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Are you an Islamophobe?
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RE: Are you an Islamophobe?
(March 13, 2015 at 10:07 am)Ben Davis Wrote:
(March 13, 2015 at 9:30 am)Dystopia Wrote: I was mostly kidding, though at least in my country most of the political left is in favour of Islam and banning "hate speech" about Islam. Look Ben, a generalization would be assuming that all left wing liberals are pro being politically correct of Islam, but it isn't if I'm saying that most of them are very defensive of Muslims for being a minority, something that is true. In Europe, left politicians blame Charlie Hebdo on the failure of European governments to integrate Muslims in society. I don't think liberals in AF are a good sample of liberals (left or right wing) because most liberals are really tolerant of religion
I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek too. 'Many a truth spoken in jest' and all that. Sure, there are liberals who hold the position you're claiming but there are plenty who don't. Here in the UK, liberals are generally tolerant of people not ideologies. For example, our political left publically blamed the terrorists and their version of Islam for the CH shootings; even the MCB and ISB did't try to deflect the heat with claims that CH brought it on themselves. In counter-point to that is Sweden's recent legislation banning certain types of criticism of Islam (under the guise of counter-anti-immigration laws).
Indeed Sweden is a bad example, a politician was arrested a few years ago for speaking "badly" about immigrants.

Politicians do what's convenient, your political left probably wants votes from both moderate Muslim immigrants and native English people. Did they admit that religion causes harm, or did they take the Obama route of "Religion doesn't kill, people and terrorism kill"?

The political left in Portugal did the same, but they bolded the fact terrorists are a super tiny tiny minority and that Islam is not to blame because it's peaceful.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you

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Are you an Islamophobe? - by Dystopia - March 12, 2015 at 10:46 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Marsellus Wallace - March 12, 2015 at 10:56 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Spooky - March 13, 2015 at 11:00 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by WinterHold - March 16, 2015 at 4:22 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by abaris - March 12, 2015 at 11:00 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Nope - March 12, 2015 at 11:01 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 12, 2015 at 11:03 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Dystopia - March 12, 2015 at 11:09 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Ravenshire - March 12, 2015 at 8:15 pm
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Dystopia - March 12, 2015 at 8:20 pm
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Ravenshire - March 12, 2015 at 8:34 pm
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 12, 2015 at 11:16 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Ben Davis - March 12, 2015 at 11:18 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Mudhammam - March 12, 2015 at 11:23 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Dystopia - March 12, 2015 at 11:27 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Mudhammam - March 12, 2015 at 11:47 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Dystopia - March 12, 2015 at 11:53 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Ben Davis - March 12, 2015 at 12:00 pm
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Ben Davis - March 12, 2015 at 11:36 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by robvalue - March 12, 2015 at 12:10 pm
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by professor - March 12, 2015 at 12:18 pm
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RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Ben Davis - March 13, 2015 at 6:03 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Dystopia - March 13, 2015 at 9:30 am
RE: Are you an Islamophobe? - by Ben Davis - March 13, 2015 at 10:07 am
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