Muslims Are No Different, or Why Bill Maher’s Blood Libel Is Bigotry

[sabrina 1]

67. Oh no, I see what is happening in Darfur and have followed that story

for ten years. What I do not see, is any acknowledgement that Christians are responsible for the deaths of over one million Muslims and that the killing is ongoing, and each time it is mentioned, it is ignored.

Now maybe if the US stopped calling itself a Judeo/Christian nation, we could eliminate the religious aspect of the US invasions of Muslim countries, but the fact is, that this is what we claim to be.

Otoh, all these wars and conflicts are far more about resources than about religion or ethnicity, but the leaders USE religion and ethnicity to fire up the hatred and bigotry we see right here in this thread in order to get support for their invasions. And it works, unfortunately. 'Ragheads', 'camel jockeys' etc. It was stunning how quickly people here in this country adapted the language of bigotry and got behind a tragic war that never should have happened.

Bigotry is bigotry.