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zeek · 11-23-2017, 05:48 AM

Here's a reply I made recently to a friend who posted a Facebook meme proposing that we call Evangelicals the "American Taliban."

"The author contradicts himself by saying at one point that not all evangelicals are extremists and then concluding that evangelicals are the American Taliban. The Taliban are Muslim extremists. It's a similar overgeneralization whereby all Muslims are prejudged because of the extremism of a minority among them. I interact with Evangelicals everyday. Their political opinions run the gamut from right to left. Our country is polarized in way that is creating social dysfunction. Stereotyping like the author engages in are misleading. It's a false equivalency. Evangelicals in general are not extremists like the Taliban. So the meme's proposition is false."

11-23-2017, 05:48 AM	#11
zeek Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 4,223	Re: Politics and the Church Here's a reply I made recently to a friend who posted a Facebook meme proposing that we call Evangelicals the "American Taliban." "The author contradicts himself by saying at one point that not all evangelicals are extremists and then concluding that evangelicals are the American Taliban. The Taliban are Muslim extremists. It's a similar overgeneralization whereby all Muslims are prejudged because of the extremism of a minority among them. I interact with Evangelicals everyday. Their political opinions run the gamut from right to left. Our country is polarized in way that is creating social dysfunction. Stereotyping like the author engages in are misleading. It's a false equivalency. Evangelicals in general are not extremists like the Taliban. So the meme's proposition is false." __________________ Ken Gemmer- Church in Detroit, Church in Fort Lauderdale, Church in Miami 1973-86