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In reply to the discussion: It isn't so much they hate us for our freedoms. They just hate freedom. [View all]RationalMan
(96 posts)32. I would actually refine your statement of they hate freedom.......
They actually hate anyone or anything "different". They are not born with this hatred. They learn it in fundamentalist madrassas or in fundamentalist Christian schools and fundamentalist home schools. They learn that anyone who is different from them in ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, etc. are the enemy and must be destroyed or at least contained.
Because they don't believe in anything other than what they believe or anyone other than those just like themselves, allowing anyone that is different to exist destroys their worldview. So freedom which means the ability to choose among many choices becomes an inherent part of their worldview. Freedom to make choices in religion, behavior, etc. is inherently evil.
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It isn't so much they hate us for our freedoms. They just hate freedom. [View all]
arely staircase
Jan 2015
OP
the American fundies really don't get that ISIS and other crazy jihadis are fellow conservatives
arely staircase
Jan 2015
#6
and when you say modernity it's things like equal rights, civil rights, women's rights
JI7
Jan 2015
#2
I wonder if the poster yr replying to will try to claim the Muslims made those Christians do it? n/t
Violet_Crumble
Jan 2015
#15
"were not done as an attempt by a religion to impose their will on everyone."
NewDeal_Dem
Jan 2015
#23
So Christian fundies are better than Muslim fundies? good grief. Grow up.
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#14
A whole lot of them went to Iraq. That 'crusade' led by our very own fundie leader who was
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#16
It doesn't matter what you think. It is what the Iraqis think. What does the word 'crusade'
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#28
They may not do that, but they still want the rest of us to follow their rules
treestar
Jan 2015
#31