Seeing anti-fascists changing their Twitter handles to 'ANTIFA', all I can think is, "I don't think that word means what you think it means"
And virtually all the claims involved standard run-of-the-mill Islamophobia talking points and code words (like "jihad").
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Nice way to shutdown one thread, then transfer slanderous & false allegations of Islamophobia onto another one there Rich.
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p.s. I've lived in Islamic countries (next to mosque), had many personal relations with muslims, etc. Your claims are offensive.
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Funny how Muslim friends knew me well enough to give me an Arabic name "Daud", yet if oppose fascism of some Muslims in West...
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...you're likely to get attacked as being a racist. Everything's black & white to some hardcore left regressive movements.
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While most movements do have problematic individuals and systemic problems within them...
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...the kind of criticism you're making (broad, non-falsifiable) comes across as a narrative written by the movement's opposition.
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In my experience it's not that anyone excuses someone awful because they're [non-white/Muslim/whatever], but rather...
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Not really interested. Vulnerable minorities within minorities have some of the worst experiences, eg Sarah Haider's as sent you
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