Re:Facebook begins censoring images of prophet Muhammad
by TazeTSchnitzel on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @11:19AM
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And it's a fairly reasonable argument. The main purpose of publishing these images is to say "fuck you" to Islam. Sure, it's done to protest blasphemy laws and such, but Muslims don't see it as "fuck censorship". They see it as "we hate you".
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Re:Facebook begins censoring images of prophet Muhammad
by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @11:49AM
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>The main purpose of publishing these images is to say "fuck you" to Islam. //
If that were true it would still be entirely lawful (in USA) wouldn't it?
I'd certainly argue it's more about criticism of Islam than intention to offend. If you want to silence criticism that uses visualisation then proclaiming the central figures in your ideology to be unlawful to represent in imagery is a perfect way forward.