Criticism of Islam isn’t bigotry, sorry.
Well, thank goodness for that. Seems to be consistent with link posted by @someguy above.
Still, “Libraries Become Unexpected Sites of Hate Crimes” is a far cry indeed from “Libraries become new domestic terrorism target”. Good $deity, hyperbole like that isn’t going to help anyone.
(I further note that the article linked by the NYT refers to the “school’s library walls”, but the library journal calls out bathrooms specifically. But I suppose trying to downplay the significance of washroom graffiti hews a little too closely to pondering the significance of “locker room talk” and we’d best not go there, oh hell no.)
“Do you ever read any of the books you burn?”
He laughed. “That’s against the law!”
They’re not left out. That was the inclusive “water is wet” default position back then.
Isn’t necessarily, but plenty of blasphemes can be, and someone bragging about how they slag on Mohammed is going to edge more on the side of bigot than “constructive”.
I didn’t pick up on any of that from @lolipop_jones’ comment. Saying that he is critical of Islam isn’t bragging. There is nothing bigoted about criticising a religion that deserves criticism… which is pretty much every religion ever.
Which is pretty different from:
They’re not really lesser-known to me, because I’ve seen all of them…other than Donnie Yen, heard of him but don’t remember him in either of his two movies that I watched…and I’m not a fan of any of them as actors.
I will let Christopher Hitchens make my case far better than I could.
Yeah, but imperialist Christians are fine with him.
Ordered. You have good taste in clothing.
The comments attached to it are dated late November 2002.
Let’s use examples of the New Atheist Movement to combat accusations of bigotry?
Good god.
Oh, duh…thanks!
You’re right though - I’m only inferring that the article has roughly the same date as the comments. I mean, that seems probable, but it could also be a reprint from who knows how much earlier. Edit: But I guess we know it’s from no later than Nov 2002, which is something?
For some of “us”, yes. I’ll take nasty words over a pogram any day of the week including Shabbat.
Multiquote is still broken but as for nasty scribbles in religious books, well… Jews Jane had to deal with that a long time as well.
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