LurkerJ said:
Few bits from the articles that make my eyes roll: "Rogan has made his show a safe space for anti-Muslim bigotry as well. Islamophobia, like transphobia, has a history of being more tolerated in mainstream media outlets than other forms of bigotry, and the backlash against Rogan reflects frustration over that double standard as well." So is Christianophobia but no one cares about that. Being Islamophobic, Christianophobic & religionphobic is not only reasonable, but necessary. After all, those religions have contributed heavily to the oppression of LGBT community throughout history & every where in the world. You should never be muslim-phobic, christian-phobic though, there is a big difference between the two. Sick of the left taking the side of a religion that are composed of set of abhorrent believes just because there is a minority in the US that hold those value dearly. The left should stand for progressive values, not with a religion that goes completely against them just to please minorities. The mainstream believes among the majority of Muslims are far more dangerous than whatever Jo Ro ever said. The author seems to have accepted the fact that Rogan is a bigot and it discusses where to go from there, which is a shame, but it's Vox so my expectations were low to begin with. |
Even though we are way less likely to be religious or affiliated with an organized religion than non-queer people, a majority of the queer community are either religious or spiritual (believe in a creator/creators.) I myself being religious as well.
Religious thought changes over time to reflect the society in which their followers live. What was once unacceptable in a religious doctrine/teaching could become acceptable and vice versa when society changes and the followers interpret it differently from before. For Catholicism, that's what the Reformation essentially was.
On the whole, religion isn't bad but when taken to the extreme and without humane rational thinking it can become incredibly dangerous.