mothra wrote on May 20
th, 2016 at 3:40am:
Hold on a minute. Bystanders comment has validity? Really?
There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. Most of them don't practice FGM.
How is Bystanders comments less offensive than calling someone a Jew?
You have lost me utterly Alevine.
Do you think "muzzies" is offensive?
Do you think to categorisation of all Muslims as genital butchers offensive?
Firstly you know as well as I do that it's very hard to document occurrences in developing nations and the number is likely to be much higher than the supposed 200 million in the word.
But I don't understand the denial - you seem to care about FGM so why does it matter to you so much that it isn't a problem because of religion, and specifically because of the Islamic belief? Denial will never solve any issues, and through denial we are simply creating a situation where we have 2 people, you and me, who are both disgusted by the issue, but rather than fighting to end it we are debating the cause because of denialism.
I would much prefer to be standing with you side by side on this issue, as opposed to having to debate with you the plausibility that FGM isn't caused by Islam despite the vast majority of FGM happening in islamic religious states. I'd much prefer to have you on my side, then me having to agree with innocent on the underlying, non vulgur version of what he was saying. It upsets me that conservatives seem to have taken control of these issues, when the opposition to FGM should instead be championed by the left, and without fear of insulting someone because the cause happens, at least via massive correlation, to be Ideas espoused by a religion.
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/guest-post-the-relationship-...And that's why I say innocents comment, vulgar as it may be, has validity. There is no need to defend Islam, especially when it's the perpetrator. I don't agree with the way he said it, but I agree with what his point is.
As for leftwinger, why would you defend his obvious, and misguided, antisemitism. I hope you don't think nepotism is a characteristic of Jewish people?