If this had been five Christians standing guard outside that synagogue, and I had said they were more Christian than any Christian (except themselves), it would have passed virtually without comment,
You know that how? I for one would have found it comment worthy, given all the many ways and times many other Christians have come to the aide of those of different faiths who have been attacked in this country. (As I pointed out earlier)
You might want to think about why panties got twisted when the individuals in question were not Christian, but Muslim.
Yeah, because I have such a track record for being anti-Muslim, and not praising Muslims who come to the aid of those outside their faith when they've been attacked...
Oh wait, I'm the guy who posted this:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19181&p=262223&hili ... ue#p262223
(In a follow-up to a post of
yours)
There are of course ways in which you
could have had this pass "virtually without comment"...
You
could have chosen to qualify your statement in a way that didn't create a broad brush attack on all Christians...
You could have said something like "More Christian than many so-called Christians"...
Or : " More Christian than a lot of people who think of themselves as Christians"...
Or any of numerous other constructions I could think of ...
But you chose not to do that....
And now, rather than stopping and thinking (something you are happily advising others to do) about whether or not the use of the word "any" was appropriate or well advised in the context you used it, (and perhaps conceding that it might not have been, and then moving on) you've chosen to try and create tortured rationalizations to justify it, and then try throw those who have criticized you for it on the defensive by unfairly impugning their motives without any justification whatsoever for doing so.
Instead of simply admitting what seems fairly obvious (that your use of the word "any" created an unfairly over-broad characterization) and putting this in the rear view mirror, you seem to have decided to borrow rube's hole digging shovel...