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Originally Posted by PyramidsofMars
I love how quick everyone is to denounce anti-semitism (with cause), while making equally appalling generalizations and comments on the Arab world and Arab people.
Of course, it's socially acceptable to hate Arabs, so that's different. I was not really aware that Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Oman, and the UAE were knuckle-dragging 7th century theocracies, but I guess I'm horribly wrong. Many of those countries are 'Muslim' in the same sense as the USA is 'Christian'. Would we not agree that the USA is a secular democracy? Unfortunately with a couple of exceptions those countries are not democracies, but hey, yay for American puppet regimes. Oman stands out because being a dictatorship has worked wonderfully for it, but it's also, guess what, not a puppet regime.
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With all due respect, in many of the above mentioned countries, try:
-drinking alcohol
-wearing a tank top and shorts
-being gay
I shouldn't have stigmatized the entire world as knuckle dragging; however, I think you can agree that Israeli society is more tolerant than a lot of the countries you mentioned.