RE: Voltaire on Islam
June 16, 2016 at 9:15 am
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2016 at 9:20 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Voltaire, in that, opined greatly upon the ideology of islam (which isn't a race)..and yes, he added a little bigoted flourish about turks. The quoted bits from Ghandi were nothing -other- than casually bigoted remarks and pleas for racial privilege.......
Someone being a racist, or in both cases being considered..to be generous, a product of their time...does not mean that their positions can be waved away or disparaged upon that basis. Ghandi was a racist shithead who didn;t think much of black people, and he was other nasty things as well...but he had a point about british occupation, eh? Voltaire was a racist shithead who didn't think much of turks, but what do you think regarding his opinion -of islam-?
Someone being a racist, or in both cases being considered..to be generous, a product of their time...does not mean that their positions can be waved away or disparaged upon that basis. Ghandi was a racist shithead who didn;t think much of black people, and he was other nasty things as well...but he had a point about british occupation, eh? Voltaire was a racist shithead who didn't think much of turks, but what do you think regarding his opinion -of islam-?
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