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In reply to the discussion: Dear Liberals: Being Critical of Islam Is Not Racism [View all]The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)Does anyone on the left defend Christianity over human rights? Maybe some, but I doubt many do.
In a case like this, I would say it's more about a mindset of anything white and/or western is wrong. Or wronger, for lack of a better word. If that's the foundation of every argument, and it seems to be the foundation of many arguments, then it's tough to side with anything in Europe that seems to be White with a capital W.
That's the issue with any abstract human political leaning. Sometimes the reality of a situation doesn't fit perfectly with what you have in your head, and it's difficult to change the way you think. It happens to everyone. There's no perfectly logical human being that sits at the center of the political sphere. It happens to the right as much as it happens to the left. We all think we know the truth, whatever that may be. We all want there to be an objective reality where everything is the way it should be. We all really, really, really, really want that to actually exist.