What if you’re an atheist that is the opposite of an neo-nazi and every single thing you do or say is anti-semitic, anti-muslim, anti-christian, anti-hindu, and anti-religion?
What then? Just fuck everyone that fights against the horrors (with evidence) that religions cause every single day?
So fuck all atheists because nazis, right?!? Yeah, that’s what religions do. Not allowed to speak out against them, or else.
Having been involved in the Palestinian movement, I’m well-aware of how censorship has been abused for political ends (such as attempts to falsely conflate critique of the Zionist Regime and its ongoing genocide project with ‘antisemitism’). I also support critiques of all the religions you listed. So I understand how these anti-bigotry laws could theoretically be abused to curb legitimate critique of religions, your concerns about that are reasonable and I agree that these laws are a crappy approach.
However, it’s clear that this article is addressing racial bigotry (as opposed to religious critique) and nonsense neo-Nazi conspiracy theories which are not based in evidence. These people don’t really care if an Yemeni immigrant is Muslim or not. Nazism doesn’t care if a person with Jewish ancestry believes in Judaism. To the neo-Nazi and other racial bigots, these people could be atheist and it would make no difference. But mainstream society still use the words antisemitic and Islamophobia to describe that bigotry, despite neither of those terms being accurate.
DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What if you’re an atheist that is the opposite of an neo-nazi and every single thing you do or say is anti-semitic, anti-muslim, anti-christian, anti-hindu, and anti-religion?
What then? Just fuck everyone that fights against the horrors (with evidence) that religions cause every single day?
So fuck all atheists because nazis, right?!? Yeah, that’s what religions do. Not allowed to speak out against them, or else.
eureka@aussie.zone 1 day ago
What part of the article is this responding to?
Having been involved in the Palestinian movement, I’m well-aware of how censorship has been abused for political ends (such as attempts to falsely conflate critique of the Zionist Regime and its ongoing genocide project with ‘antisemitism’). I also support critiques of all the religions you listed. So I understand how these anti-bigotry laws could theoretically be abused to curb legitimate critique of religions, your concerns about that are reasonable and I agree that these laws are a crappy approach.
However, it’s clear that this article is addressing racial bigotry (as opposed to religious critique) and nonsense neo-Nazi conspiracy theories which are not based in evidence. These people don’t really care if an Yemeni immigrant is Muslim or not. Nazism doesn’t care if a person with Jewish ancestry believes in Judaism. To the neo-Nazi and other racial bigots, these people could be atheist and it would make no difference. But mainstream society still use the words antisemitic and Islamophobia to describe that bigotry, despite neither of those terms being accurate.