No, I want to stop people pointing it out!

[MadDAsHell]

23. Nearly all religions have killed. But really only one is regularly and viciously doing it today.

There is nothing racist, bigoted, or otherwise to acknowledge that while nearly all religions have been used as an excuse to kill, there is clearly one that stands out today in its viciousness, callousness, and frequency, not to mention its treatment of women or anyone viewed as "undesirable."

Alot of people, especially on DU, are extremely uncomfortable with that concept due to their manic fear of being labeled racist, bigoted, or the like. So they hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. It's easier to ignore it, than it is to say out loud something they're uncomfortable even internally acknowledging. I've even seen people, who I would consider model citizens in terms of their advocacy for women, completely avoid the topic of the treatment of women in Islam because their fear of being labeled a racist (which is stupid considering Islam isn't a race) is far greater than their fear of allowing women to be oppressed.

What's classic is the comparisons to the Crusades. Yeah, killings thousands of years ago by uneducated, unenlightened people are a reasonable rational for killing in 2016.

If you believe that, then you clearly believe that Muslims are similarly as uneducated and unenlightened as the Christians were during the Crusades, and thus they should be "excused" when they commit violent behavior (and if you think Muslims are uneducated or unenlightened, then you really ARE a bigot).