Originally Posted by
Dragonfly5338
My take on it is, I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of muslims in the middle east who don't agree with the extremists. However, if the situation was reversed and you were put in the position that if you publicly stated you didn't agree with what was happening, you'd be putting your children's or family's lives in danger?
If they don't care about beheading innocent american civilians, why would they care about beheading an innocent muslim who spoke his mind about what they were doing?
The key word is TERRORIST here, not muslim. These people are NOT following the muslim faith, but they have power over people who are true muslims. How do they get this power? Fear, oppression and threats. I sure as heck wouldn't stand up (key word here is publicly) and say our government is wrong if two days later my child or myself could end up dead.
We've grown up in a world where we've been taught to question authority, and to not take things at face value. Our philosophy would be MUCH different if we weren't taught that, hence the many muslims brought up in America who actively voice opposition to the acts the extremists are commiting in the name of their religion. You notice most of the people doing this are Muslim-americans? Because they're not scared.
Y'all can talk all you like about how us as Americans would look at muslims in a better light if they would stand up and protest what's happening, but until you're in that situation you have no room to talk, especially from your comfy chair in your nice office, knowing your wife and children are safe at home.
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