08-18-2021, 08:16 PM
(08-18-2021, 06:08 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Don't try and equate modern Christianity and its adherents to radical Islam. I get defending Islam is your pet topic, but this type of comparison is silly to the point of absurdity. You'd be hard pressed to find 100,000 Christians in the US that come anywhere close to the level of the fundamentalist radical Islamists that exist in the multiple millions in Afghanistan alone.
I fullly own that defending ethnic and religious minorities from right wing scapegoating is my "pet topic," as attacking them,
or defending attacks on them, is yours. Thats why you went THERE instead of to the actual point.
So save this post for when I actually equate "modern Christianity" to "radical Islam" (which, by the way, is also "modern").
I took Mike's intent to be humorous (at least partly). And so
I thought I might balance it by emphasizing an aspect of the current "anti-tyranny" 2A defense that seems to get little notice--
namely that some such defenders might themselves be quite "tyranical" and anti-democratic, embracing constitutional fundamentalism on the model of religious fundamentalism (regardless of religion). And at a time when large numbers of the Republican party support a leader who has indeed sought to circumvent democracy.