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[–]jim_steak 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I don't think these people actually have any beliefs, they just think whatever they're told to think. If the media came out tomorrow and said that homophobia is good now these people would be insisting they had always been homophobic by the end of the day. Islam is obviously incompatible with the values these people claim to have, and it's ridiculous to see the same people who get faux outraged over lack of gay representation turn around and say we should listen to radical Islam.

[–]SerpensInferna 18 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

If the media came out tomorrow and said that homophobia is good now these people would be insisting they had always been homophobic by the end of the day.

"We have always been at war with Eastasia."

[–]JulienMayfair[S] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Funny thing is that the guy who wrote this has a PhD in literature and has been to Iraq, even wrote a book about it.

His main point is usually criticizing U.S. military involvement overseas, which is fair, and radical Islam is one way in which opposition to U.S. militarism expresses itself. But that doesn't mean I need to "listen" to it to understand that it's a totalitarian, patriarchal, and anti-LGB ideology.

[–]Chipit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"Islam is right about gays"