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Social justie whack-a-do defending Islam
October 13, 2014 at 1:15 pm
Had this conversation on facebook today:
http://imgur.com/a/GjhRR#fLD95RZ
The general idea is this: misogyny is wrong, especially the extreme misogyny in the middle east. But if you ever mention a link between that misogyny and Islam, you're guilty of horrible Islamophobia.
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RE: Social justie whack-a-do defending Islam
October 13, 2014 at 2:57 pm
I'm an islamophobe, deal with it
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RE: Social justie whack-a-do defending Islam
October 13, 2014 at 3:24 pm
Seems like Winnie had a point.
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RE: Social justie whack-a-do defending Islam
October 13, 2014 at 3:36 pm
I love how she told me I couldn't criticize Islam because I'm not a Muslim.
According to that logic, unless you're a Nazi, you can't criticize the Third Reich.
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RE: Social justie whack-a-do defending Islam
October 13, 2014 at 5:07 pm
Maybe if you rephrased it as Islamic fundamentalism? Most Muslims don't live in the Middle East and although plenty of those are misogynist too, plenty aren't...at least, not more so than the average male American.
Though I strongly doubt you are an actual Islamophobe. If I were doing a 'You might be an Islamophobe bit, the questions would go along these lines:
If you think Muslims should be prevented from immigrating in order to protect the Constitution.
If you think less than 2% of the population is going to institute Shariah law in America in the nesxt 20 years.
If you think the next war on Muslim extremists can be shortened to a week by dipping our bullets in pig blood and advertising it.
If you think so-called 'moderate Muslims' are practicing taqiyya.
If you think the president is secretly a Muslim.
If you think Islam is not really a religion but a political system disguised as a religion.
I would be very surprised if any of that describes you, TaraJo.
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RE: Social justie whack-a-do defending Islam
October 13, 2014 at 5:17 pm
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(October 13, 2014 at 5:07 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Maybe if you rephrased it as Islamic fundamentalism? Most Muslims don't live in the Middle East and although plenty of those are misogynist too, plenty aren't...at least, not more so than the average male American.
Though I strongly doubt you are an actual Islamophobe. If I were doing a 'You might be an Islamophobe bit, the questions would go along these lines:
If you think Muslims should be prevented from immigrating in order to protect the Constitution.
If you think less than 2% of the population is going to institute Shariah law in America in the nesxt 20 years.
If you think the next war on Muslim extremists can be shortened to a week by dipping our bullets in pig blood and advertising it.
If you think so-called 'moderate Muslims' are practicing taqiyya.
If you think the president is secretly a Muslim.
If you think Islam is not really a religion but a political system disguised as a religion.
I would be very surprised if any of that describes you, TaraJo.
The last one, kinda. I think Islam is a religious system that asks for a specific kind of government. I mean, the religious leader of Muslims, Mohammed, very specifically started an Islamic state and his followers have a habit of doing the same thing. Fortunately, the only place where there is a high enough percentage of Muslims for this to happen is in the middle east and some parts of Africa. I don't worry in the slightest that there's going to be Sharia law here in the US. Hell, I worry more about Jewish law being instituted in the US than I do Sharia law.
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RE: Social justie whack-a-do defending Islam
October 13, 2014 at 5:22 pm
(October 13, 2014 at 5:07 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: If I were doing a 'You might be an Islamophobe bit, the questions would go along these lines:
If you think the next war on Muslim extremists can be shortened to a week by dipping our bullets in pig blood and advertising it.
This one sounds like a good idea - Why is it an indication of Islamophobia instead of Muslim's swinophopia?
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RE: Social justie whack-a-do defending Islam
October 13, 2014 at 5:22 pm
I've been told to imitate Muhammad because he's the greatest person ever → he went to heaven → I'll like to go to heaven if I imitate him
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RE: Social justie whack-a-do defending Islam
October 13, 2014 at 5:24 pm
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(October 13, 2014 at 5:17 pm)TaraJo Wrote: The last one, kinda. I think Islam is a religious system that asks for a specific kind of government. I mean, the religious leader of Muslims, Mohammed, very specifically started an Islamic state and his followers have a habit of doing the same thing. Fortunately, the only place where there is a high enough percentage of Muslims for this to happen is in the middle east and some parts of Africa. I don't worry in the slightest that there's going to be Sharia law here in the US. Hell, I worry more about Jewish law being instituted in the US than I do Sharia law.
If it makes you feel any better, out of 46 countries with clear Muslim majorities, about 20 of them have secular governments, and probably a handful of them are fairly decently run. In particular, former Soviet satellites like Albania and Kazakhstan are pretty secular, though I don't think that's the best way to accomplish it.
Muslims don't have to be Islamist, as much as the Islamists like to try to convince them otherwise.
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RE: Social justie whack-a-do defending Islam
October 13, 2014 at 5:29 pm
(October 13, 2014 at 5:22 pm)genkaus Wrote: (October 13, 2014 at 5:07 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: If I were doing a 'You might be an Islamophobe bit, the questions would go along these lines:
If you think the next war on Muslim extremists can be shortened to a week by dipping our bullets in pig blood and advertising it.
This one sounds like a good idea - Why is it an indication of Islamophobia instead of Muslim's swinophopia?
Hmm.... would I rather live next to a pig sty or a mosque? Tough question. I imagine the pigs are quieter. The don't do all that howling five times a day.
Then again, I wouldn't want to live downwind....from either.
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