tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880822917603129233.post8808554903234772869..comments2023-03-24T01:47:38.950-07:00Comments on omg, we're surrounded by humans!: is this the best islamophobes have to offer?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880822917603129233.post-5004049418911338492015-01-18T01:28:17.092-08:002015-01-18T01:28:17.092-08:00I have no problem with using "racism" th...I have no problem with using "racism" there. Sort of neither here nor there. Come to think of it, my initial concession of a millimeter to the "Muslim isn't a race" argument is probably one millimeter too far, considering that race itself is an imaginary line drawn around a group of mixed age, mixed sex, you know, all-inclusive population sample, for the purpose of othering to rationalize power.Devin Lendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122506454377940662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880822917603129233.post-66009625030476636652015-01-15T05:54:14.097-08:002015-01-15T05:54:14.097-08:00Bill Maher is such a douche.
Sam Harris is a bigg...Bill Maher is such a douche.<br /><br />Sam Harris is a bigger douche. The problem with the New Atheism crowd is that their blind spot when it pertains to "Western, liberal, white culture" is even bigger than the philosophical blind spots of the religions they critique.<br /><br />It leads to all sorts of rationalizations of brutal and devastating wars. In many cases, these folks are even more zealously supportive of the humanitarian bombing so common in neoliberalism.<br /><br />As an atheist myself, fuck them.<br /><br />Mr. Saad is simply exhibiting the same situational unawareness that every covert Islamaphobe peddles in, namely: always use general and far-reaching generalizations; when called out, make small exceptions using words like "obviously" and "goes without saying"; point to Islamic states as evidence of backwardness; omit or excessively down-play any historical imperialism.<br /><br />I think your wording as it relates to tribalism is valid, however, Mr. Gaad is being severely disingenuous by pointing out Islam is not a race, therefore it cannot be racist. Common parlance of the liberal West is that Islam = brown people from the Middle East. It is not unreasonable to establish that the common understanding of the West as it relates to Islam is steeped in racism without it, you know, being "technically" correct in its definition. <br /><br />Fuck Mr. Saad too.d.mantishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03817778296282926641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3880822917603129233.post-49888623740227456822015-01-15T05:38:38.863-08:002015-01-15T05:38:38.863-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.d.mantishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03817778296282926641noreply@blogger.com