@ReasonOnFaith @AtheistRepublic @ArminNavabi Noble words. Now,if only I saw u actually DOING so. Where’ve u been for the Uigers or Rohingya?
— katherine mellow (@katydid_alot)
Most people sharing opinions on Twitter are not paid journalists or paid activists. Many sites and organizational twitter accounts are merely collections of volunteers.
I imagine that you yourself do not raise the loudspeaker on every single injustice going on in our world right now. It is physically impossible to do. The first place we can start however, are with noble intentions and convictions, wouldn’t you agree? Any one individual has a finite capacity. As a collective, it indeed would be great if every cause could get some tangible help. Who would argue with that?
I don’t know you, but I would think that if you wanted to truly bring attention to a cause that you felt was underserved, you’d not come out swinging with blame at strangers on Twitter. Rather, you’d reach out politely to raise awareness and ask for help in spreading awareness. If you cared for your cause — the Uigers or Rohingya — you’d be building bridges with new people instead of slamming them.
Looking at your Twitter profile blurb, I can’t help but get the impression that your only aim is to antagonize those you see as atheists and anti-theists. Full stop.
The Uigers or Rohingya don’t matter to you — or you simply don’t understand how destructive your actions are for your purported causes.
If you actually followed the works and twitter feeds of myself, Armin Navabi or Eiynah — all of us ex-Muslim, you’d see the repeated mantra of no bigotry and of no support for the fascist right. And that’s just a small fraction of the many ex-Muslims who feel this way. I suspect you’re following a few vocal bigots to the exclusion of the rest of us, and drawing conclusions from your own echo chamber.
Careful that you don’t begin to embody the very prejudice you claim to be against.
Incidentally, what are you DOING for religious minorities in Pakistan? I’m talking about Christians and Ahmadi Muslims, for example? Or the Christian minorities in the middle east?
Don’t throw out rhetorical questions you cannot yourself answer.