Fnord wrote:
TheExodus wrote:
Lukeda420 wrote:
TheExodus wrote:
:hail: Sye Ten Atheist's videos are always gold. I've been feeling depressed all day, this certainly cheered my up.
Barchan wrote:
The thinly-veiled racism in this video is kind of disturbing.
Last I checked, Islam wasn't a race.
With Islam racism is often mixed in with religious bigotry.
I don't believe in religious bigotry. Critical ideas on religion is hardly bigoted.
Critical ideas IN religion are often bigoted, however, and Islam is no exception - sexism, racism, and hatred of other religions are hallmarks of Islam and other religions.
I don't disagree with you on that.
Lukeda420 wrote:
TheExodus,
Yes but there are a lot of people who have an irrational fear or hatred of people just because they belong to a particular religion. That is what I'm referring to when I say religious bigotry.
Oh yes, I know that does happen a lot. Though I think the issue is that most people criticise a religion and are instantly labelled bigoted for doing so.
Hopper wrote:
TheExodus wrote:
:hail: Sye Ten Atheist's videos are always gold. I've been feeling depressed all day, this certainly cheered my up.
Barchan wrote:
The thinly-veiled racism in this video is kind of disturbing.
Last I checked, Islam wasn't a race.
Race's aren't a race either, in the sense of racism. Rather, they are first racialised. The same happens with a lot of popular anti-Islamic imagery.
Race as defined in the Oxford English dictionary;
"Each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics"Since Islam is an ideology, you can't be racist towards it.
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