A letter to all the armchair revolutionaries
Armchair revolutionaries are a subset of keyboard warriors and are recognised by their virtue signalling in a very particular way...
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Dear armchair revolutionary:
I see your tweets about Muslim leaders. I see what you say about Muslim countries.
I can’t ignore what you say about Muslims in general.
But I’m going to give you the benefit of doubt. Maybe you’re right when you call other Muslims cowards and hypocrites.
Maybe you have it all figured out so why wouldn’t you say things like:
“Muslim armies obey their western masters”
“Muslim armies are more faithful to their nationality than they are to Islam”
“Muslims don’t fight because they are cowards”
“[Muslim country] doesn’t attack Israel because they are hypocrites”
I’m going to agree with you—for the sake of argument. But I need you to meet me in the middle:
When you're all done blaming Muslims… please submit your detailed action plan on what they should be doing instead. Reports on the groundwork you've already done or are in the process of doing are optional but highly desirable.
And I mean detailed.
Let’s go over your plans together. I’m ready to follow you into battle.
I want to know your detailed requirements for fitness and work capacity. I’m assuming it’s at least on par or surpasses the standard held by the military regimes you plan to fight.
I want to know what infrastructure you have in place to support your plan. Logistics, resources, funds, of course, and how you’re implementing your economic strategy for this fight.
I want to know how many men you have. I understand you can’t go into details. But a rough picture of what we’re working with for this noble jihad would be great…
Do I sound demanding?
I’m sorry. I just assumed they say all these things because they’re serious about this fight—and because the rest of the Muslims they criticise simply aren’t as clued up or prepared as they are.
And they’re not alone.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume at least 1 million able bodied Muslim men are saying these things online—daily.
It’s probably more actually. Especially when you count all the public retweets and private nods of approval.
That’s an army right there!
And I wasn’t joking. Every time I’m confronted with these types… I ask the same two questions. And I invite you to do the same.
“I am willing to agree with you if you can answer the following:
What is your detailed action plan?
What groundwork have you already put into action?
I’m ready to listen to what you have in place so I can decide to help you—or even join you.”
Then watch. Silently. Watch them avoid your questions.
P.S.
I honestly don’t want Muslims to feel stuck. What if they could have a real plan in place? In the next email, I’m going to give a rudimentary example using goal setting principles to suggest what Muslims who hold these attitudes can do to genuinely back their words up (I said “able bodied Muslim Men” for a reason).
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