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awaremind

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The enemy of your enemy is your friend, until the mutual enemy is gone.

I'd be surprised if the Islamic fundamentals see any difference between those viewed as left or right.
Be honest I’d think they’d kill either unless we submitted but they’d think less of those who take drugs , accept homosexuals , have feminist views etc.
 

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Sri Lanka Government issued wanted posters, but screws up big time in sourcing pictures off the internet, that have the same name, but are different people to those actually wanted.

There's a twitter thread about it here»


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Shitting on Christians has been in vogue for at least a couple decades now and at the same time we have seen a decline in traditional family values and the general decencency of people.
I am not even close to religious, never have been, and will call out the flaws in Christianity as readily as anyone else but I am kind of starting to feel like we could do with a little more of the good that religion can bring out in people.
Agreed.

It's clear Christianity is the lefts and media's preferred whipping boy. The negative side of other more extreme religions are not only ignored but they are encouraged to prosper while given full protection. One of the more confusing aspects of todays leftist (and there are many) is their support and defense of Islam. Doesn't Islam go against most of their traditional beliefs. It doesn't get much more "right wing" than Islam.

Anyway maybe at some stage us atheists will have to rejoin the flock. I'm willing to waste 3 hours every Sunday asleep in a Church pew just out of spite.
 

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I don’t care about Aly. It’s obvious which side he will choose, which interpretation he will make.

It’s the sympathetic hyper-liberals and idiotic leftists I will never understand. Islam runs in direct opposition to their professed beliefs, and they give it succour in order to either defeat conservatism or present as anti-racist.
Can I confirm something because I must admit I sometimes get lost in these conversations. Does leftist = left wing? And are all liberals - hyper- liberal?

I may as all put my cards on the table - left leaning atheist. I consider myself pretty progressive on most issues. I reckon you have the right to follow your religion but all religion is open to criticism and must work within the legal framework of a pluralist/secular society. I agree that Islam as a religion runs counter to many ideals that I would consider progressive but so do all religions.

Anyone that tries to imposes their religious beliefs on the way of life I choose to lead can piss off. This runs the gamut from the extreme (terrorist attacks) to more mundane activities (eg posting on social media). Part of me feels uncomfortable with some of the posting is the logic I think (and I note I may be wrong here and happy to be told otherwise) that Islam has an issue with extremist terror therefore all Muslim are extremists. This therefore makes Christianity good so stop criticising Christianity.

By the way Aly's article in The Age looks pretty measured to me.

https://www.theage.com.au/world/asi...s-are-uniquely-senseless-20190425-p51h2v.html

Fire away.
 
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