• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There’s a Canadian politician I refuse to vote for because he’s seihk, wears the turban and religious regalia. Of course you get called racist, but I wouldn’t vote for a Jewish person in Orthodox garb, or a Christian carrying a Bible everywhere. It tells me that you put your religion above everything, even your constituents.

    Of course there’s an India/seihk scandal going on right now. Having a super religious seihk in power would have made that one a way bigger shit show.

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      1 year ago

      Perhaps start by learning how to spell Sikh before passing judgment on them.

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      I don’t understand what people think of when they read…

      If you’re too religious, you should not be a politician

      but it’s literally part of what you’re saying. Why the downvotes, because they’re naming specifics of what signals to them being too religious? Make it make sense, Lemmy.

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        It’s because adherence to religious dress codes is not a clear indicator of fundamentalism or evangelism. Women who choose to wear burkas, niqabs headscarves etc are not immediately downtrodden and subservient women who agree with religious sexism. A Sikh man choosing to wear a turban and not shave his body hair is not a clear indicator that he’s a fundamentalist in any way.

        Judge politicians by their words and actions, not by how they look. There are many religious zealots who wear simple suits and dresses.

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          You took the ACTION of putting on garb that says your religion is above everything else. I will judge you for that on the political field

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            You took the ACTION of putting on garb that says your religion is above everything else

            Incorrect assumption. A dominant religion in any given society will influence cultural and societal norms. Sometimes, perhaps even more often than not, the reason for wearing religious clothing is social conformity. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the wearer is a fundamentalist or even religious at all. There are even atheists who wear religious clothing just because the community they belong to excepts them to do so and they don’t want to stand out (applies to all genders). And that’s just one of several possible reasons other than the one you assumed to be the only possible explanation.

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              At the end of the day my argument is that I want politicians of any stripe or religion to leave their religion at the door. Anyone who puts their god’s will into their decision making process (which all religious people do) has no business in politics

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                That’s reasonable and I agree with that. I’m just pointing out that religious clothing doesn’t necessarily mean that that person will do what you fear. As Instigate points out, their words and actions are what matters and what we should be paying attention to.