Quote (ofthevoid @ 19 Jul 2016 18:31)
Islam and western culture are incompatible...that's not being bigoted just fact. That's why we are witnessing the plethora of attacks by Muslims in Europe. Islam by its very nature is intolerant of anyone outside the adhered form of Islam (ex. Sunni). Even in peaciful Muslim nations, the minority religious sects are oppressed. Look at the gulf states and the way they treat Shias. Look at Afghanistan and they way the Pashtuns (Sunni) used to treat the Hazara (shia) minorities. Or Iran, Iraq, Syria( Shia controlled) and the way they treat Sunnis. I can keep going but hopefully you get the point.
I get that people think it's some sort of virtue to be politically correct and tolerant( even of people & cultures that are the antithesis of your tolerant way of life and despise your way of life) but it's time to smell the coffee friend. The west isn't responsible for this savagery.
"islam and western culture are incompatible" - this is just another blanket statement which is true for some cases (radical & conservative muslims) and false for others (moderate muslims).
"the west isn't responsible for this savagery" - no, we clearly are not. we aren't responsible for these fanatic and mislead individuals. we aren't responsible for their fanatic leaders feeding them anti west and anti non-believers propaganda, manipulating and radicalising them in the worst possible way. and we aren't responsible for the ultra conservative set of values and views, many of them grew up with that made them prone to this kind of manipulation and radical ideas either - this is the point where i DO blame how islam is predominantly taught in those regions.
it would be highly naive, however, to pretend all of this happens out of thin air. we (mainly america tbf) ARE responsible for waging (unjustified) war against these countries, destabilising the region, leaving behind a massive power vacuum which allowed a group like ISIS to rise and exploit the situation. we ARE responsible for killing thousands of innocent civilians, which clearly helps the radicals recruit people who would have never "joined" their cause or radicalised into potential murderers if they didn't have the impression that the west came to their countries to wage war against all muslims.
again, to just say "the west was responsible for these attacks" is wrong. our involvement, however, is a factor - and denying that, laying ALL the blame upon someone else, might be a convenient thing to do but the world isn't that black and white. sorry if this is news to you...
this has nothing to do with being "politically correct" btw. at least not the way this phrase is used today, as some kind of insult, implying someone is detached from reality and ignores the realities of the bad things that happen, just not to offend anyone. no, this kind of "pc" is just as hurtful and retarded as the other side's blatant racism and black and white mentality, they try to sugarcoat as "not being naive and politically correct". both is stupid and naive and certainly not helpful if you're trying to find actual solutions for problems, rather than shifting blame or trying to gain (political) favour...