A simile: Richard Dawkins has gammon for brains and, like a small child, doesn't understand how politicians can instigate hate crimes in the UK through ridiculing the clothing of minority groups, all for the purpose of bolstering their political base for a run at PM.https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/1028363042755694595 …
There's a risk of people conflating Islam (and cultural practices that correlate with it) with Muslims as people. And I agree we should loudly and clearly make that distinction all the time, so people don't make that mistake.
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It's an empirical claim how much bigotry towards brown people is increased vs how effective the incentives would be in a pro-mockery towards Islam (and its correlates) culture. I don't know the answer to that question, and my mind could be easily changed given that info.
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