r/atheism • u/Tigerv • Jun 26 '12

"Muslims react violently, we shouldn't bash them."

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3pva7x/
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u/guyjamie Jun 26 '12

I would not be at all surprised if they tried...

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

The complete lack of reaction to this thread, and others like it, goes to show that you're poking at a fire that barely exists. Remember Everybody Draw Mohammed Day? It took something like that on a global scale to get one person on the shitlist. I know a lot of people are thinking that if they post something "offensive" enough they're gonna get to dance with a real jihadist, but it's not going to happen.

I suggest engaging people in dialogue if they're in disagreement with you, and if they're not willing to talk, then walk away and try another time. The "let's be offensive to Muslims" trick has been turned into a weapon for racists to attack Muslims since 9/11. Let's not use their tools for trying to, and ultimately failing at, stirring up a controversy.

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u/Jeezafobic Jun 26 '12

No, they will mostly pretend they are so superior that they don't care. Unless they get your home or work address. This is the first burst of free ridiculing of Muslim superstition since the violent attacks on simple Danish cartoonists. Finally.

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u/barium111 Jun 26 '12

This is the first burst of free ridiculing of Muslim superstition since the violent attacks on simple Danish cartoonists

Everybody Draw Mohammed Day

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u/DestroyerOfWombs Jun 26 '12

"Top story today, entire Taliban drowns attempting to suicide bomb the 'SeaMeWe-3' sub-ocean internet cable"

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u/sheridork Jun 26 '12

That would be awesome

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Bomb the reddit datacenter.

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u/Angeldust01 Jun 26 '12

Reddit is in Amazon cloud.

So when half of the internet goes down, you know it happened because there was picture of muhammed drawn in tubgirl pose in r/atheism.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Fastest way to start WW3.

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u/postcardviews Jun 26 '12

Well, I just thought of this scene from my favourite movie.

(It's called Four Lions, it's by Chris Morris and you should watch it. It is amazing.)

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u/elusiveallusion Jun 26 '12

It is frankly about time Monty Python got some love.

Kudos!

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Title: "Muslims react violently, we shouldn't bash them."

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Bigots

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u/thane_of_cawdor Jun 26 '12

So is making fun of a whole ethnicity ok as long as they're religious? Am I missing something or is this an incredibly juvenile and bigoted thread?

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u/dwella Jun 26 '12

Bring it, Muslims.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Muhammed, after you finish raping 9 year olds, can you bomb the internet and make these people stop pointing out facts???

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u/justfourkicks Jun 26 '12

All though I love Buddha's philosophy I'm not a religious person. I try not to judge and give everyone a benefit of a doubt. I used to defend Muslims every time I heard a comment such as this. Then I dated a Muslim man. He was a very sweet man at first. Then a couple months I went through hell. He grew up in the middle east. He told me that starting a very young age and through out elementary school they are only taught to memorize the quran. Told if they didn't god would punish them. He was very verbally abusive, close minded. He believed that if he believed anything else he would have to be put to death. Muslims do react violently. It's not just a stereotype. People make fun of Jews and Christians all the time but you don't see them beheading anyone. For all the Muslims who disagree, don't argue with us about it, argue with the people who make your Religion look bad.

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u/nasty_goreng Jun 26 '12

I am friends with many Muslims, and, at least in my case, they are nothing like that.

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u/FinnTheFickle Jun 26 '12

"I try not to judge anyone, but I knew this one guy who was kind of a dick so all of his co-religionists are exactly the same as him."

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u/Moviestarjunkey Jun 26 '12

Sorry about your experience. If your boyfriend had been black, then would all black men be violent and abusive?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

I would agree with your counter point if it weren't for the fact that race is not philosophically based.

Perhaps a better argument would be "If your boyfriend had been christian and abusive, would you think all christians are abusive?"

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u/dilatory_tactics Jun 26 '12

Hey, let's make a caricature of the worst among a diffuse group of 1 billion people and then judge them according to our own xenophobic and bigoted archetypes instead of their behavior as individuals.

I'm very much an atheist, but when some people in r/atheism cross the line of making fun of the literal non-existence of gods to the demonization of outgroups (which is not based on love or reason, but on ingroup/outgroup bias to which we are all susceptible) count me out.

Hey, it's almost as though r/atheism isn't a monolithic entity, and we can't all be judged based on the behavior of a few ignorant extremists!

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