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[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (11 children)

What bothers me about this perspective is the implicit assumption that everyone who thinks that public displays of religion should be banned is actually motivated by racism, rather than recognising that somebody can be against this for non-racist reasons.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

It just so happens that it always boils down to policing what Muslims do. Just one big coincidence.

[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 0 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

That's very fair yes. But how can you tell those who are anti-religion for racist reasons from those who are for not?

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

There are two hazards in our discussion:

  1. someone being called racist
  2. someone suffering from systemic racism

I prioritize hazard 1 as having a lower consequence than hazard 2.

In other words, I care much more about eradicating systemic racism than the hurt feelings of someone whose motives are misunderstood.

[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

OK that's a good argument. It's perhaps a flaw of the word "racist" that it can include systemic racism, when it connotes individual racism.

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