Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by newfriend on Friday December 11, 2020 @08:59PM
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Islam isn't a race. If you criticize Christianity, or Hinduism, or Buddhism, or yes, even Islamism, you aren't being racist.
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Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by rayiner on Saturday December 12, 2020 @01:17AM
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This is mostly true but the three religions you mention aren’t parallel in this respect. Apostasy in Islam is (typically) defined as someone who leaves Islam after being born into a Muslim family or previously accepting Islam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy_in_Islam. So it’s not a race or ethnicity, but in a theological and practical sense people are “born Muslim.” Put differently, separation of ethnic group, language, and religion are less well-defined in many parts of the world than it is among people of European descent.
Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by skolsuper on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:08AM
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You left a certain major world religion off your list that counters your argument... Accident?
Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by skinnymuch on Saturday December 12, 2020 @01:09AM
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The poster meant bigoted. This is pedantic.
Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by maccard on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:42AM
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I did. Thank you.
Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by skinnymuch on Monday December 14, 2020 @07:45PM
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Hah people correcting racism on a technicality but not at all addressing the bigotry issue is a personal pet peeve of mine. Anti intellectual in my humble opinion