re: #953 Gus 802

Or perhaps a lack of empathy. How’s that for irony. But if you think about it they average white male American leftist may not be capable of empathizing with the plight of gay Arabs. So for them, their greater hatred of the Preacher is based on parochialism. So even for the so called “worldly” leftist they still see Sharia as largely foreign and disregard it.

Gus, you’ve been generalizing quite a lot with regard to “the left” and “lefties” lately. There is, of course, some truth to the fact that people, including lefties, are more bothered by discrimination closer to home, even if it is less grave than in other countries. But besides this one can (and should) denounce the horrible practices you just described in other countries, but we recognize that said countries, including repulsive theocratic regimes, are sovereign. So there’s only so much you can do to change things — you can impose trade embargoes or you can invade them. That’s pretty much it. Understandably, people tend to focus their energies where change is more likely to occur, in your own country.