Almost every day on FB I see people posting anti-Muslim memes and anti-Muslim comments mixed with 9-11 references in what I
guess is an effort to keep the flame of hatred alive and to give some kind of validity to the latest act
of Trump insanity in Iran. Well here's a dose of reality for everyone out there who perpetuates this kind of misinformation and propaganda. A history lesson
of sorts. First of all there are 1.9 billion people on this planet who identify as being Muslim. That means that just shy of 25%, yes almost 1/4 of the population of Earth is Muslim. If they are really the aggressors that these ignorant, keyboard warriors, (and certain members of the American government,) portray them to be Americans would be in a heap of trouble. No, the reality is that the majority of Muslims are peaceful people who just want to raise their families and live their lives in peace. It is just as incorrect and unfair to label all Muslims as terrorists as it would be to label all Christians as being KKK members or all white people as being white supremacists. There is and probably always will be radical extremists and no one should judge a whole religion, race or color on those who have extremists views. To do so makes you no better than the extremists themselves and also helps to set up exactly the scenario the extremists want.
But what about 9-11, they ask. "They" attacked our country! To that I say, no "they" didn't. This country was not attacked by The Muslim Religion. This
country was not attacked by the nation of Afghanistan. This country was
not attacked by the nation of Iraq. This country was not attacked by
the nation of Libya and this country was not attacked
by the nation of Iran. The reality is that on 9-11 a rag-tag band of 19 men, 15 of whom
came from our bosom-buddy, oil country ally Saudi Arabia, hijacked those
planes and flew them into those buildings. Their ringleader, who was
also from our bosom-buddy, oil country ally Saudia Arabia, had issues
with America because the beloved republican president, Ronald Reagan,
abandoned him on the battlefield in Afghanistan during the Soviet
invasion of that country. That is what happened. The reaction to that incident by the GW Bush administration was not only inaccurate and wrong, (as has been proven by the release of the so-called Afghanistan Papers,) it has caused a legacy of unfounded hatred and a destabilization of the entire world. By treating the events of 9-11 as a traditional act of war, as if we had been attacked by a nation and not by a small, rouge group of extremists, the American government has created the kind of hatred and terrorism they say they are trying to eliminate. And on the American side, the propaganda the government has been spewing out for nearly 20 years to support its' misguided campaign of war in the Middle East has caused our nation to raise an entire generation of blindly patriotic haters who don't have the intellectual capacity to question anything. From where I sit, all I see is a total cluster-fuck with no end in sight.
So to everyone I say take a step back and think about things. Don't be so quick to believe everything you are being told. Humans are capable of empathy and I encourage you to use that ability. Try to look at life through the eyes of others before you pass judgement. If you can't do that and you feel you must continue airing your prejudicial
views, comments and yes, your hatred then I have no respect for you and there is no place for you in my life.
