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Violet_Crumble

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22. Yes, I agree that fanning fears of refugees is bigotry...

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #20)

Thu Jul 7, 2016, 08:39 AM

Jul 2016

Though they don't oppose all Syrian refugees, just the ones who are Muslim. They posted that in the thread I linked to. I detest attempts to play off one type of bigotry at the expense of another in the hope of minimising the very real bigotry aimed at one group. Bigotry against Jews and Muslims is nasty shit. Those who insist on putting quotation marks around the term Islamophobia and pretending it's not a real thing are every bit as annoying as those who claim that the term anti-semitism doesn't mean bigotry against Jews, but against Arabs as well...

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Don't Put Anti-Semitism Next to "Islamophobia" [View all] ericson00 Jul 2016 OP

I do not understand, and would like to. If you would be so kind as to clarify for me, thank you uppityperson Jul 2016 #1

just as AA's don't think the common conservative line of ericson00 Jul 2016 #4

I think you are saying they they one group has been treated horrifically historically, and uppityperson Jul 2016 #5

Don't make light of the persecution of Muslims mwrguy Jul 2016 #2

I never made light of it at all; ericson00 Jul 2016 #3

White supremacists hate both just as much jberryhill Jul 2016 #6

Well, bigotry is bigotry... LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #7

um the term "Islamophobia" is only used in reference to ericson00 Jul 2016 #8

You shouldn't link the Syrian refugees to Islamic extremism muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #9

More from the OP on Syrian refugees Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #11

so I shouldn't be afraid for the future of American Jews, given that? ericson00 Jul 2016 #16

You oppose Syrian refugees "because of actual threats of terrorist violence and hatred"? uppityperson Jul 2016 #20

Yes, I agree that fanning fears of refugees is bigotry... Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #22

Yup. I'm still hoping to get you your part of the world in a couple yrs uppityperson Jul 2016 #24

They're both forms of bigotry and only those who want to minimise one have a problem... Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #10

If we're going to argue against the term itself, wasn't anti-semitism itself coined by people ck4829 Jul 2016 #12

Words are words. People will use and manipulate those words as they see fit. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2016 #13

Excellent response. La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #14

+2 AntiBank Jul 2016 #21

+1000 marmar Jul 2016 #23

Lots of people are victims of both. dawg Jul 2016 #15

that retort attempt is nothing but deflection. ericson00 Jul 2016 #17

I think fear of the "other" is an underlying constant in all of the atrocities ... dawg Jul 2016 #18

But you are stirring up fear of refugees based on the ideology of a small minority muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #19