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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by hackuser on Thursday October 06, 2016 @10:13AM (#12652578)
There are people everywhere that say it and in poorer countries, I believe, that and other sanctioned violence generally is more common. I'd have to see some data to believe it's more than another ugly rumor, the kind that go with widespread prejudice, that such things are more common in Muslim communities. Certainly, these days, almost anything bad that can be associated with Islam is covered and is spun that way.

I would request a different cite than FrontPage Mag, which appears to put a large banner at the top of every page saying 'Inside every liberal is a totalitarian screaming to get out'.

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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by Chris2048 on Thursday October 06, 2016 @10:22AM (#12652643)
There is a big difference between a comment like that from some you-tube troll, and from a religious leader or imam/cleric.
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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by hackuser on Thursday October 06, 2016 @11:56AM (#12653496)
Definitely. But religious leaders in the West say such things too. I was looking for another video I once saw as an example, but this list should be familiar:

https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=preacher%20gay%2...

There are wackos everywhere, in every religion and town and country. When it's in our world, we have the cultural knowledge to know how much threat they really represent. When we see "Iranian Imam says ...", is that the equivalent of the Pope? Some fringe but powerful archbishop? A broad consensus? The strip mall preacher?

And not just fringe people but American leaders say hateful things, from mayors to governors to a guy who has a serious chance of being elected president.

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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by Chris2048 on Thursday October 06, 2016 @04:12PM (#12655685)
Maybe we lack the context in many cases, but do we not know Iran to be a place where such thoughts have legs?

I don't have much love for the pope either, but I feel that he at least has some political restrictions in west.

> American leaders say hateful things, from mayors to governors to a guy who has a serious chance of being elected president

Trump seems to be a little different from past candidates though, and "American leaders say hateful things" lacks magnitude - what percentage of leaders, and how was this perceived? For most, even the impression of racism is a career ender, and they are under a great deal of scrutiny.

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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by frozenport on Thursday October 06, 2016 @12:09PM (#12653621)
The real lesson is that all extant religions are bad :-)
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