Reza AslanVerified account

This post might need translation to a 2nd grade level since so many people responding don't understand what it says.

Maher has been bigoted against Muslims and Islam since forever, and so it is no surprise when he says something racist.

It IS racist for a white person to use the word he used considering the context and history of the word.

I refuse to watch him.

Yet to understand how he gets away with his rampant islamaphobia.

Which is exactly what bill maher has done. Read up.

What he cares about is when people start committing violence in then name of religion.

Sean, I'll slap my brother in your name try and stop me.

Not sure I get your reference but you go right ahead if it makes you feel better.

For the gazillionth time, dufus, Islam is NOT a race.

He didn't say it was. He basically said BM is an asshole towards many religions and races.

And he's wrong about that too.

Er, no, he's not. And while Islam =/= a race, de facto serves as proxy for race, bc bulk of Muslims = nonwhite, whether globally or in US.

Just ask one of the Sikhs murdered bc sb thought they were Muslim.

Yes, good point. Murdered NOT bcuz they were Sikh. No sikhophobia or hinduophobia when all POC. Why is that?

In too many minds, the race and the religion get conflated, and nuance be damned.

And in too many minds, apparently incl yours, the sins of a subset of members of a religion get imputed to all members of that religion...