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Edited on Wed Jan-31-07 08:49 AM by ck4829
We have Distort D'Newsa and other Social Conservatives saying to beat the Islamic Terrorists, guess what we have to do. Yes, that's right, have this entire nation become socially conservative too. Yeah, I know, what a big surprise, right? Incidentally, this means rolling back Civil and even Human Rights for women, GLBT people, and minorities. If we do this, then the Muslims will no longer find a reason to hate us, according to them anyway.
But, this is not a world in black and white. Here are some things the Neo-Puritans haven't told us about Islamic Culture.
Environmental Protection
Muslims are big on the environment. For example, the Quran forbids setting forests on fire. What Dinesh D'Souza doesn't mention in his latest book is that Osama in one of his hate screeds against us mentions that our spoiling of the environment is one of the reasons that he hates us. But, for some strange reason, Mr. Distort and the other Social Conservatives don't say that we should all become Environmentalists, why is that?
Gay Rights
Let's leave the region most famous for having Muslims in it, the Middle East, for a while and head to another region of the world where there is a large Muslim population, Africa. While the Middle East isn't the place to be if you are Gay, Africa is alright, and that even extends into the Muslim population. Africa is much more tolerant of Gay people than many people from the West are. In fact, I know one Somali, and I get the feeling from others, that they support full equality for Gays, including the right to marry.
Sex
While the 'christian' Right wants to shrink the government down small enough to fit in your bedroom, Muslims CAN be fairly progressive when it comes to sex. There are no vows of celibacy in Islam and the Quran suggests that men go at the pace during intercourse that SHE wants to go at.
Transgendered
While the Traditional Values Coalition calls them "she-males" and other Right Wing groups don't want them to teach in schools, Iran is light years ahead of the Right when it comes to rights for the Transgendered. They are fully accepted in the nation and their transitions are even paid for by the government.
Universal Health Care
Many Muslims in the US support the idea of Universal Health Care. In fact, Daniel Pipes, Islamophobe to the Extreme, says that Muslim-American support of Universal Health Care, and Affirmative Action too, must mean that they are actually extremists (Whatever you want to believe Mr. Pipes, we know you are just saying this because both Progressives and Muslims support this, kill two birds with one stone, right?).
In Conclusion
So, even though the RW'ers are saying that we need to become Socially Conservative to win, interesting that they didn't tell us the whole story, the world is not as Absolutist as they would like, and they need to get over it. Al Qaeda will still hate us, even if we do become as Socially Conservative as possible, and RW'ers need to get over that Fairy Tale that we can win against the terrorists if we declare Gay people to be sinners worthy of execution and that intelligent women are secretly witches in disguise, it will not work.
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