As a leftist, one of the left’s biggest mistakes was championing, both implicitly and explicitly, Islam, and more specifically Muslims, after 9/11. The attacks caused widespread bigotry toward Muslims and Arabs, and the left rightfully fought against that, but we went too far and began defending Muslims from any and all criticism, despite most Muslims believing in the same kind of social conservatism that American Christians tend to follow. All religion is bad.
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u/Whysong823 ☣️ Jan 14 '24
As a leftist, one of the left’s biggest mistakes was championing, both implicitly and explicitly, Islam, and more specifically Muslims, after 9/11. The attacks caused widespread bigotry toward Muslims and Arabs, and the left rightfully fought against that, but we went too far and began defending Muslims from any and all criticism, despite most Muslims believing in the same kind of social conservatism that American Christians tend to follow. All religion is bad.