Yasmine Mohammed ياسمين محمد  🦋

But I'm simply saying that it's OK to criticise ideas, beliefs and behaviours. I do it all the time. But a small majority of racists DO use it to justify their bigotry. They muddy the water.

I agree w you that they’re a relatively SMALL group in comparison to those of us who speak up because we actually care about these issues. When you make assumptions that ppl who speak up are bigots...you scare well-meaning ppl from speaking up. That’s the danger.

I guess Ricky speaks out against dog meat festivals because he really hates Chinese people.

I think the point he is making is that these people only make the effort to comment on cruelty with an Islamic slant. Otherwise they are disinterested. But I thought the same when I read that, wasn’t clear.

He can’t know that. He has millions of followers. He can’t possibly know the intent of the person/ppl tweeting at him. He’s assuming the worst in them...therefore making it impossible to work together towards positive change

Great point. I follow Ricky and love his honesty and fairness. But this tweet of his didnt sit right with me either, and you have summed up perfectly how I was feeling about it. Thank you.