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there is another, far more dangerous... (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by no_nothing@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[-] ealoe@ani.social 16 points 11 months ago

Phobia is an irrational fear. Being afraid of extremists who want to brutally murder you for drawing a cartoon is perfectly rational.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

This is a poor semantic argument. It actually originates with right-wing rhetoric around "homophobia".

The argument also hinges on there being only one meaning to a word. Kinda like how Trump is confused about how you can be Asian and Black.

[-] archomrade@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

I am honestly shocked at the level of bigotry in this meme and this comment.

Comparing Islam to a fanbase that will 'literally murder you for showing a picture' is so obviously Islamophobic I don't know how else to say it.

[-] ealoe@ani.social -1 points 11 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting

Read up dipshit, they specifically murdered people because they were offended by cartoons of their prophet. The murderers themselves cited their religion as motivation. Go on, explain to me how that wasn't really what they're upset about, I'll wait.

[-] archomrade@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago

It is the attribution of that extremism to being a part of 'muhammad's fanbase' that is islamaphobic, not pointing to an example of the extremism itself.

A member of a group committing murder and citing that group's beliefs isn't a justification for casually implying that members of that group are murderous, even if it's true is the most limited sense of the word.

Especially when that group is itself subject to extreme violence and genocide on the basis of their membership.