How To Know You Are Not Islamaphobic?
You stand up for Muslims when you believe the allegations against them are unjust, as I have just done on another site. However, that does not take from the general injustice I see from western governments giving priority to Muslims over their own indigenous citizens.
The fact that my motivation is not race based or discriminates by religion, but in fact is driven by my internal moral compass of fairness and justice is lost on those who can't formulate a rational thought, and can only smear and name call those who see what they themselves do not see.
Over time as one observes their world, listens, sees, reads, and experiences their environment, one brings that body of knowledge to bear in assessing situations. You call on your knowledge of history, on your knowledge of current and recent events, and their outcomes, and this formulates your opinions and beliefs. With new information, your opinions and beliefs can change, so this is why older people generally know much more about life than younger people – they have life experience and tend to know what the young don't know. There are exceptions, of course, but in general this is true, and this is why many younger people (and some older) don't have the cognitive ability to form reasonable assessments. They lack maturity based on experiences of life and history.
As for the word, "Islamaphobic," it's a cheap shot word made up by the Muslim Brotherhood, if my memory serves me right. It's a word like all the other "phobic" words to throw out at those who don't share the same view or narrative of the Left. It's used by people who have no valid argument, and have no reasoning ability to look deeply at facts and chronological evidence.
The root is not about Islam. It's not about being gay, or bi, or trans, or an illegal alien. It's about justice, fairness, and maybe most important common sense and order, which brings about freedom and individual rights inherent in our constitution, which came from the hearts and minds of men who had lived, suffered, and seen the terrors of tyranny.
It's not about who can scream the most abuse the loudest. It's about the truth and wisdom of the ages, from people who've been there and done that already.
The fact that my motivation is not race based or discriminates by religion, but in fact is driven by my internal moral compass of fairness and justice is lost on those who can't formulate a rational thought, and can only smear and name call those who see what they themselves do not see.
Over time as one observes their world, listens, sees, reads, and experiences their environment, one brings that body of knowledge to bear in assessing situations. You call on your knowledge of history, on your knowledge of current and recent events, and their outcomes, and this formulates your opinions and beliefs. With new information, your opinions and beliefs can change, so this is why older people generally know much more about life than younger people – they have life experience and tend to know what the young don't know. There are exceptions, of course, but in general this is true, and this is why many younger people (and some older) don't have the cognitive ability to form reasonable assessments. They lack maturity based on experiences of life and history.
As for the word, "Islamaphobic," it's a cheap shot word made up by the Muslim Brotherhood, if my memory serves me right. It's a word like all the other "phobic" words to throw out at those who don't share the same view or narrative of the Left. It's used by people who have no valid argument, and have no reasoning ability to look deeply at facts and chronological evidence.
The root is not about Islam. It's not about being gay, or bi, or trans, or an illegal alien. It's about justice, fairness, and maybe most important common sense and order, which brings about freedom and individual rights inherent in our constitution, which came from the hearts and minds of men who had lived, suffered, and seen the terrors of tyranny.
It's not about who can scream the most abuse the loudest. It's about the truth and wisdom of the ages, from people who've been there and done that already.
