lowtech redneck
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Still, this isnt Egypt or Jordan its typoC so instead of telling people that their choices are illiberal/sharia or some other synymon for "wrong" or "evil" wouldnt it be a useful opportunity to open a dialogue with some questions? Otherwise what's the point of even posting?
She asked what people thought about the hijab, and their reasons for it-I provided that. The point being she is looking for feedback. (The first part of my post was simply a response to Gromit, who claimed that an opinion was offensive without explaining why she thought it was false, which is essentially a means of social intimidation). And I said that wearing the hijab correlates with illiberal interpretations of Islam, not that it is illiberal in itself. The implication is that many people will assume that she likely holds beliefs that she presumably does not, just as many people assume people with Confederate flags somewhere on their person or property hold racist beliefs. I also found it ironic, in that I have been in a similar position as her, but in this case the shoe is on the other foot (i.e. I would assume that a Muslim woman I don't know who chooses to wear the hijab likely adheres to illiberal-not to be confused with militant-interpretations of Islam).