Are you an Islamophobe?

sugar · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:00 pm Post subject: Are you an Islamophobe?

Defined simply as

Prenj · n00b Joined: 20 Nov 2011 Posts: 7 Location: Mostar, BiH

Nope. I still hope people can grow out of religion.

John-Boy · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:26 pm Post subject:

A phobia can be defined as an irrational fear, yes ? Then there's no such
thing as Islamophobia.
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sugar · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject:

Prenj · n00b Joined: 20 Nov 2011 Posts: 7 Location: Mostar, BiH

sugar · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 9:28 pm Post subject:

aidanjt · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 9:32 pm Post subject:

Muso · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 9:37 pm Post subject:

sugar · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 9:39 pm Post subject:

Old School · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:00 pm Post subject:

I have not met all Muslims, hence I cannot logically answer the poll question.
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sugar · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:03 pm Post subject:

Muso · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:47 am Post subject:

Behead those who compare Muslims to spiders!!!
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GabrielYYZ · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:05 am Post subject:

Darth Marley · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 105

Why must despising a religion lead to fearing its adherents.
I pity the sheeple who believe.

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pjp · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:20 am Post subject:

No. Few are. The WBCers and the Terry Joneses of the world are, but that's it.

On related news, a couple of local women were interviewed near the Libyan embassy, who were horrified and condemned the attacks. I'm willing to take their word for it, but with a grain of salt. What matters is if the populace as a whole works to not allow such violence. If they allow it, then their words mean little. If the condemnation is genuine and they are in such a minority as to have no impact, then it again has little meaning, unfortunately.
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sugar · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:01 am Post subject:

pjp · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:12 am Post subject:

People abuse the meaning of "phobia" all the time, so it being in the thread title but not the quoted definition doesn't seem that unreasonable.

I fail to see how "liberal fascist" is an obvious conclusion because of this thread.

Note on moderating for the conspiracy theorists: If it were accurate, would the term be an insult? Also, a word can be used as an insult that isn't typically considered an insult. Example: Liberal. Before they called themselves Progressives, they called themselves Liberals. The "Right" used the term as an insult (because to them, it was). Here's the kicker. If you are a Liberal, why would you be insulted by the term? See. Moderation is subjective, and not always clear.
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notageek · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:12 am Post subject:

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sugar · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:28 am Post subject:

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