Originally Posted by
misspurple77
They started the bashing first, and since I am not a Chistian anymore, I don't have to turn the other cheek anymore:-). I really don't see why I can't call bigots bigots, if they called me ignorant, that I should be ashamed of myself, naïve, a teenager, lying that I am an atheist, while I am a closeted Muslim etc.
And all the bad things that they do say about Muslims, are things that they are saying about my mother, my mothers family, my Muslim colleagues (at the gym) and my one Muslim friend. So although they aren't calling me an barbaric animal and terrorist, they are saying that about people that I love, which is also disrespectfull towards me.
I watched the movie My Name is Khan recently, because it is about Asperger's Syndrome. But it is also about the atrocious way in which Muslims are treated in the US today. When I saw it, I thought that they were excaggerating the situation for dramatic effect, but now that I have met Smoothy and Raclete, I know that it unfortunately isn't just fiction. You should really watch that movie if you haven't seen it, it really made me cry!
I am really shocked by the hatred those two are shamelessly exhibiting towards Muslims. People like them give Christians a bad name. I am really, really, really shocked.
But indeed, my question was, what does work against that? Is there an answer to that question? Do you know it? Because honestly, I am inclined to just give up hope of a tolerant planet, like the one John Lennon imagined. I am glad that I don't have children, so I don't have to worry about what world they need to live in or worry about them getting poisoned with hate against Muslims or refugees.
I am watching reruns of Dr. Quinn. On today's show, they build a school, that wasn't accesible for the black or Indian children, only for the white children and the reverent of Colorado Springs was okay with that. I thought, we are living a 150 years later, but unfortunately, that way of thinking hasn't been abolished my mankind.
Why didn't you speak up, about the disrespect towards Muslims? Do you think that it is okay call Muslims moongod worshippers, terrorists or animals? Or do you think that Smoothy and Raclete are lost causes, so that it is a waste of your time and energy to confront them with the baseless hatred that they are exhibiting?