… similar word thst is bad? Why is their "bad" word Islamophobia? Which, when you break it down into it's component parts, isn't about discriminating against Muslims, but is about fearing them? And then stating that that fear is irrational and unacceptable.Racism is when you discriminate against another race. It is bad.
— Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) March 15, 2026
Sexism is when you discriminate against another sex. It is also bad.
Antisemitism is when you discriminate against Jews. Again, bad.
I could give ten more examples.
So why did Muslims not create a…
The word was created as a weapon, to conflate stopping discrimination (which is a good thing) with stopping criticism (which is not).
Because under Sharia law, which is fundamental to Islam, criticizing Islam is a crime. In some Sharia-compliant countries, it is punishable by death.
Even with all the actual violence around us, we must remember we are also in a rhetorical war over the contours of speech in this country.
And I was built for that fight.
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