Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Apr 19
th, 2017 at 10:20pm:
You are correct - the paranoia is becoming mutual - sort of like the start of WWI...
And yet I am criticised for pointing out that the Islamophobes are well, Islamophobes in their posts here, Grappler. I call out that the "L'empereur n'a pas de vêtements!" And they all get upset.
Quote:The attention they receive from authorities is in response to concerns created by their own rhetoric and by the actions of some - the media love a good story but aren't held to truth very much - as I said the anti-Muslim crowd are but a small minority - same as Muslim terrorists are a small minority.
Except the innocent Muslims get immediately branded with the same label as the Islamists, Grappler. It's like suggesting that all Australians are racists. This is demonstrably untrue. Just as all Muslims are Terrorists is demonstrably untrue.
Quote:I have no sympathy for criminals intent on murder and crime as a way of life... and I have no objection to decent Muslims going about their business in peace.... but the issues need to be aired and openly, not hidden behind walls of rhetoric and fears.
I have nothing against discussing of the issues, Grappler as long as the discussion is undertake in a sane, respectful manner, not an Islamophobic hate-filled diatribe of the kind we see here all the time from the likes of Yadda, Moses, Valkie and others. If they toned down their language and actually discussed the issues rather than telling us what they see as wrong with all Muslims....
I agree that the issues should not be hidden but any discussion of them must be proportionate to what the actually problems are.
Quote:Everyone knows you cannot marry a 14 yo without permission from the State - for example - and that if you wish civilised behaviour towards you, you do not parade the streets offering to chop the heads from unbelievers - nobody forces you to join an armed gang on a crime rampage - nobody forces you to fight with police at your demos or to publicly cheer the murder of ordinary citizens going about their business....
When a significant number in YOUR self-styled group start doing those things - questions are raised and need answers.
"Some Muslims may receive attention simply 'cause they are Muslims," - your 'may weakens this argument, and shows that perhaps 'some Muslims' NEED attention....
What is a "significant number", Grappler? We have 2% of the entire population which profess to be Muslim. What part of that 2% want to marry 14 year old girls? What proportion want to join violent gangs? What proportion want to behead unbelievers? Is it 1% of that 2% or is it 100%? According to Yadda, all Muslims are dangerous. According to Moses, all Muslims are Terrorists. According to other Islamophobes, the Muslims are about to take over our society and impose Sh'ria law on us. Seriously?
Some Muslims take their religion very seriously. Some Muslims want those things without a doubt. What seems to be forgotten is that the overwhelming majority of Muslims came here to get away from conflict, to build new lives, like all immigrants. However, they still want to have their religion and I see nothing wrong with that. Just as I don't see anything wrong with Christians/Hindus/Shinto/Taoists/etc. keeping their religion when they migrate to Australia.
Some Muslims, just as some Christians/Hindus/Shinto/Taoists/Jews/etc. do require attention from the authorities because of their religion. Most don't though, now do they? I have Muslim neighbours. I have Christian neighbours. I have Hindu neighbours. We all get along fine. No one wants to chop anybody's heads off and no one wants to marry anybody's 14 year old daughter. Time the Islamophobes got out there and actually met their neighbours and talked to them.