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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: cAPSLOCK who wrote (238542)3/16/2002 3:36:09 AM
From: Kevin Rose  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
I'm not sure I follow the semantics.

You have no problem with someone judging all Christians by a (possibly flawed) view of their beliefs. However, the definition of prejudice is in fact that very action; judging an individual that you do not know or have never spoken to based on some generalization.

Being prejudiced has little to do with how you value; it has all to do with making assumptions in the first place. These generalizations are flawed because they lead to decisions and actions based on a usually highly restricted sample set.

I believe you cannot sidestep by saying something like "I'm not prejudiced against Muslims, but against the Muslim faith" because you've just reversed the process. You've seen some examples of bad Muslims, generalized it to the Muslim faith, then back out to all Muslims. Whichever path taken, it is still prejudice.

People who use this logic have proven my point. They take the rantings of some prominent lunatics that happen to be Muslim, ignore the overwhelming majority of Muslims who don't fit their mold, and judge Islam to be 'evil'. Then, they reverse the process and declare Muslims to be evil by association.

Remember, the same process is being used by evildoers in other countries to vilify Christians and Jews. Until this cycle is broken, we will see more violence and hate.
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