please explain this possible discrepancy amongst right wing thought?

Question

I've heard conservatives and republicans say that the war in iraq and the war on terror is meant to win over the hearts of moderate muslims and bring democracy and freedom to arabs by liberating them from al-qaida and such. But ive read several posts at freerepublic.com, a popular conservative site where members call islam a religion of death and call arabs savage barbarians. Now, these are people who support the war...i'm not some radical left winger saying "see...this means that conservatives only want oil, or they only want to hasten the rapture/apocalypse", merely i am really wondering if there is a logical answer to why many people (it seems) hate arabs and muslims, yet support a war that Bush freely claims to be in the best interest of innocent muslim civilians. Our God is love. {(Their god is Hate.............. 3 posted on 01/15/2007 12:20:06 PM PST by Red Badger)} that, in brackets, is an example of a comment on freerepublic in reference to muslims.

Answer 1

Most conservatives do not feel that way about muslims. If we hated them, then why would we fight for them? You can't take the words of a few nut jobs and judge the whole group.

Answer 2

Truthfully, there's some truth in what they're saying as the Koran does indicate that non-believers are infidels and are subject to death if they don't convert, but there's stuff like that in the Old Testament as well. The thing is, how is modern civilization translating what they read. That outrageous Fred Phelps is right in that the Bible considers Homosexuality a sin, but that doesn't mean he has the right to send his followers to military funerals to be disruptive. The bottom line is that the Muslims are as diverse as any other religion and the strict fundamentalists are not the majority on either side. Most Conservatives are unhappy that the Moderate Muslims have not spoken out against the fundamentalists with a strong voice.

Answer 3

I think part of the problem is that the issues of religion and ethnicity has gotten woven together. As with any religion, there are those that are peaceful and those that are extremist to the point of killing for their God. All Muslims are not extremists and all extremists are not Muslims. Enter politicians into the mix and it gets even more murky. Politicians from both sides have used whatever information they can to support their claims and win people over to their side of thinking. It doesn't even matter how small the little tidbit is in the beginning. it is manipulated to the cause. I am not over there in their country, but it seems most Arabs support the freedom that is being fought for. The women and children do want freedom and education, but they also want to maintain their Muslim faith without outside interference. Once they achieve the freedom, they will have to continue to combat the extremists that took over their countries to begin with. To me, the statement you quoted above, is an example of domestic extremism. It is trying to compartmentalize things and make it too simple. There are a lot of people of the Muslim faith and they are not all worshipping in the spirit of hate. Religion is a sticky point in any situation because it comes down to how it is interpreted either by believers or detractors.

Answer 4

A radical opinion either way is not a good opinion. I lean conservative, yet people that are hard headed/right wing fanatics I can't stand. I don't agree with liberal/left wing either, though. But I do believe that if a person is unwilling to listen to the other side, which is like all radicals of either side, then they generaly cause more problems than they'll ever solve. I suggest getting your facts from some other website than a place dominated by fanatics.

Answer 5

Well, you're going to get that. Especially at the freep. They are the right-wing fringe like KOS is the left-wing fringe. It's best to just ignore them.

They do not speak for all or even most Republicans, just a tiny percentage of them.

Should I take all the liberal spewings here about how Bush should be hanged or killed and say this applies to all left-wingers?

I'd be leery of charging all people with the thinking of a few.

Answer 6

Given that the Koran tells Muslims to "convert the non-believer or kill them" and that the "world ends when all the non-believers are converted or killed", is it hard to understand the posts?

When so-called 'radical' Muslims commit acts of terror, where is the outrage of so-called Muslim 'leadership'? It's definitely lacking and pretty much confirms the notion that the goal of Islam isn't acceptance of others, it's global domination.

Answer 7

Conservative/Republican is not a monolith. Some esp Neocons (I differ with many Neocons on this) believe that democratization will bring about peace. Others, farther to the right, believe that Islam is inherently violent. I tend to agree with the latter point of view based on current events. I don't see "moderate" Muslim leaders stepping up to condemn the violence being perpetrated in the name of Islam.

Answer 8

I wouldn't call it a "possible discrepancy". Bush and his junta are lying to the general public about the reasons for their racist war. FreeRepublic is a fascist web site where the truth comes out.

Answer 9

Not all conservatives are religious. Besides no one in his right mind wishes ill on any people.

Answer 10

Right-wingers have so many slogans to back up the drivel that they say that they don't realize that most of the time they are contradicting themselves.