Socrates Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Islam is a religion. And being Muslim is a 'race' in some areas. Because, and you might not know this, race isn't a real, tangible thing. It's purely a social construction and the determinations of what constitutes race and demarcative characteristics within any proposed race is relative and flexible Labeling his comment as racist probably would be greeted with disapproval by the 19th century German anthropologists who, I guess, you give intellectual allegiance to, but for modern uses it's fine. Bigot also works. Okay then, my race is Catholic. Stop being a racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) Okay then, my race is Catholic. Stop being a racist. Did I ever say that criticizing Islam is racist? If I started a campaign against Catholics on the grounds that they are subversive creatures or disposed to violence then I think you'd be fine labeling my comments racist. It doesn't fit neatly into what we define as race in the US but, like I said, that conceptualization is pretty arbitrary. Edited March 22, 2013 by Hasan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 The atheist race lacks a sense of humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Did I ever say that criticizing Islam is racist? If I started a campaign against Catholics on the grounds that they are subversive creatures or disposed to violence then I think you'd be fine labeling my comments racist. No. No, he would be stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 The atheist race lacks a sense of humor. False. I laugh at things you say all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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