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In reply to the discussion: Video-Amina: Topless Tunisian Protester Tells Femen She Was Beaten,Kidnapped & Drugged By Her Family [View all]Phillip McCleod
(1,837 posts)yes i hear this argument all the time on the 'Stephanie Miller Show', which i listen to, dare i say, religiously. i love steph and the mooks but they make the no true scotsman fallacy *every time* esp. john. it's the lamest cop-out ever, and serves purely to reassure the religious that indeed 'god is on our side'.
first there has to *be* a god before it can pick sides.
when privileged liberal western believers are the *first* to jump in and defend the rights of those oppressed in the name of religious dogma, instead of dragging their feet *every single time*, then their argument for moral superiority might hold some water.
until then.. someone's gotta keep pointing out the blatant hypocrisy. that's why Amina, FEMEN, and yes.. posts like yours backscatter, are going to continue to be news.
until 'Fuck Islam' is no longer offensive because nobody gets offended by it, not because nobody says it..
until 'Fuck Christianity' is no longer offensive because nobody *cares* that you wrote it, not because it was hidden so nobody had to see it (which BTW just encourages ppl to read it anyway)..
until the dude trying to KICK a peaceful protester pisses people off more than the topless woman who 'provoked' him or the photographer for capturing the moment..
until then yeh.. we might as well, 'fuck liberal religious privilege' to the list, too.