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Originally Posted by thekid345
I hereby apologize to those I have called a bigot , including those in the Israel/Palestine thread, those in the RGT threads, those on unchained, and those in any forum where I may have called you a bigot. I sincerely apologize. In going forward, I will attempt to not use the word bigot or racist when describing another poster.
That said, I still feel that its offensive as well as being unproductive, to suggest that Muslims or Jews are out to get us, or to suggest that Islam is worse then any other religion.
You don't need to apologize for saying what you genuinely believe.
Unfortunately, you do need to understand what a bigot is and you need to understand what racism is. And what they are not.
You also need to understand when people are speaking hyperbolically and don't mean literally the words that are on the page. And you need to reconcile when someone says something that appears offensive with other things they say that would contradict the apparent offensiveness. Admittedly these are skills people learn with experience and I'm hardly perfect at it.
Nobody thinks you're a bad guy. You're just so incredibly devoted to your narrative that you're not reading what people are saying.
And no, "Muslims" are not out to get us. But the largest, most powerful and influential voices in the Arab and Muslim Middle East are complex culturally and politically, and also incredibly hostile to Western liberal values, and yes, Jews.