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> Islamophobia is a made up word designed specifically to silence criticisms of Islam without having to address them. No other religion has such a word or such
by CiPHPerCoder 7y ago
> Islamophobia is a made up word designed specifically to silence criticisms of Islam without having to address them. No other religion has such a word or such protections.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Christophobia https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Christophobia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Judeophobia https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Judeophobia
What was that now?
I don't care if you have criticisms of Islam. But in the wake of the rise of stochastic terrorism especially among nationalist sentiments throughout the world, I do very much care about people echoing the same dog whistle arguments against Muslims on a thread where it's off topic.
- jlawson 7y agoYes, it's possible to say the word "phobia" after any religion's name. That doesn't mean the term has any currency. Proof: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=Islamophobia,Christophobia,Judeophobia https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=Islamophob... Hard to interpret your last part. Seems like you're saying you don't oppose criticisms of Islam, you just think nobody should be allowed to make those criticisms. Yes, it's a bit off topic, I agree.
- dang 7y agoReligious flamewar is not ok here, so please don't go there. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html