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Islamists and Leftists share common free speech anathemas

Reader comment on item: The Fatal Fear of Being Accused of Racism

Submitted by Dave (United States), Nov 3, 2020 at 21:37

Under Sharia, blasphemy against Islam is a capital offence. Thus does Islam violently defend itself from criticism, ensuring its perpetual intellectual stagnation.
Blasphemy is a very broad concept, encompassing a wide range of offenses from outright insults, from cartoons or openly ridiculing Islamic doctrine, to more subtle and inadvertent slips of the tongue or seemingly innocuous social media comments.
As the West hosts ever greater numbers of Muslims, Islamic mores have become ever more present, even if only in subtle ways. For example, note the strange commonality of blasphemy laws and politically correct strictures, particularly at universities or in other leftist strongholds, such as the media.
Instead of accusations of blasphemy, we have accusations of racism. As with blasphemy, these accusation not only are directed at obviously vulgar and offensive speech, but also at inadvertent, far more subtle instances where the offender has in no way intended to denigrate race or ethnicity. It's quite common to read where someone was fired from a job for making a security check on a suspected person who was a minority. Guilt was strictly circumstantial rather than proven, but that's enough. And isn't it common to hear President Trump or other conservatives to be called racist with no evidence other than their desire for secure borders or support for law and order? And even moderately conservative public speakers are virtually guaranteed to be shouted down at a university on the grounds of "racism".
It's hardly surprising that major security lapses have occurred thanks to the chilling censorship of this sort of secular Sharia in the name of racism. And that's just the beginning of the ills that the pandemic of Islamism has begun to spread. The violence of BLM and Antifa are eerily reminiscent of the rioting and violence of the "Palestinians", those quintessential victims of racism and darlings of the Left who are subconsciously emulated. Of course, Islamism and Leftism may share many methods, but they have very different core philosophies. As the experience in Iran in 1979 demonstrated, the leftists were quickly liquidated by the Islamists. In lieu of that sort of drama, intellectual conformity and censorship may just slowly kill freedom and creativity in the West.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1Arab-Islamic racist Middle East vs Israel [198 words]MiriamJun 2, 2021 11:24267792
2we are politically correcting ourselves into oblivion [28 words]Charles MartelNov 24, 2020 18:59261712
Do not call a plumber when you need a doctor [43 words]amos zotNov 9, 2020 07:34261355
Afraid to die? [132 words]JeffNov 9, 2020 14:12261355
1It was very difficult to avoid this explosion but a good organization could have minimized the number of victims [75 words]amos zotNov 10, 2020 13:07261355
3Ask the suspect to slowly put down his bag [19 words]JeffNov 10, 2020 15:53261355
1Racism Aside [73 words]DonNov 4, 2020 12:23261278
3Similar to what had happened in San Bernardino [229 words]AnonNov 4, 2020 08:37261272
5Islamists and Leftists share common free speech anathemas [365 words]DaveNov 3, 2020 21:37261264
2It'll get bad under Pres. Harris--oops, Biden [44 words]KephaNov 7, 2020 20:29261264
2It will get bad under President Harris I mean under President Biden [503 words]dhimmi no moreNov 10, 2020 06:50261264
similar dynamic on 9-11 [83 words]RIchard A LandesNov 3, 2020 10:21261255
1Sin of Racism - The Battle for the Love of Mankind [454 words]M ToveyNov 3, 2020 10:13261254
Continuing to Observe Morbid Fascination of Politically Motivated Racism [274 words]M ToveyJan 30, 2021 17:18261254
5The alliance of the ruling class and Islam [192 words]dhimmi no moreNov 3, 2020 09:43261253
1Retrospect - Racism Backfires [107 words]M ToveyDec 14, 2020 13:26261253

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