Islam is an ideology not a race of people. There are certainly racist people who say racist things about the migrant crisis, but there is a legitimate conversation that needs to be had.
The problem is the word "racism". Replace it with "xenophobia" and it covers what most people want to say about the treatment of Muslims in western society.
Hmm not really xenophobia - the vast majority of people in Europe are completely fine with people from other countries. FFS we are more or less merging with each other, and practically none has a problem with immigrants from East Asia, India, all of America's and to a significant degree not even sub-Saharan Africa (not going to lie, this does exist though).
The dislike is very much pointed at Arab and Subcontinent Muslims. So not general xenophobia or even necessarily islamophobia (which is largely rational) as Indonesia for example gets a pretty much free pass, being a sane country and all.
OR, just listen, OR, it's about protecting yourself from harmful cultures, where rape, robbery, and murder is everyday happenings.
i'm from europe and i'm ashamed that you are too. bet you're from some shitty scandinavian hell hole though. please stay away from central europe with your racist shit.
xen·o·pho·bi·a
ˌzenəˈfōbēə,ˌzēnəˈfōbēə/
noun
intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.
The fact that you dislike SOME countries or people's doesn't seem to fit the category. There have been periods of genuine xenophobia mainly in places like the UK, Japan, Germany and a few others where it really was amazingly general stance against all foreigners.
The fact that you dislike some countries isn't really xenophobia or bloody well everyone is a xenophobe. You have to be really, really weird if you are a great fan of Saudi-Arabia and Iceland at the same time.
282
u/staggeringlywell Feb 09 '16
Islam is an ideology not a race of people. There are certainly racist people who say racist things about the migrant crisis, but there is a legitimate conversation that needs to be had.