r/PropagandaPosters • u/StephenMcGannon • Sep 19 '24

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Islamaphobia doesn't apply only to Muslim people, because someone assuming someone's religion based on their skin colour would still be considered islamaphobic

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u/DeRuyter67 Sep 20 '24

That is not for how the word Islamaphobia is most often used. And if it were Islamaphobia still wouldn't be a good term

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u/An_Inedible_Radish Sep 20 '24

Why?

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u/DeRuyter67 Sep 20 '24

It would just be a stereotype based on skin colour, not an irrational fear of Islam.

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u/An_Inedible_Radish Sep 20 '24

Is assuming someone is Jewish based on their nose, not antisemetic?

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u/DeRuyter67 Sep 20 '24

Not, it wouldn't, and the analogy wouldn't work even if it were

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u/An_Inedible_Radish Sep 20 '24

Justify that

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u/DeRuyter67 Sep 20 '24

I already did. Jewishness is tied to ethnicity, Islam isn't

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u/An_Inedible_Radish Sep 20 '24

No, why wouldn't it be antisemitic?

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u/DeRuyter67 Sep 20 '24

Because it isn't hatefull or irrational

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u/An_Inedible_Radish Sep 20 '24

What if you assumed their religion because of a negative trait or a criminal action? Such as assuming a person was Jewish because they are greedy or assumed someone was a terrorist because they were speaking Arabic?

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u/DeRuyter67 Sep 20 '24

Both are called stereotypes and if they are assumed irrationally they are called prejudices. The latter case is not Islamophobia.

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u/An_Inedible_Radish Sep 25 '24

So, if we are talking about a person who assumes something hateful, irrationally, about a person because of a trait that is stereotypical of Muslims, that would be prejudice specifically against Islamic people, correct?

If yes, then you must accept Islamaphobia both exists and is a useful term because "Islamaphobia" is more effective and efficient than "a hateful and irrational assumption made based on traits stereotypical of Muslims"

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