Re: Islamophobia
On Nov 29, 2006, at 1:54 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
On 11/29/06, Doug Henwood dhenwood@panix.com wrote:
But I could never find any kind words to utter about the regime’s domestic policies, which are profoundly reactionary and pretty much the absolute inversion of my utopia.
Isn’t that because of your profound Islamophobia, common among leftists in the West?
No. People can practice any damn religion they want as far as I’m
concerned, though I wish all the superstitions would just go away.
But when a religion becomes part of a state, then it’s gone too far.
And that sort of insult is pretty low. A few months ago I would have
said beneath you, but you keep setting new lows.
Doug