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minus-squareBaardFigur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·edit-27 months ago That position requires a willful ignorance of the difference between a religious symbol and a religious practice. It’s not about you any more. You’re wearing a uniform, and religion is not a part of it. You’re representing the law, not yourself.
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoWhy didn’t you address their point? The flag has a cross on it
minus-squareBaardFigur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·7 months agoIt’s a part of our history, imagine that. Islam isn’t
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-27 months agoI see. Well thanks for confirming some things I have always suspected about Christianity in general and European Christianity in particular.
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months ago“We can’t allow distinctive religious or cultural symbols representing the state!” “What about that one right there?” “Well, obviously that one is allowed. It’s a part of who we are!”
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoEmphasis on “we” Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
It’s not about you any more. You’re wearing a uniform, and religion is not a part of it. You’re representing the law, not yourself.
Why didn’t you address their point? The flag has a cross on it
It’s a part of our history, imagine that. Islam isn’t
I see.
Well thanks for confirming some things I have always suspected about Christianity in general and European Christianity in particular.
“We can’t allow distinctive religious or cultural symbols representing the state!”
“What about that one right there?”
“Well, obviously that one is allowed. It’s a part of who we are!”
Emphasis on “we”