I was explaining specifically how the Muslim people who I’m close to have been feeling these past 38 days, because I felt like the thread had got to place that wasn’t productive for anyone. There was a shit tonne of anti-Muslim hate, so I was explaining why some may be kicking back on the thread as a whole.
I should probably put the disclaimer that the Muslims that I’m drawing reference from in my previous post do also include atheists, but their parents have hailed from Muslim-majority countries, but I referred to them all as Muslims as I didn’t want to make my post to be too convoluted.
Separately, most of the Jewish people that I’m close to are definitely more culturally than religiously Jewish, but I’ve eaten more Iftar dinners and Shabbat dinners than I can count, so I get best of both worlds nonetheless.
So of course it isn’t just for Muslims, or a default position for them, and I don’t actually feel that it’s a religious issue, it is a march for peace.
For some people, however, they don’t feel that the march will achieve anything politically but they attend anyway because they want to come together with others and feel a sense of togetherness in a time of sorrow and exhaustion. This is very human, so applies to anyone who has been affected.
In my own life, it’s the Muslim and Jewish people that I’m close to that are affected most right now. I was writing from that perspective. They feel what’s happening as if it were happening to them. I was trying to remind Truly of that.
Another disclaimer, though: I’m fully aware that my own experience isn’t representative of the whole, especially as the people closest to me also happen to be either Muslim and/or Jewish mostly, but we all write things based on our own life experiences.
I think that @Trulywonderful definitely understood what my post was trying to do and I appreciated her thoughtful response.