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In reply to the discussion: Islam, as it is practiced by a majority of muslims in the world, is a regressive force. [View all]Uponthegears
(1,499 posts)Some people are trying to pit supporters of one set of core Democratic issues, i.e., LGBT rights, women's rights, the sanctity of the establishment clause etc., against supporters of another set of core Democratic issues, i.e., the eradication of racism, religious tolerance, opposition to imperialism/military occupation, etc..
It is some people's hope that those of us who see racism and/or religious tolerance as important issues will EITHER accept semantic nonsense about "political Islam" (shorthand for saying it really isn't about religious bigotry) and/or (disturbingly ethnocentric) crap about Saudi Arabia being "more socially advanced" than the countries of sub-Saharan Africa and separate out our hatred of anti-Islamic bigotry from our hatred of racism etc. OR that those Democrats for whom LGBT rights and/or women's rights are their primary issues will see us for whom racism and/or religious tolerance is a primary issue as their enemies.
It is Machiavellian divisive BS whose only goal is to foment hatred of Islam.