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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Guys it's pretty obvious that if we want Muslims to stop supporting ISIS we should continue to demonize and vilify them as a group.
Can I say its great that anti-Muslim rhetoric has adopted Gays as their token group? Y'all are so inclusive.
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No, vilifying and demonizing doesn't help. But neither does pretending things are different.
There is unfortunately many Muslim countries and therefore many Muslims with views that are very backwards and antithetical to the values we hold dear.
For the vast majority of Western Muslims, their worldview is similar to ours. That doesn't mean a large portion of Pakistanis don't want capital punishment for leaving Islam, because that's simply not true. We needn't ignore the bad to not demonize the good. I believe strongly we should accept more Syrian refugees. I don't think we need to stop accepting Pakistani immigrants either. But not keeping vigilant or pretending it's some tiny insignificant minority isn't helpful.