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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
He most certainly did not come across as a fundamentalist in almost all ways. He backed up every statement with reasons and justifications which to many would have seemed quite reasonable.
But you're right, it was an exercise in EXTREME patience (the .38 on his belt probably had something to do with that though).
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In my experience with American fundamentalists that they also back up every statement with reasons and justifications. I once spent several hours trapped with a rather sinister and scary American who proceeded to explain to me, in detail, how America is a country for Christians and that all gays, jews and muslims need to be converted or deported. This was in california which I am led to believe is one of the most liberal American states.
I think everyone can come up with personal, negaive experiences of other religions, hell i can tell a few tales of aggressive zionists (I walked into a few of them in oxford once saying that the palestinians where animals and should be wiped out).
But as I said the vast majority of people, of any faith, just want to be left alone to live their lives. The problem is these people don't attract attention, they just go about their lives like the rest of us. The minority who preach violence and fundamentalism get all the screen time and so people associate them as the majority.