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Is portraying someone as a Muslim in effort to insult them racist?

Is portraying a westerner as an Arab in an effort to insult them racist?


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Let's say you Photoshop a politician or famous person in traditional Middle Eastern / Muslim clothing, say a woman photoshopped to look like she is wearing a hijab or a man photoshopped to look like he is wearing a dishdasha, in an effort to insult them. Do you think that is racist / bigoted?
 
How many more Democrats have the stupid headed view that believing in the religion of Islam is a race? That's about as stupid at it gets. There is no Muslim race of people. Seriously.
 
As an Arab (or Persian)? Yes, if you try to make them look darker skinned than they are, swarthy-complexioned, etc.

Putting them in the garb used by theocratic overlords and those who are forced to dress as those ruled by theocratic overlords like those of Iran? No. It might be sectarian, but not racist.

It is no more racist than claiming that photoshopping someone into the uniform of a Nazi or a member of Stalin's inner circle makes one racist or xenophobic against Germans or Eurasians. I would argue that claiming it is is just a pearl-clutching smokescreen.
 
How many more Democrats have the stupid headed view that believing in the religion of Islam is a race? That's about as stupid at it gets. There is no Muslim race of people. Seriously.

Hence me pointing out dishdasha, which is traditional Arab clothing for men.
 
How many more Democrats have the stupid headed view that believing in the religion of Islam is a race? That's about as stupid at it gets. There is no Muslim race of people. Seriously.

Yeah, make the world a better place by getting the hatred and bigotry termed correctly for crying out loud.
 
As an Arab (or Persian)? Yes, if you try to make them look darker skinned than they are, swarthy-complexioned, etc.

Putting them in the garb used by theocratic overlords and those who are forced to dress as those ruled by theocratic overlords like those of Iran? No. It might be sectarian, but not racist.

I think the point is that its bigoted to think that portraying someone as Arab or just Muslim is an insult. We would obviously see photoshopping a yamaka on someone in an effort to insult them as very bigoted.
 
Let's say you Photoshop a politician or famous person in traditional Middle Eastern / Muslim clothing, say a woman photoshopped to look like she is wearing a hijab or a man photoshopped to look like he is wearing a dishdasha, in an effort to insult them. Do you think that is racist / bigoted?

Bigoted? Yes. Racist? No
 
How many more Democrats have the stupid headed view that believing in the religion of Islam is a race? That's about as stupid at it gets. There is no Muslim race of people. Seriously.

But you're ok with the bigoted part of it. Good to know.
 
I think the point is that its bigoted to think that portraying someone as Arab or just Muslim is an insult. We would obviously see photoshopping a yamaka on someone in an effort to insult them as very bigoted.

You're obviously referring to this:

chuck-schumer-nancy-pelosi-muslim-islamic-turbans-hijabs-democrats-2020-iranian-flag-tw.jpg


Which is painting them as Iranian sympathizers specifically. It is no different from putting Republicans in Nazi uniforms or, more recently, in front of Russian flags, etc.
 
Politicians are fair game for the most part.

If you photoshop black people, and it's racist, someone will call you out for it. Let's not be backwards.
 
You're obviously referring to this:

chuck-schumer-nancy-pelosi-muslim-islamic-turbans-hijabs-democrats-2020-iranian-flag-tw.jpg


Which is painting them as Iranian sympathizers specifically. It is no different from putting Republicans in Nazi uniforms or, more recently, in front of Russian flags, etc.

So an Iranian in a turban is the same as a Nazi? A woman in a hijab is the same as Nazi? It would be more comparable had they simply been portrayed in front of an Iranian flag.
 
Its obviously bigoted yes. However, if you are portraying them as Arab as an insult its racist as well.

Are all Arabs Muslim? No. Therefore posting someone in Muslim garb isn't racist. It is bigoted, however.

It is a classless act by Trump though to do so. He's brought the presidency to a low of being part of a Jerry Springer show.
 
Yeah, make the world a better place by getting the hatred and bigotry termed correctly for crying out loud.

LOL, EVery right winger does the same stupid deflecting **** constantly. THey have nothing of intelligence to offer, they have no idea. Whine about liberals and deflect, all these people do
 
So an Iranian in a turban is the same as a Nazi? A woman in a hijab is the same as Nazi? It would be more comparable had they simply been portrayed in front of an Iranian flag.

It's about the garb of the people you're trying to compare the subject to, whatever that happens to be. Don't try to pretend I'm equating a Nazi uniform with traditional Persian robes on a moral level. That's disgustingly dishonest.
 
Politicians are fair game for the most part.

If you photoshop black people, and it's racist, someone will call you out for it. Let's not be backwards.

Again, a president retweeting **** like this just brings a new low to the presidency. I'm glad you approve of the president acting like he's on the Jerry Springer show, the rest of us do not.
 
This forum has thousands of messages by progressive Democrats with every vile hateful insult against Christians possible with incessant attacks against the religion of Christianity - so proactive usually those messages have no relevancy to the topic whatsoever.

But any criticism of the religion of Islam and its followers - a religion that declares women are soulless animals, tens of millions of those women are physically sexually multilated permanently as children and then treated as slaves to be beaten all their life, LGBTs are tortured/jailed/murdered, and everyone in society is required to bow down multiple times a day to their religion - and act, dress and speak exactly as ordered - and you are a racist and bigot.

Most white progressive Democrats (for most this means white fascists) are the most suicidal self-hating people to ever exist. White liberals are virtually extinct as most have rushed to switch to anti-American fascist-socialism exactly as late 1930s Germany. Fortunately, most white progressive Democrats have few to no children.
 
It's not only bigoted it's something that is below a professional adult.

Yes, politics can get ugly but the person in charge of the show should be above all that and focused on real issues.
 
You're obviously referring to this:

chuck-schumer-nancy-pelosi-muslim-islamic-turbans-hijabs-democrats-2020-iranian-flag-tw.jpg


Which is painting them as Iranian sympathizers specifically. It is no different from putting Republicans in Nazi uniforms or, more recently, in front of Russian flags, etc.

They are worse than Iranian sympathizers. Pelosi and the House Democrats - a couple exceptions - are outright traitors engaging in treason - literally voting that Iran can attack and kill any Americans anywhere - literally they claim should be able to launch missiles at Washington DC, and they demand our military be prevented from defending our country, Americans or even themselves. If attacked by Iranian forces, those House Democrats voted that our troops under attack must defenselessly be allowed to be killed or captured.

Not since the Civil War have Democrats in government been this treasonous, though in some regards it is even more treasonous. NEVER BEFORE in USA government history has the Congress voted that another country should be able to militarily attack the USA and our military is prevented by act of Congress in defending our own country. Those Democrats should be put on trial for treason and hung.
 
Let's say you Photoshop a politician or famous person in traditional Middle Eastern / Muslim clothing, say a woman photoshopped to look like she is wearing a hijab or a man photoshopped to look like he is wearing a dishdasha, in an effort to insult them. Do you think that is racist / bigoted?

Bigoted yes
racist no

Muslim isnt a race even though tons of racist people think and act like it is
 
How many more Democrats have the stupid headed view that believing in the religion of Islam is a race? That's about as stupid at it gets. There is no Muslim race of people. Seriously.

Some said the same thing when someone claimed that Jewish people are a race.
 
Obviously you are "ok with it" in your message anyway.

More projection on your part. Your comments are just a joke, you're dismissed.
 
So an Iranian in a turban is the same as a Nazi? A woman in a hijab is the same as Nazi? It would be more comparable had they simply been portrayed in front of an Iranian flag.

If you take away the costumes the message is not driven home nearly as well. Clearly the President is pointing out the perception that Pelosi and Schumer are more supportive of Iran than their own country. He is obviously not attacking Muslims. If Muslims feel victimized by this picture that's on them. It's all about perception and it seems the left are always on the look out for bigotry and racism where none exist.
 
Those Democrats should be put on trial for treason and hung.

Oh look, here's joko calling for elected officials to be killed. Maybe the admin should have the FBI be called in to investigate.
 
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