Can't understand how Trump could have ordered 7 nation ban? Read this piece re "Islamophobes” in the White House. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/us/politics/donald-trump-islam.html …
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Where in the word islamophobe does the inference of racism or bigotry reside? (rather than irrationality)
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no it conflates criticism of doctrine/ideas with racism/bigotry
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I know that's the mantra - but the word literally means irrational fear of Islam
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think about the connotation of islamophobia to homophobia
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I have - both describe irrational fears - different mechanisms to those fears are possible
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the connotation of homophobic is you hate gays, same connotation applies to islamophobia
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I don't think you have
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He hasn't.
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Sorry but the term does apply to ppl who single out Muslims and hate on them.
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#Islamophobia term created, funded by#OIC to prevent criticism of Islam. https://twitter.com/sankrant/status/801199389721042944 … @2theleft_@SamHarrisOrg@EricLiptonNYT - 1 more reply
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There's nothing irrational about fearing a doctrine which calls for your death and/or persecution
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By that logic we shouldn’t use anti Semitic? Or homophobic? Both fall under bigotry.
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The logic is flying right over your head. Read the Hitchen's quote.
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Would love for you to show how those are different instead of referencing a quote that doesn’t address my question.
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The short answer: "Islamophobia" conflates ideas with people; "Anti-Semitism" does not.
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Sam Harris has an irrational fear of Islam as a causal determinate of nasty things - islamophobia
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It's irrational insofar as there's little evidence to support it
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Little evidence to support what?
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"Little evidence to support what?" —My question as well.
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