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Very well said ctembreull.
I don't fear Christians. My Grandmother is a Christian and she's a truly wonderful human being. The only people liberals look at with suspicion are the convert-or-get-off-our-planet type extremists. So why do liberals in America most often discuss their suspicion of fundamentalist Christians specifically?
Well, it's natural to pay the most attention to your society's most powerful and influential religion. After all, if your society ever goes the repressive theocracy route; that, realistically, will be the religion that does it.
So if I were a liberal Malaysian or liberal Indonesian - I'd be most wary of the extreme Muslim clerics in my society. If I were a liberal Indian, I'd be wary of the extremist Hindus. They would represent the primary threat to the religious freedom of my community.
Am I, as an liberal in Australia, going to run around warning people about the rastafarian or zoroastrian takeover of the Government; or am I going to keep a watchful eye on Peter Jensen and Fred Nile?
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