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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by reissbaker on Thursday May 02, 2019 @03:31PM (#19811742)
Farrakhan was banned for being a notorious anti-Semite; being black doesn't give you a free pass to incite hatred against Jews. This isn't a complex issue.
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by cat199 on Thursday May 02, 2019 @03:58PM (#19812100)
NOI (and by extension Farrakhan) is not simply 'anti semitic'.

They are black supremacist.

Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by cat199 on Thursday May 02, 2019 @09:39PM (#19814732)
To those critiquing without making counterpoint:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_Islam

"Critics have described the organization as being black supremacist[4] and antisemitic.[5][6][7] The Southern Poverty Law Center tracks the NOI as a hate group.[8][9] Its official newspaper is The Final Call. In 2007, the core membership was estimated to be between 20,000 and 50,000.[1]"

i'm not a kook or an extremist.

look up their theology and creation mythology/eschatology -

the teaching is that all humans descend from 'the afro asiatic blackman', that whites are devils that are spawned by a science project, other races were failed attempts at this experiment (aka the 'blacker' you are, the more 'pure' you are), and that at the end times the prophet elijah will circle the earth in a UFO and and destroy the 'devils' (aka white devils) and the nonbelievers and save the believers.

Malcom X left NOI specifically when he undertook the Haaj and realized it had nothing to do with actual Islam, which, separate point, I also disagree with, but that's a separate topic, and at least it isn't a racist religion. This is likely (at least part of) why he was assassinated.

and yes, antisemitism fits in as a part of this belief system.

but to categorize the group as only 'antisemitic'

is to do a disservice to the general level of divisive, racist drivel that they promote against all humanity, including africans and african americans (by encouraging belief in this nonsense).

Facts.

but yes, facebook banning them is also just as silly. but if they are banning them, it should be for the wider racism, and not just one among many (antisemitism).

Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by reissbaker on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:15PM (#19813040)
Nope: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/indi...

To quote:

"Farrakhan blames Jews for the slave trade, plantation slavery, Jim Crow, sharecropping and general black oppression. Farrakhan’s tone grew more belligerent in June 2010, when he sent letters to several leaders of the Jewish community as well as the Southern Poverty Law Center demanding that they acknowledge the evils they have perpetrated and that they work to further Farrakhan’s goals. The letter ended with a threat to “ruin and destroy your power and influence here and throughout the world” if his terms were not met."

Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by DuskStar on Thursday May 02, 2019 @06:08PM (#19813450)
I think cat199's point was that Farrakhan isn't just 'anti semitic'. There's quite a lot wrong with the NOI besides that.
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by reissbaker on Thursday May 02, 2019 @06:13PM (#19813484)
Oh, I misunderstood then. Yeah, there's a lot there.
Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by egwynn on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:21PM (#19813090)
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. They don’t necessarily self-describe with those exact words, but it’s not by any means a stretch based on the org’s teachings.