Hoo boy.
Quote: arceustheprimehonestly we're probably worse towards muslims than america
The discussion sorta ends with this.
America absolutely has an issue with discrimination and profiling based on muslim faith but from the discussions I've had with Arceus it honestly sounds like Australia is even worse in discrimination, and on the whole is more conservative and xenophobic than the US.
But the US is an easier target, isn't it?
Quote: QueenChrysalisFrom what I understand, America has practically zero censorship laws to speak of (Other than, yknow, flashing boobs on a Saturday morning... At least I HOPE you do). So there is nothing you can do about it. But you can counter it, by actively coming together and saying that you don't agree with the Islamophobic Propaganda.
I have literally seen footage of an American News Anchor defend somebody who assaulted a black man while singing about how they hated black people, and talked about how they have the right to say that. The news anchor in this video does the same.
And we vilify these people. Quite harshly, in fact. If just about anything American public figures had to say about Muslims said it in Australia, the public would be up in arms (The proof is in how we react to Pauline Hanson). I don't think I've ever heard of Americans defending Muslims. Basically ever.
1. America does in fact have censorship laws to prevent explicit sexual or violent content, alongside racist, sexist, xenophobic behaviors and sayings. Hate speech is against the law here.
2. The anchor in the video is talking about the right to speak against a religion, which absolutely should be allowed. He's not encouraging hate speech and discrimination towards people, more than the freedom of speech and religion being used to argue against or debate religion.
What he's basically speaking against is the theoretical extreme of me (an atheist) speaking out against Christianity, and then getting jailed because my words against that religion is called an obstruction of their freedom to practice their religion. That would be censorship of an extreme and totalitarian degree and break the constitutional right to practice my free speech and freedom of religion (or lack thereof) just as much as this man ripping off the woman's hijab is violating her freedom of religion.
It's when you take physical action or go into verbal threats and other malicious intent that it becomes hate speech, like the example you provided about the man who hated black people. The anchor in that video (who is hugely left wing I'm sure you know) is speaking for the ability to simply say "I disagree with your views".
Also the anchor you cite about the racism thing is a huge minority and I would bet he was fired on the spot for his words.
3. And we vilify people who openly discriminate against muslims based on their religion or the idea that "they're a terrorist". At least in my city (NYC, you know the one where 9/11 had its greatest impact?).
Discrimination and islamophobia is an issue throughout the nation, but I think, like a lot of these issues to do with discrimination or nationalistic and conservative ideals, this is a much more common thing in the right wing, conservative, rural South than the liberal big cities like where I'm from.
Quote: QueenChrysalisIf more people stood up for Muslims, a difference COULD be made. Because right now, I'm the only one defending Muslims, and I have done a terrible job of that. Oh my god, I am such a **** up. ;-;
Don't be so hard on yourself. You have an opinion and are entitled to say so. It's just that when you get harsh and on the attack about it that people start to raise a stink. It's not even a matter of being against the US because I imagine if someone here was doing the same to Canada, Australia, or any other country that has a large base on this site the same would apply.
Quote: MetalloSo you, as a moderator, are just going to accept inappropriate behavior from a user simply because "that's how she is," yet we're wrong to call her out on it in an intelligent manner?
I don't think that's what she's saying.
It's perfectly fine to call someone out in a civil and intelligent manner when it comes to things like this. It's just that all too often the entire section gangs up on one user and a few bad apples go the extra mile to make their point by insulting the person personally. So long as people don't resort to something like that or overcrowd the person it should be all good.
Basically don't be a dick in return, which should seem obvious but tends to be lost on people in times like this.