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minus-squaresolsangraallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down2·2 months agothe implication is that all arabs are terrorists, which is 100% racist
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up33·2 months agoWorse still, Hasan isn’t Arab at all. He was born in the UK to Indian parents.
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoYeah, I was born in the US to Indian parents, and I was still 100% an Arab terrist in the south.
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down40·edit-22 months agoI think that’s quite a stretch. Girdusky’s comment is clearly a response specifically to Hasan’s expression of support for Palestinians. What’s the connection between “all supporters of Palestinians are terrorists” and being an Arab?
minus-squarejohker216@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down2·2 months agoAnd the pagers targeted Hezbollah, not Palestinians. Ergo, racist.
minus-squareBirdObserver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 months agoSome people can’t hear the dog whistles until they become bullhorns.
minus-squaresolsangraallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 months agoLOL ok… i guess congrats for being one of the like 10 people who think that guy’s not actually racist
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·2 months ago I think that’s quite a stretch. I assure you, it is not.
minus-squareMonkRome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoAsk yourself if he would have said that comment to a white Christian. If not, then you have your answer.
the implication is that all arabs are terrorists, which is 100% racist
Worse still, Hasan isn’t Arab at all. He was born in the UK to Indian parents.
Yeah, I was born in the US to Indian parents, and I was still 100% an Arab terrist in the south.
I think that’s quite a stretch. Girdusky’s comment is clearly a response specifically to Hasan’s expression of support for Palestinians. What’s the connection between “all supporters of Palestinians are terrorists” and being an Arab?
And the pagers targeted Hezbollah, not Palestinians. Ergo, racist.
Some people can’t hear the dog whistles until they become bullhorns.
LOL ok… i guess congrats for being one of the like 10 people who think that guy’s not actually racist
I assure you, it is not.
Ask yourself if he would have said that comment to a white Christian. If not, then you have your answer.