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In reply to the discussion: Taking a radical right-wing position on the part of an outgroup is not "liberalism." [View all]True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)And every time militants kill someone somewhere over "insulting Islam," I feel more and more a desire to insult Islam myself just to maintain the right to do so.
But the desire is moderated by awareness that the threat is exaggerated, at least in this country. Nonetheless, I fully support Europeans who feel it's imperative to maintain the right by exercising it, except for the ones who are clearly just looking for an excuse to fuck with immigrants.
I have no problem whatsoever with what these Texas assholes were doing though. We as liberals should be offending them constantly like that too, and we'd be a more advanced country if we were willing to push their buttons on subjects like abortion and guns instead of cowering in fear of their violence. Their desire to protest Islam merely works toward the benefit of secularism anyway, both at home and abroad.