Religion
In reply to the discussion: Reza Aslan Made the Worst Case For Religion On The Daily Show [View all]MellowDem
(5,018 posts)Identifying with a horrible belief system, even supporting it, and yet not having to be held accountable for the terrible beliefs.
Reza is amongst the most prolific of those defending and spreading the privilege. Of course it's great for him to define religion to suit his privilege, because then he doesn't have to answer for all the putrid shit his religion explicitly says and all the putrid shit done in name of said beliefs.
Reza's view of religion just screams entitlement and privilege. He wants to be seen as a liberal nice guy while identifying with a hateful conservative belief system.
I want to hold people like Reza accountable for identifying with such belief systems. If they can't give up their privilege, they don't get to ignore what their belief system says. It's people like Reza that are protecting hateful ideas from vigorous criticism.