re: Why Are SJW's and Feminists Largely Silent Regarding Muslim Violence?

I get your point, and it's salient to a degree, but I kinda feel like demanding condemnations like this is a bit of a cheap shot.

I'm certain if asked they would condemn violence against women in Islamic states just as they would in Western ones. But their battles are closer to home. It's kinda like asking why Republicans are largely silent regarding the existence of a massive welfare state in Europe or political repressions in China; sure, we don't like it, and we speak out about it sometimes, but it's just not directly our problem to combat, and people pushing us to make some kind of point against it feels... insincere somehow. Like they're distracting from the discourse by demanding some condemnation of something not immediately relevant to the issues we care about here at home.

I'd rather just not play the condemnation game, because it turns so quickly into a massive gotcha mess on both sides in lieu of real discussion.

Now, where I think there's a salient point to be had is in comparing the condemnation at home to condemnation abroad, and there's something to it. Forgive me if I don't find Romney's binders-full-of-women comment particularly upsetting, y'know? Not that we should rest on our laurels in being better than most of the world in treating women well, but if that's the worst we're doing, I'm not feeling especially bad about where we're at.

But let's please not play this condemnation game, it mostly exists to distract from discussion about the issues themselves and the values underlying solutions to those issues.