RE: Is Islamophobia Justified?
January 5, 2015 at 10:15 pm
(This post was last modified: January 5, 2015 at 10:27 pm by Dystopia.)
I refuse to accept an etymological treacherous word like "Islamophobia" the same way I would refuse similar words like "Christianphobia" or "Judeophobia" or "Buddhismphobia" - It's not phobia, or hatred, or discrimination to criticize what's wrong with religion - Even if followers feel offended... Oh being offended is so convenient isn't it? Let me explain something - There's a difference between something being "offensive" and being "harmful" - Some jokes, for example, are offensive but not harmful, and likewise a group of fancy words that are not offensive to the naked eye can be harmful if it promotes hate, persecution or violence. In this context, I don't support parties or people like "professor" that target Muslims simply because they are opposed to Judeo-Christian values and Europe/America's Christian heritage or whatever the hell they call it - But I also oppose minorities (religious) who use the words "phobia" or "offended" as an excuse to try to censor freedom of speech. So fuck governments and fuck hate speech laws protecting religions (I'm ok with protection of individuals) I'd rather be fined heavily than be quiet and consent to a system that simultaneously affords protection to religion that is harmful and opposes important problems like raising minimum wages, giving equal rights to homosexuals, trans*, genderqueers, racial minorities and so on. Quite the contrary, my government think it's ok for gay people to not be able to donate blood or for parents to be able to sue teachers if they mention "homosexuality" as part of a health/sex education class as something natural or normal.
So yeah, just because you're offended that doesn't equate with being harmed, atheists offend many people but rarely promote hate, contrary to some theists who directly advocate persecuting, hating, condemning and even executing some people who think differently.
Here's a gift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaJelU29jeI
So yeah, just because you're offended that doesn't equate with being harmed, atheists offend many people but rarely promote hate, contrary to some theists who directly advocate persecuting, hating, condemning and even executing some people who think differently.
Here's a gift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaJelU29jeI
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