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greggerypeccary Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 138506 Gender:	Re: What is a racist comment? Reply #15 - May 16^th, 2016 at 10:41am Storm wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 5:04pm: You should meet more than a single person, most say they can't stand muslims and they should piss off. No, they don't actually. Only about 25% of Australians have a negative attitude towards Muslims. That isn't anywhere near "most".
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 74862 Gender:	Re: What is a racist comment? Reply #16 - May 16^th, 2016 at 10:47am Storm wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 4:30pm: Islam IS NOT A RACE Semantics .... you have a fear of people who follow Islam .. like Gandalf said in the OP, call it prejudice or bigotry if you like, in the end it amounts to the same thing
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Re: What is a racist comment?
Reply #17 - May 16^th, 2016 at 10:53am

John Smith wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:47am:

Storm wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 4:30pm:

Islam IS NOT A RACE

Semantics .... you have a fear of people who follow Islam ..

like Gandalf said in the OP, call it prejudice or bigotry if you like, in the end it amounts to the same thing

A good explanation here:

Muslims Aren’t A Race, So I Can’t Be Racist, Right? Wrong.

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Reply #18 - May 16^th, 2016 at 11:19am

greggerypeccary wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:53am:

John Smith wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:47am:

Storm wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 4:30pm:

Islam IS NOT A RACE

Semantics .... you have a fear of people who follow Islam ..

like Gandalf said in the OP, call it prejudice or bigotry if you like, in the end it amounts to the same thing

A good explanation here:

Muslims Aren’t A Race, So I Can’t Be Racist, Right? Wrong.

Above article was written by this guy (the guy on the right):

https://drcraigconsidine.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/screen-shot-2015-05-01-at-0...

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Reply #19 - May 16^th, 2016 at 11:22am

Lisa Jones wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 11:19am:

greggerypeccary wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:53am:

John Smith wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:47am:

Storm wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 4:30pm:

Islam IS NOT A RACE

Semantics .... you have a fear of people who follow Islam ..

like Gandalf said in the OP, call it prejudice or bigotry if you like, in the end it amounts to the same thing

A good explanation here:

Muslims Aren’t A Race, So I Can’t Be Racist, Right? Wrong.

Above article was written by this guy (the guy on the right):

https://drcraigconsidine.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/screen-shot-2015-05-01-at-0...

And ... ?

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Reply #20 - May 16^th, 2016 at 11:26am

Lisa Jones wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 11:19am:

greggerypeccary wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:53am:

John Smith wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:47am:

Storm wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 4:30pm:

Islam IS NOT A RACE

Semantics .... you have a fear of people who follow Islam ..

like Gandalf said in the OP, call it prejudice or bigotry if you like, in the end it amounts to the same thing

A good explanation here:

Muslims Aren’t A Race, So I Can’t Be Racist, Right? Wrong.

Above article was written by this guy (the guy on the right):

https://drcraigconsidine.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/screen-shot-2015-05-01-at-0...

Always a good idea to take note of WHO is behind ANY article posted anywhere in cyberspace

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Reply #21 - May 16^th, 2016 at 9:45pm

John Smith wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:47am:

Storm wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 4:30pm:

Islam IS NOT A RACE

Semantics .... you have a fear of people who follow Islam ..

like Gandalf said in the OP, call it prejudice or bigotry if you like, in the end it amounts to the same thing

I don't fear them. I don't like them.

Secondly running around calling people wacists when Islam IS NOT a race is for nutjobs. Islam is still not a race.

You can call it what you want. Most simpletons would agree with you.

Its not wacist to hate murderers, terrorists, pedophiles and bludgers but according to you if you hate islam which is made up of those
we are wacist, bigots. So no its not semantics at all. So you are wrong and so is gandalf.

Try harder next time, then all those who disagree with you may be wacists. Pfft.

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Reply #22 - May 16^th, 2016 at 9:47pm

greggerypeccary wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:41am:

Storm wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 5:04pm:

You should meet more than a single person, most say they can't stand muslims and they should piss off.

No, they don't actually.

Only about 25% of Australians have a negative attitude towards Muslims.

That isn't anywhere near "most".

Incorrect

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Reply #23 - May 17^th, 2016 at 2:29pm

Lisa Jones wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 11:26am:

Lisa Jones wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 11:19am:

greggerypeccary wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:53am:

John Smith wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:47am:

Storm wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 4:30pm:

Islam IS NOT A RACE

Semantics .... you have a fear of people who follow Islam ..

like Gandalf said in the OP, call it prejudice or bigotry if you like, in the end it amounts to the same thing

A good explanation here:

Muslims Aren’t A Race, So I Can’t Be Racist, Right? Wrong.

Above article was written by this guy (the guy on the right):

https://drcraigconsidine.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/screen-shot-2015-05-01-at-0...

Always a good idea to take note of WHO is behind ANY article posted anywhere in cyberspace

We always knew who without the image. Here is the complete image. Note the sign they are all holding.

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Reply #24 - May 17^th, 2016 at 3:12pm

Aussie wrote on May 17^th, 2016 at 2:29pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 11:26am:

Lisa Jones wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 11:19am:

greggerypeccary wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:53am:

John Smith wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:47am:

Storm wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 4:30pm:

Islam IS NOT A RACE

Semantics .... you have a fear of people who follow Islam ..

like Gandalf said in the OP, call it prejudice or bigotry if you like, in the end it amounts to the same thing

A good explanation here:

Muslims Aren’t A Race, So I Can’t Be Racist, Right? Wrong.

Above article was written by this guy (the guy on the right):

https://drcraigconsidine.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/screen-shot-2015-05-01-at-0...

Always a good idea to take note of WHO is behind ANY article posted anywhere in cyberspace

We always knew who without the image. Here is the complete image. Note the sign they are all holding.

https://drcraigconsidine.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/img_8000.jpg

They're preaching love, Aussie. They can't possibly be Muselmen.

Mind you, they're all tinted. Thus, there can be no other solution:

Ban them.

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polite_gandalf Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20027 Canberra Gender:	Re: What is a racist comment? Reply #25 - May 17^th, 2016 at 3:30pm Love in the name of Muhammad no less! Quick, get FD on to them so he can mock them for contradicting the "scheming jew" meme. This just won't do - we must shut down this sinister attempt by muslims to promote a peaceful and loving Islam!
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Reply #26 - May 17^th, 2016 at 3:49pm

polite_gandalf wrote on May 17^th, 2016 at 3:30pm:

Love in the name of Muhammad no less!

Quick, get FD on to them so he can mock them for contradicting the "scheming jew" meme. This just won't do - we must shut down this sinister attempt by muslims to promote a peaceful and loving Islam!

They must be silenced.

Kill them.

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Reply #27 - May 17^th, 2016 at 3:54pm

polite_gandalf wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 11:55am:

Firstly, the disclaimer I always make when mentioning racism, that I don't believe there to be any such thing as human 'races', so we can dispense with the usual "Islamophobia can't be racism because Islam is not a race". "Racism" is merely a byword for prejudice and bigotry directed at people on the basis of their ethnic, religious or physical differences.

Not only totally incorrect, but a mischievous misrepresentation of the word 'racist' and 'racism'.

Somewhere back there, only a few years ago, the lexicologists working out of Oxford decided to widen the goal-posts on the words 'racist' and 'racism' so they would also cover exotic cultures and religions - thus making it a 'taboo' and a breach of the Vilification Acts to voice honest appraisals and criticism of immigrant cultures and religions brought in from the 'Third World'.

The expanded definition was designed to further help stamp out freedom of speech where this might upset certain immigrant sensitivities of an inferiority complex nature.

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: What is a racist comment? Reply #28 - May 17^th, 2016 at 3:59pm greggerypeccary wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:41am: No, they don't actually. Only about 25% of Australians have a negative attitude towards Muslims. "only" - ? That would make it the third largest party in Australia, wouldn't it? A massive 25%.
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Reply #29 - May 17^th, 2016 at 4:43pm

Lord Herbert wrote on May 17^th, 2016 at 3:54pm:

polite_gandalf wrote on May 15^th, 2016 at 11:55am:

Firstly, the disclaimer I always make when mentioning racism, that I don't believe there to be any such thing as human 'races', so we can dispense with the usual "Islamophobia can't be racism because Islam is not a race". "Racism" is merely a byword for prejudice and bigotry directed at people on the basis of their ethnic, religious or physical differences.

Not only totally incorrect, but a mischievous misrepresentation of the word 'racist' and 'racism'.

Somewhere back there, only a few years ago, the lexicologists working out of Oxford decided to widen the goal-posts on the words 'racist' and 'racism' so they would also cover exotic cultures and religions - thus making it a 'taboo' and a breach of the Vilification Acts to voice honest appraisals and criticism of immigrant cultures and religions brought in from the 'Third World'.

The expanded definition was designed to further help stamp out freedom of speech where this might upset certain immigrant sensitivities of an inferiority complex nature.

No, Herbie, the Australian legal definition of racial and religious vilification has not changed. The term was designed thus in response to the racial and religious policies of the Nazis, a political movement close to your own heart.

Arbeit macht frei, nein?

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