Why is sympathy for Islam so common on the political left?

You really need to answer this part from Mathloom:

 

Could you please respond to the actual points of the argument? If you don't care to, I'm happy with that as well but it's disingenuous to say that my post is just vague platitudes about the value of human life. I intentionally listed several concrete examples that can be verified using just US government records. If you're busy or just not in the mood to respond to a long post (it happens), that's fine too.

I wish you would at least respond to the pattern of nearly 6 decades of reckless behavior towards innocent civilians as I feel it's very important and you having served might have another perspective on it.

On our question, yes as a matter of fact I think a big weakness in most justice systems is the length to which they go to prioritize and attempt to diagnose intent, and then even act on it in situations that are not 100% clear. It's an archaic, meaningless relic of christianity that isn't compatible with an otherwise relatively stellar set of laws. Justice systems have changed over the years, I feel like you're taking that part as some sort of personal attack.

 

Your post was complete bullcrap drivel, as usual.

 

Yawn.

DD

 

I just read all that crap and wasn't sure if I should puke or fall asleep.

 

Can we take the World cup back from Qatar too, I mean indentured workers, and horrible conditions.....

Just take it and put it in a more reasonable place.

DD

 

So basically your comic strip tells me that republicans and radical islam share similar beliefs about gay and women's rights?

 

Nope.

It tells you that leftists have lost the ability to recognize the difference between friend and foe in their efforts to "win the moral argument".

As a conservative, I might oppose your views on many issues...but I'm not trying to blow you to kingdom come.

 

No people on the left don't like to group everyone together and instead are against the individual, not the group. In other words they oppose anyone against women's rights, but dont' assume that just because you are muslim that you are anti-women like Republicans do. See the difference?

Obviously the creator of that cartoon doesn't nor the ones posting it.

 

So why defend Muslims as a group? Isn't that essentially the same as attacking them as a group?

 

When the presidential candidate of 'your side' is willing to falsely incriminate an entire American major city's Muslim population as terrorist lovers, then Muslim Americans are forced to play 'identity politics'. They don't voluntarily 'chose' to play 'identity politics'. Trust me, we brown people would love it if we didn't have to. That's a very naive outsider perspective. You seem to be incapable of empathy for those that are not of your own demographic.

 

Why defend Muslims as a group? Even if 49% of a group holds **** ideas, judging an entire group still does amazing disservice to the 51% who doesn't. That's why you don't judge 'groups' that span as large as 1 billion people. There has never been an entity as large as i billion humans that hold hive mind views. Thus, judge based on individual merit. I have no qualms with critiquing Islam as a outdated religion but when 98% of self professed Muslims are only Muslim because they were born into it, I'm not willing to 'judge groups'.

 

You are basically asking why I shouldn't stereotype people?????

He doesn't get it - if you are Muslim he thinks it means you think terrorism is ok and all Muslims are essentially bad - this is why Trump appeals to people like him.

 

...It's as if I had a choice when I go to a local shooting range with one of my vet buddies and the store owner asks my friend if I could be trusted. Yes, I 'chose' to play identity politics there. The sooner you realize that most minorities have no choice in playing the identity card', the sooner you can muster of some empathy.

 

Don't worry. He's not a Trump supporter even though he will defend his rhetoric 90% of the time.