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In reply to the discussion: It's really, really hard to talk about radical Islamic terrorism [View all]MellowDem
(5,018 posts)Did others defend fascism because so many people liked it? Did they get angry when others "condemned" fascists by linking their belief systems to hateful fascist texts? Did they invent terms like fascismophobia to call out anyone who was critical of it?
What you've done is try to shift the responsibility of identifying with hateful belief systems because "billions" of people do. So what? That's the whole problem! It's completely normal to identify with hateful texts and not have to answer for it, ONLY as long as you're part of a mainstream religion.
Pointing this out isn't much of a "condemnation". It's a critique, and the only thing I think people should do is be honest about the connection that is there and reevaluate how they identify. Lots of people are starting to do this in the US, identifying as "spiritual" rather than identifying with belief systems with very checkered beliefs and texts. They are no longer normalizing hate, which is HUGE.
The problem with so many "moderates" that continue to identify with their belief systems that are hateful and bigoted at their core is that genuinely nice, good people are giving credibility to a belief system that is fundamentally bigoted and hateful, and shifting blame from the source to "extremists", so a real issue isn't being addressed.