I'm not sure non-Muslim defenders of Islam's right to special treatment do their own cause any good. Comparing faith to a disability now?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @6siders
Agree with the point in the abstract, but what "special treatment"?
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Replying to @IsmailRoyer @6siders
Islam mustn't be satirised but Christianity OK. Homophobia & sexism are terrible generally but OK within Islam. That general attitude.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @6siders
Thanks. BTW, I'm a Muslim, my view: Christianity shouldn't be satirized. Any religion can be debated but with respect & class.
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Really? What damage comes from satire?
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I just don't have much taste for the Voltaire-ian style of mocking everything. It seems tasteless
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Replying to @IsmailRoyer @Asaaaa and
I think serious ideas may be tested, as with Socrates. Mockery suggests there r no serious ideas. 2 postmodern
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Not postmodern. Making fun of intellectual/religious/political authority is an old popular form of comedy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ5YU_spBw0 …
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I admit being a MP fan (& of Jonathon Swift, & the Onion) & also believe 2 many people take themselves 2 seriously & have no sense of humor.
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