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In reply to the discussion: Another "Orthodox Jews were seen to "--fill in the blank--" thread today! [View all]Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)That's when it comes to all adherents of those religions.
When it comes to the fundy extremists of each religion, there should be criticism, and there is. In the case of this OP, they're seemingly complaining that DUers are talking about some misogynist extremists who didn't want to sit next to women on a plane and caused the flight to be delayed.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026021855
For me the problem isn't OPs about religious extremists, it's the posts that appear that try to portray everyone of that religion as being extremists. And in the case of the OP that's being complained about, no-one was doing that. That's not the way it happens in other threads. Only a few weeks ago in LBN I watched the thread about the Sydney siege get overrun by a few DUers who used it (even though it wasn't terrorism, but a complete nutcase who'd murdered his ex-wife and was up on multiple rape charges) to peddle the RW 'religion of peace' nonsense, and in one case to equate extremist violence with billions of followers of the religion.
And to put this OP in perspective with the complaining about how dare people criticise fundies if they're Orthodox Jews, here's a post where the same person seems annoyed that more DUers weren't in the Sydney siege thread having a go at Islam and Muslims.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=965378