If I can't burn your holy book without terrorism there's a problem.
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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Why would you want to burn their holy book?
Because I support free speech. That means protecting speech I disagree with. If we only defend the speech we like, we no longer have a democracy.
I support free speech but this guy clearly is using his speech to start violence and I don't have to pretend to be too dumb to notice that.
What do you mean "clearly... using his speech to start violence"? The only people starting violence are the people starting violence. There's no restriction on free speech for hurt feelings. If we only allowed people to practise free speech when it could never offend anyone else, we'd all be silent all the time. The entire premise of the concept is that we can express ourselves when it offends others. That's the whole point. Free speech arose as a central pillar of reason, science, and democracy during the Enlightenment when the Church would hang people for claiming the Earth wasn't the centre of the universe. Can you see why it's important that we allow people to dissent, disagree, and even antagonise one another?
A cute sentiment but not one based in reality.
I'm not allowed to visit Auschwitz dressed in Nazi uniform. I will have violence used against me.
I can't slowly drive around a small town in 'Bama with a gay pride flag and a I VOTED FOR HILARY bumper sticker. I will have violence used against me.
I can't enjoy a Cider at the Cider House wearing my Make America Great Again hat. I will have violence used against me.
In each instance I'm not hurting anyone, I'm just making those around me uncomfortable and anxious with my (to them) questionable views. Yet everyone can clearly see I'm looking for trouble, that the 'speech' has the unsaid addition of 'I want to hurt you when I'm powerful enough'.
It's easier to police the one person doing the antagonizing than it is to police the millions of people from the demographic they're targeting, it's inevitable that a few loons will take matters into their own hands.
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Imagine living in a world where you fear for your citizens because someone could kill them as a revenge for some burnt books.
Some Americans feel the same way about those who burn a flag.
I have just noticed Americans calling for the killing of Democrats because they dare waving a LGBTQ flag. They are literally the same kind of people they hate, extremist Muslims
The same can apply to them then.
I abhor any form of physical violence which I always find unjustifiable.
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You don't even have to imagine. That's the sad part.
How about stop letting certain groups have special treatment?
There is zero justification for going into some raging fit if someone burns a book. Yet all these left leaning European countries have tried to turn a blind eye or downplay every time one of these groups have assaulted or threatened someone.
Assimilate to a modern, 1st world culture, or go back to the stone age bullshit where you came from. You left whatever hellhole you came from because those countries are backwards-thinking conservative theocracies. Don't you dare come to these western countries and try to impose your backwards thinking onto the native folks already there. You Assimilate to their culture, they aren't going to walk on eggshells to appease your archaic religious nonsense. Fuck religion.
Fuck religion. you can pray to your sky God however you want but you don't get to decide for others what they can or can't do on their time
At some point we will just have to burn all the religious text and be done with it.
Burn every science book and eventually they'll be exactly rewritten. Burn every religious story and they're gone forever.
I wonder why they are so afraid of the religion of peace?
Yeah, all major religions are known for their very level-headed followers. No need to worry.
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Muslims allowing islam to be known as 'the religion of peace' is one of the biggest doublespeaky manipulations around. They're technically correct, because they're referring to this line from the quran: "There will be peace on earth when there is no more al-fitnah". Al-fitnah means 'disbelief' so what they're saying is, there WILL be peace on earth, once we've converted everyone to our religion (forcibly or otherwise).
I'm a bookworm, read voraciously, and as a sad lonely young teen who struggled to understand religious people, decided to read all the books. Hindu vedas; Christian old / new testament; Buddhist dhamapada; quran, and the hadith. Islam is an awful religion when taken literally, and the few islamic sects who are genuinely peaceful (eg ahmadi, sufi) are not even considered 'real muslims' by the more popular interpretations (eg sunni / shia / salafi).
Don't rely on out-of-context quotes from dodgy rightwingers, don't rely on out-of-context explanations from muslims seeking to proselytise and make excuses, EVERYONE should read it for themselves so you're debating on solid ground with facts on your side. My absolute favourite line from these particular religious texts is when Mohammed says he wants another wife to his (iirc final wife) Aisha. Aisha says something like, you've already had the maximum number of wives; Mo falls into a trance then says, don't worry, I just spoke to god and he says it's fine. She replies "Oh, how your god rushes to fulfil your desires". Even she knew it was a crock of shit.
It's not the religion they're worried about, it's the adherents. And if you're wondering why that is, there's two towers in New York that used to be there and aren't anymore.
Gotcha the ideas are perfect, it is the people who are wrong. Odd how often that is claimed
What? In what way did I claim that?
It’s not the religion they’re worried about, it’s the adherents.
Yes. The religion is abstract. It's the people that are the problem. Are you worried about Mein Kampf or are you worried about Neo-Nazis?
@FlyingSquid @afraid_of_zombies
Some day soon I imagine the Christo-fascists will jail us all, then the neo-nazis will line us up against a wall.
Yeah and it's not the gun I'm worried about, it's the bullets
Same thing man, same thing. Control them both.
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Religious texts are just about the only books I support burning, especially if the intent is to piss off the morons that think the books are true.
How can I make a donation to buy more korans and kerosene for them?
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