Posted: Jul 30, 2019 3:26 am
I thought about adding this into the discussion going on about the 12 Israeli teens but figured that might be too much of a derail.
I think there is a point of contention when it comes to race and religion. How does this work when it comes to Jews? It seems to me that Jew is considered a race as well as a religion. Therefore when there is criticism, often towards the Israeli ruling parties and the military for some of the demonstrably fuckwitted actions they take, the person making such criticisms are sometimes labelled as racists as well as anti-semites.
A related consideration is when I see someone labelling another person hating on muslims as racist, isn't islam actually a religion that counts adherents from a wide variety of nationalities and ethnicities? I realise that often it is brown-skinned muslims that are getting targeted with unwarranted hate but what about when said labelling is applied to someone critiquing silly or even reprehensible islamic doctrines that an adherent follows?
I think there is a point of contention when it comes to race and religion. How does this work when it comes to Jews? It seems to me that Jew is considered a race as well as a religion. Therefore when there is criticism, often towards the Israeli ruling parties and the military for some of the demonstrably fuckwitted actions they take, the person making such criticisms are sometimes labelled as racists as well as anti-semites.
A related consideration is when I see someone labelling another person hating on muslims as racist, isn't islam actually a religion that counts adherents from a wide variety of nationalities and ethnicities? I realise that often it is brown-skinned muslims that are getting targeted with unwarranted hate but what about when said labelling is applied to someone critiquing silly or even reprehensible islamic doctrines that an adherent follows?