.

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What’s Islamophobia, and Do I Have It? [View all] cbayer Jan 2013 OP

I don't have anything against Islam edhopper Jan 2013 #1

Would you classify yourself as a *religiophobe*? cbayer Jan 2013 #2

No edhopper Jan 2013 #3

Making the distinction is important, because the tendency of some to generalize cbayer Jan 2013 #5

Where do you draw the line between "disliking X" and "being an X-ophobe?" 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2013 #9

Cbayer, this is where you (intentionally?) confuse the issue. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #12

Today's news actually has a more important story than pushing the one unfortunate under the train: dimbear Jan 2013 #4

I agree that most Muslims would also like to see the militant, extremist wings reined in. cbayer Jan 2013 #6

There's an update to this event today. It turns out one of the women had her son with her dimbear Jan 2013 #7

Check out DU poster PanzerFaust on this topic: dimbear Jan 2013 #8

Justified Dislike MisterScruffles Jan 2013 #10

There have been extremists associated with most, if not all religions, and cbayer Jan 2013 #11

When the rest of the group empowers the extremists via implicit apathy, yes. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #13

Not exactly MisterScruffles Jan 2013 #14