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Originally Posted by Alf

Cherie, you should try taking negative about Christians and Jesus Christ, they'll all be on your side then.

Or talk negatively about the Royal Family and the Royalists, and they'll all be your best friend and join in with you.

But Islam is a no go. It's top of the league in the prejudice hierarchy (at the moment). It trumps every other.

Trump and his supporters are fair game for a bashing, try that one.

Is better Christian integration needed to reduce crime?

Is better integration of the Royal family needed to reduce crime?

Is better integration of Trump supporters needed for anything at all?

This is not about "defending Muslims" it's about seeking a solution to a problem. Do I have any particular desire to defend Islam? No, I think it's as bonkers as any other organised religion, and I'd rather live in a world where all people would give all of them up and exist without the fantasies.

But we don't live in that world, there are problems, there are subcultures, there are violent gangs that develop in those subcultures, and doggedly demanding the right to "SAY ANGRY STUFF ABOUT THAT!" despite the fact that it increases and feeds into segregation and therefore makes things WORSE not BETTER, is petty, and selfish, childish and stupid. What does it do? What possible use is it to anyone? It's just saying "well I think that thing is bad and I want to whinge about it and I don't care what the consequences are because it's my right to flap my gums".