"I mean I don't write notes or anything like that. I always just go with what I've been thinking about. I'm just so offended by it. And what I should have said-which I think all the time is: How is hating all Muslims better than hating all Jews? And the answer, obviously, is it's not. And does that mean hating their children? Do we have to hate their children? I guess we do? Their ancestors, their grandchildren? The whole thing is disgusting."
"I think what got me thinking about this topic in the first place were the constant references one hears to Western civilization, the defense of the West. You know, "I'm a defender of Western civilization." And then you think like, what is Western civilization? What are we defending? What are you talking about? And it strikes me that having traveled an awful lot in my life, the main difference between East and West is the belief in the individual human soul,"
Judging people as individuals rather than as members of identity groups is asserted as a moral necessity. Collective hatred and group-based punishment, including rising Islamophobia, are condemned as morally repulsive and unjust. Christians are reminded that doctrinally they should not hate whole peoples, nor hold children or descendants accountable for others' actions. The distinctiveness of Western civilization is linked to a belief in the individual human soul derived from Christianity, which prohibits collective punishment. Preserving individual dignity and refusing to punish groups collectively are presented as central to upholding Western social and moral order.
Read at The American Conservative
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