• TheEntity@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I have nothing against headscarves purely as a clothing, but I have a lot against organized religion they are more often than not a part of. As it stands, it’s a symbol tightly connected with systemic oppression and countless crimes against humanity. In this regard I find the two mentioned groups quite similar. It would be nice to decouple the symbol from its current meaning, but I don’t think we have such a luxury.

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        1 year ago

        As I belong to a group outright killing which Islam considers fair game, I don’t find it particularly ironic.

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          1 year ago

          He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. - Thomas Paine

          You don’t get to call for systemic oppression and then complain that you are being systematically oppressed. Well, I mean, you can. But I’ll just roll my eyes and quote Paine at you.

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            1 year ago

            We can to go one step further: Muslims don’t get to systemically oppress and then complain about being systemically oppressed. I believe we are done here.