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Originally Posted by RACooper
What makes you think that many Muslims don't condemn Al Queda on basic principle as well, and that there really isn't a point repeatedly condemning the extremists every time one of these assholes issues a statement or commits some new atrocity? Something like "Extremist Fatigue"...
True - but there is also cultural as well as religious context is there not? Consider Falwell's reactions to some "art" depicting Jesus in homosexual acts... or homosexuality in general - each culture and specific "religious" ideology has their triggers and soft spots; and their own specific blind spots in which they can commit open hypocrisies "for the greater good" (SBC + BJU financial and theological support for the UVF for example).
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Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't recall Falwell issuing any fatwas over these things.