RE: Ask Your Favorite Muslim
October 5, 2016 at 8:36 am
(This post was last modified: October 5, 2016 at 8:36 am by Excited Penguin.)
(October 3, 2016 at 5:19 am)LastPoet Wrote:(October 3, 2016 at 5:12 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: Would you stop it with the double standard because he's Muslim? It's disgusting and bigoted of you.
EP, we know Rayaan for a long time. He has been a just Admin on this site and we are not having a double standard. We know he's muslim but the best muslim evar™. The only thing is that he needs to smile more.
Please do not escalate this into one of your dramas. This is not about you so peace dude.
I wasn't being dramatic in the least. As far as I knew, I was merely having a conversation about his religious views. Him being nice doesn't prevent me from criticising his stated beliefs, nor should it. That's precisely the kind of double standard I was talking about, though it seems to take another form with you.
One has to be able to distinguish between criticism of one's ideas and criticism of one's character. I wasn't engaged in the latter and you'd know that perfectly well if you cared enough to look past your own bias against my character.
Anyway, if it wasn't perfectly clear, I like and respect Rayaan as a person, that's beside the point however and it shouldn't be stated over and over again. That's disrespectful in itself, I think. Rather, I respect him enough to be able to point out any disagreements I have with him openly.
Sorry for giving the appearance of precipitating a derail, however. Rayaan hasn't responded to my initial replies, so it seems this discussion came to a halting stop even before it began.
Have a nice day, now, everyone. Carry on as if nothing happened, if you please.
