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AltaGuy · 10-02-2017, 10:02 AM

My main issue with the "blame Islam" posts is the attempt to make this person an "other". Islam has many issues, and I think it's totally valid to bring them up in this context, but the discussion around sending him back where he "came from" and the labeling of immigration/immigrants from particular places or cultures or religions as unacceptable is bigotry.

There are many thousands of people from the same place and same religion as he is living in Alberta and Canada peacefully, and they make up part of our country and are just as Canadian as anyone else. We have a justice system that will deal with him as an individual, and take into account the hate and religious motivations at play in this tragedy for him.

Beyond that, painting innocent Canadians who may share some characteristics with this man as "others" should be avoided and leads to a lot of harm. Islam/islamicism is an incredibly difficult topic, but shunting the blame onto unrelated people is dangerous.

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AltaGuy AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: At le pub... Exp:	My main issue with the "blame Islam" posts is the attempt to make this person an "other". Islam has many issues, and I think it's totally valid to bring them up in this context, but the discussion around sending him back where he "came from" and the labeling of immigration/immigrants from particular places or cultures or religions as unacceptable is bigotry. There are many thousands of people from the same place and same religion as he is living in Alberta and Canada peacefully, and they make up part of our country and are just as Canadian as anyone else. We have a justice system that will deal with him as an individual, and take into account the hate and religious motivations at play in this tragedy for him. Beyond that, painting innocent Canadians who may share some characteristics with this man as "others" should be avoided and leads to a lot of harm. Islam/islamicism is an incredibly difficult topic, but shunting the blame onto unrelated people is dangerous. Last edited by AltaGuy; 10-02-2017 at 10:05 AM.