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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Literally nobody mentioned race.

And aside from that, you're wrong anyway. People criticise "white" religious beliefs too. A lot.

Like, you've never heard people hating on the catholic church and the people who support it for turning a blind eye to sex abuse scandals? Seriously?

Or about the religious Christian crazies in the US? You've never heard about that?

Or the cult that is Scientology? Is that something you're unfamiliar with?

Fuck off with this trying to frame criticising a religion or pointing out its harmful effects as being racial bigotry.

It's not racism, and you know it isn't. You're just indirectly supporting actual bigotry that Islam pushes against women, LGBT people, and non-believers.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world -5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes. Specific things about Christianity are complained about. That doesn't mean bigots aren't out there spreading islamophobia.

Oh look an example of someone using an extremist group to paint all Muslims. And trying to cover it with the weird religions in there once.

And if you think race is the only kind of bigotry going, I have a bridge to sell you.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Specific things about Christianity are complained about.

Everything is complained about. More widely than Islam, too.

That doesn't mean bigots aren't out there spreading islamophobia.

Who said they weren't? This is a complete strawman. I never said nobody hates Muslims, I said complaining about Islam is not bigotry, and you bringing race into this and playing the "if you criticise this you're a RACIST" is pathetic.

And if you think race is the only kind of bigotry going, I have a bridge to sell you.

Never said that. That's another strawman.

I think you'll find I explicitly mentioned homophobia, misogyny, and hatred of infidels in my comment. All things absolutely rife in Islam. And yet, here you are indirectly condoning those viewpoints.

I'm a bisexual Indian immigrant. I'm very, very well aware of bigotry. And complaining about backwards hateful religious rhetoric isn't bigotry.

What a disgusting bigot you are. Throwing groups that are treated as subhuman by Islamic institutions under the bus just so you can have some falsified moral high ground by calling everybody who doesn't like Islamic extremism a racist.

[–] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Bullshit. People openly disparage and mock Christianity all the time. The difference is that nobody ever gets killed for it. Islam is in dire need of reform. Pointing that out is not a form of bigotry.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Oh should I pull out the list? Do you want KKK killings, Abortion Clinic shootings, or just normal lynchings?