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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
This business of attacking moderates for not speaking out more against extremists is not useful. I would suggest that attacking moderates for being on the side of terrorists does strengthen them, or induce them to speak out more. It does tend to lump them all together at a point when we ought to be finding ways to marginalize the extremists. And it's a sort of cheap talking point that the fighting keyboardists can use to prove how tough they are on terrorism. I agree that it would be a better world if the moderate Muslims spoke out more. If the question is, how do we strengthen moderates Muslims so that they will speak out more, I'm not sure what the right answer is, but I feel fairly comfortable that this isn't it.
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It's one thing to blame the silence of "moderates" on authoritarian governments.
But you are generally suggesting that moderates -- i.e., those opposed to targeting civilians, regardless of cause -- are devoid of power to speak out, even in the US or Britain -- right?
If so, think about what that really means.
