I'm not sure how criticism of of Islam can be seen as racism since Islam is not a race. However, it could be seen as Islamophobic, depending on how it is delivered.
So people don't like Islam and don't want it here. Giving it a negative term like "Islamophobia" is disingenuous, regardless of how the criticism is delivered.
I've noticed that despite some of his posts, no one calls Cliffy a Christophobe. And why? Because that would be f*cking dumb.
Religion is a choice. Just like political ideology. I don't like Dippers. I find most of them incapable of anything but knee-jerk emotional thought and wouldn't know logic or reasoning if it a$$raped them. Does that make me Dipophobic?
Yet if I said something equally critical about Muslims I'd be outright labeled for it. If I said something equally critical about Christians there might be a handful of people who would defend them but the usual gang of idiots wouldn't be tossing around terms like "racist" or "bigot" at me.
I don't like onions. In fact I hate them. They are disgusting, revolting things and I don't want 'em anywhere near me. I guess that makes me an Alliophobe.
Obviously not. Phobias are irrational fears. Not everyone who dislikes Islam does so for irrational reasons. I've met many people through the years from the Middle-East. The vast majority were not Muslims. Some became good friends, some others owned businesses I regularly frequented and at one point I even worked for an Iranian family. Most of them were solid. Admittedly my experience with Muslims from the Mid-East is rather less but for the most part, my interactions with them have left me singularly unimpressed. Although to be fair, there's no shortage of people from all religions and ethnicities that have left me feeling that way so, take what you want from that.
A while back I was having some fun ragging on Blackleaf, calling him an Anglo-Saxon dog. It wasn't personal or anything I was just trying to point out the difference between racism and bigotry. I freely admitted I'm a bigot but I never explained why, so this is as good a place as any. I hate
everybody equally. That includes White people. I learned a long, long time ago that people who appear to be friendly aren't necessarily all that friendly. So I decided to hate everyone except individuals who have been able to demonstrate they're not some self-serving, totally self-absorbed jackwad.
Sonny, as soon as you develop something faintly resembling a functioning intellect, come on back and we'll have a debate. Right now debating you is like slapping a crying baby............abuse of someone unable to defend themselves.
"RACE is a social construct."
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Well, I hate to say it but he's quite correct. The concept of "race" is a 17th century European social construct. The fact is there is only one race of humans currently alive. There have been 4 races of humans; Denisovans, Cro-Magnon, Neanderthal and us. All 4 species or "races" are Homo Sapiens.
Every single person on the planet who isn't African can trace their lineage all the way back to the 1st modern humans that left Africa and began settling the rest of the world. Hence, there is only one race of humans currently living.
