terrorists and profiling and...well, what do you expect?
Today's paper this morning as I was getting out the door to work...American Muslims are complaining of discrimination when they wear their traditional Muslim dress. One of my favorite song lyrics says it all. "If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and get on with it."
Yes, I'm sure it's happening and no, it isn't right. In a perfect world it wouldn't happen, but what the hell do you expect? You have these terrorists out there who are, as the name implies, terrorizing not just this country, but many countries. They preach intolerance and hatred for anything unlike them and they do it in the name of your religion. They have, in essence, hijacked your religion and and made their twisted version of it the emphasis of the mainstream media. What are you doing about it? In a perfect world, you would have to do nothing. People would see the idiots for what they are and you'd be left alone, but this isn't a perfect world. They know it. They're banking on it. They're hoping the imperfect world helps them start and sustain their globalized "religious" campaign of bullying and hatred, and we have to stop them. We all have to make this world a little more perfect. We have to help. You have to help. You have to get off your whiney asses and stop complaining that people are discriminating against you and hit the source of that discrimination. Stop playing the victim and work the solution. You have to hit that connection everyone makes between you and car bombers. You have to denounce those people. You have to disassociate yourselves from them, and don't say you already did. If you already did, this discrimination wouldn't exist. I'm not saying you haven't tried, but you haven't tried hard enough, because the job obviously isn't finished. If it was, you'd have nothing to whine about.
I know it's a complex thing, but here's the bottom line. Public perception is that there are the terrorists, and the rest of the world fighting them. You're sitting on the sidelines supporting neither, afraid to be linked to the terrorists because of what they represent, and afraid to be linked to those fighting the terrorists for fear of looking like you're denouncing your faith. It could be wrong, but that's the view from the outside looking in.
Well, you need to actively pick a side, and if you want to stop the discrimination, it had better be the side fighting terrorism. Note I didn't say fighting Islam. The world isn't fighting Islam. This ain't the Crusades II. It's only the terrorists who say it is, because they need you to legitimize their cause. The world is fighting terrorism. You have to realize that terrorism is not your religion. It's theirs. Hate and intolerance is not your religion. It's theirs. They happen to be wrapping theirs in the name of yours, and you need to be outraged by that, and do something about it. You have to rail against it. You have to do it every day, louder and louder, for as long as it takes to get it through the world's thick skull. If you're not, you're part of the problem. These people have hijacked your religion and you have to take it back, and no, you haven't....yet. I'm hoping and praying you do.
Yes, I'm sure it's happening and no, it isn't right. In a perfect world it wouldn't happen, but what the hell do you expect? You have these terrorists out there who are, as the name implies, terrorizing not just this country, but many countries. They preach intolerance and hatred for anything unlike them and they do it in the name of your religion. They have, in essence, hijacked your religion and and made their twisted version of it the emphasis of the mainstream media. What are you doing about it? In a perfect world, you would have to do nothing. People would see the idiots for what they are and you'd be left alone, but this isn't a perfect world. They know it. They're banking on it. They're hoping the imperfect world helps them start and sustain their globalized "religious" campaign of bullying and hatred, and we have to stop them. We all have to make this world a little more perfect. We have to help. You have to help. You have to get off your whiney asses and stop complaining that people are discriminating against you and hit the source of that discrimination. Stop playing the victim and work the solution. You have to hit that connection everyone makes between you and car bombers. You have to denounce those people. You have to disassociate yourselves from them, and don't say you already did. If you already did, this discrimination wouldn't exist. I'm not saying you haven't tried, but you haven't tried hard enough, because the job obviously isn't finished. If it was, you'd have nothing to whine about.
I know it's a complex thing, but here's the bottom line. Public perception is that there are the terrorists, and the rest of the world fighting them. You're sitting on the sidelines supporting neither, afraid to be linked to the terrorists because of what they represent, and afraid to be linked to those fighting the terrorists for fear of looking like you're denouncing your faith. It could be wrong, but that's the view from the outside looking in.
Well, you need to actively pick a side, and if you want to stop the discrimination, it had better be the side fighting terrorism. Note I didn't say fighting Islam. The world isn't fighting Islam. This ain't the Crusades II. It's only the terrorists who say it is, because they need you to legitimize their cause. The world is fighting terrorism. You have to realize that terrorism is not your religion. It's theirs. Hate and intolerance is not your religion. It's theirs. They happen to be wrapping theirs in the name of yours, and you need to be outraged by that, and do something about it. You have to rail against it. You have to do it every day, louder and louder, for as long as it takes to get it through the world's thick skull. If you're not, you're part of the problem. These people have hijacked your religion and you have to take it back, and no, you haven't....yet. I'm hoping and praying you do.
John put this out here at 7:17 AM
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