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Originally Posted by microbet
Why would you even dispute that?
Are you afraid of Islam?
Do you dislike Islam?
Are you afraid of Muslims?
Do you dislike Muslims?
You seem to think that huge portions of the Islamic population are horrible violent people. You posted that polling data. What's the point of that if not to show that a huge percentage of Muslims are evil and dangerous? And then you must agree with that if you're making the point (not being disingenuous are you?). So, you must dislike and/or fear them, right?
Well, I am the cultural relativist. I think people are just people and are products of the environments they grew up in. And a lot of the times, those environments are the way they are because they were very pro-adaptive in Darwinian terms at one point. I think it is a mistake on your part to assume when I am questioning others for their own moral incongruities, that I am articulating my own morality, especially when I have spelled out my thoughts numerous times.
I am not even sure evil exists. That is not to say if I have to choose between myself or someone else on the other side of the world, I wouldn't choose myself on selfish grounds.
I am just pointing out the cultural blind spot where we get outraged that women make 15% less than men here, and we have nothing negative to say about cultures where the majority of people support laws that designate women as second-class citizens.