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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Please elaborate. Sure the KKK is a bunch of bigots and worthless human beings, but I don't see them repressing woman, human rights, keeping the slave trade alive, flying planes into buildings, commiting suicide bombings, or being embroiled in the majority of the worlds conflicts.
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The "principles" espoused by the KKK are similar to those of militant Islam. No racial mixing, misappropriation of religious beliefs that legitimize their agendas, power through intimidation, etc. The only thing that keeps the KKK in check are those who recognized it as a threat and worked to stamp out its influence. The KKK never had as broad a base as militant Islam. The KKK was able to control some local and possibly some state governments during desegregation, but certainly didn't have the resources that many militant islamist groups have.
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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Again your all to quick to just "throw" chrisitianity in there. Show me where anywhere on the planet they Christians anywhere are suscribing to/and or perpetuating the same evil as militant Islam. And again like the KKK Jerry Falwell might be a bigot and unagreeable, but I don't see him flying planes into buildings amongst a list of other atrocities.
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Currently it's not happening but in the past, there was obviously a drive to instill Christian values in the "uncivilized" cultures of the world.
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Originally posted by Sparhawk
I see a parallel in these rigid theocracies with their daily edicts and the christian coalition movement in the states. Jerry Falwell has more in common with, say, Saudi Arabian culture than he does with normal Americans.
That being said, I don't hold with many Americans fairly casually replacing "Communists" with "Muslims" as the bogeyman of the 21st Century.
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Jerry Falwell is far from an Osama Bin Laden. Anyone who doesn't see that is blind.
I don't believe anyone is "casually" filling the void left by the fall of the Soviet Union with radical islam. Not recognizing that there is a considerable number of people in the world with a common belief that western society goes against god and needs to be eliminated is a more egregious offense in my mind. For all your fear/criticism of the religious right and their beliefs, I would think you would be able to equate religious fanatacism wherever it was found. The militant islam belief which encourages and applauds giving your life in the fight against western society would be similar to a religious right belief that it's okay to kill yourself if you take some homosexual "sinners" with you. Both are abhorent to humanity.