US Politics on Yik Yak | I think Conservative Islam is as much a threat to secular democracy as the Southern Baptist Nationalists and it makes no sense why other liberals don’t see how similar those two groups are

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I think Conservative Islam is as much a threat to secular democracy as the Southern Baptist Nationalists and it makes no sense why other liberals don’t see how similar those two groups are

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justinian

Leftists, repost with your most Right wing opinions Right wingers, repost with your most Leftist opinions

Anonymous 6d

I mean, group like the Taliban and Al-Qaeda have engaged in armed resistance. That’s a big diff in between South Baptists and Islam Fundies.

Anonymous 6d

wdym by conservative islam? do you mean “radical islamists” (who aren’t actually muslims btw, they just use islamic ideology to justify terror)

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Anonymous 6d

All fundies are a threat to democracy, but one of them is actually elected into power rn

Anonymous

#1 6d

no, conservative Islam as in Muslims in large numbers that may not be violent, but would vote and protest for causes similar to conservative Southern Baptists in the deep South

Anonymous

OP 6d

when have you ever seen conservative muslims in large numbers in America protest for causes similar to conservative southern baptists in the deep south

Anonymous

#1 6d

Michigan, though I intended this to include all secular liberal democracies in the world

Anonymous

OP 6d

can you give me a specific protest in michigan? and also did you mean conservative as in “right wing” muslims, or conservative as in devout?

Anonymous

OP 6d

i say this all to say that i think this is a bit of a false equivalency. christian nationalism operates from a position of majority power, shaping u.s. law and institutions directly, while muslim communities in secular democracies are minorities without comparable political leverage. one is a hegemonic project actively eroding secular norms; the other is often invoked through securitized framings rather than institutional reality.

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OP 6d

even when conservative religious groups from different traditions temporarily align on issues like opposing lgbtq rights or book bans, the underlying dynamics remain asymmetrical. christian nationalism represents a majority movement with deep institutional power, while muslim communities in western democracies lack that leverage. moments of convergence shouldn’t be mistaken for equivalent threats to secular democracy, it just obscures power dynamics and fuels stereotypes.