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[QUOTE=Ammi;9057143]...(sorry, I was making a thread and had to go to get dinner so I was a bit distracted there..)...but yeah, there really is no 'burred lines' with it at all in voicing opinions, concerns which are very relevant and valid...there will always be other perspectives to any opinions and any points..(especially on the more controversial topics..).. and all should equally be respected even if/when completely opposed to because opposing/differing opinions are really what debates are all about anyway... so we most definitely need them but we're all grown ups, we all know when we're being personal and we all create and are responsible for our own 'PC', no matter what any responses may be...because those responses aren't things that we can control but taking our own responsibilities for our own words and opinions etc..?.../nothing becomes blurred at all, it actually is the opposite and becomes clearer and easier to communicate ourselves...[/QUO

I feel that many Western countries,including America And Britain, became too focused on being the 'Bigger person' (more civilised) and have hence become too fearful of criticising certain religious groups and their practices within their own borders.

As a result they have failed to address the bigotry and prejudice going on within those groups toward others whilst at the same time preaching tolerance and understanding to the rest of us. Those buying into that, likely for the same reason, add insult to injury by having the nerve to insult those less blind to these blatant double-standards.

It comes down to people wanting to feel 'better than that' which to me suggests insecurity. If intolerance is wrong then it is wrong for everyone. I do not believe in one rule for one person/group and another for others. We get taken for mugs - probably deservedly so.

Part of Trumps appeal was his refusal to play this game and his willingness to call a spade a spade. After all he doesn't NEED a political career or fame and fortune, he already has all those things, he can afford to speak his mind. Quite a refreshing change. At least we know where we are with him.