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[lego 44,165]

Just now, Saint Laurent said:

That language is Arabic and it's understandable why people believe that.

 

It's not tho. People should educate themselves. 

I already gave you examples above. 

[MonsterPaws 2,745]

1 minute ago, Saint Laurent said:

So you don't think that people believe Arabic is a language synonymous with terrorism?

CLEARLY from this video they do. But "perhaps unjustifiably"? Perhaps? Really?

Do you think it's okay if I believe every English speaking person is a frickin KKK member  It's just as bad.

What they believe is wrong and YOU should help educate people about that instead of defending bigots.

[Saint Laurent 4,862]

Just now, lego said:

 

It's not tho. People should educate themselves. 

I already gave you examples above. 

Of course it's understandable, it's shoved down our throats 24 hours of the day by TV news, which is most peoples chosen news platform.

The news exists to inform people, so it's understandable that people feel sufficiently informed after watching it.

[lego 44,165]

4 minutes ago, Mythos said:

I don't think it's always racism, it's probably more fear then anything else. I don't say it's okay, but with all the things happening around the world, people are just scared.

 

Millions of ME Christians speak Arabic. It's one of the most spoken languages in the world. It's not normal to be afraid of words you hear and don't understand. 

[Saint Laurent 4,862]

1 minute ago, MonsterPaws said:

CLEARLY from this video they do. But "perhaps unjustifiably"? Perhaps? Really?

Do you think it's okay if I believe every English speaking person is a frickin KKK member  It's just as bad.

What they believe is wrong and YOU should help educate people about that instead of defending bigots.

I've already responded to this point:

I say perhaps because it is a fact that some of the terrorist organisations do speak Arabic, but then again they also speak English, French etc. which is why I'm not certain as to whether it's justifiable.

What we can be certain of though, is that the media does try to tell us that a large number of terrorists are Arabic speaking. I don't think we can blame people for believing that, can we?

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Calling people racists is not helping to educate people. They're not being bigots, they are expressing discomfort, which in my opinion is understandable.

[Saint Laurent 4,862]

Just now, lego said:

 

Millions of ME Christians speak Arabic. It's one of the most spoken languages in the world. It's not normal to be afraid of words you hear and don't understand. 

It is when the language is persistently linked to terrorism, whether that be wrong or right. What don't you understand about that?

[lego 44,165]

3 minutes ago, Saint Laurent said:

Of course it's understandable, it's shoved down our throats 24 hours of the day by TV news, which is most peoples chosen news platform.

The news exists to inform people, so it's understandable that people feel sufficiently informed after watching it.

 

 

You didn't answer to this

Real life examples. 

 

When you say "it's understandable" you are justifying racism. No one associates English with anything evil, no matter how many white English speaking serial killers exist. 

 

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6 minutes ago, Saint Laurent said:

I say perhaps because it is a fact that some of the terrorist organisations do speak Arabic, but then again they also speak English, French etc. which is why I'm not certain as to whether it's justifiable.

What we can be certain of though, is that the media does try to tell us that a large number of terrorists are Arabic speaking. I don't think we can blame people for believing that, can we?

It is not justifiable to label any language as synonymous with terrorism, simply because of the fact that for every terrorist speaking said language their exist a large number of innocent people who also speak that language.

I agree that a large number of terrorists are Arabic speaking. However, that does not make Arabic-speaking people terrorists by default.

[lego 44,165]

1 minute ago, Saint Laurent said:

It is when the language is persistently linked to terrorism, whether that be wrong or right. What don't you understand about that?

 

Only bigoted and uneducated people will link it with terrorism.  It doesn't justify the ignorance. 

[Saint Laurent 4,862]

1 minute ago, lego said:

 

 

You didn't answer to this

Real life examples. 

 

When you say "it's understandable" you are justifying racism. No one associates English with anything evil, no matter how many white English speaking serial killers exist. 

 

The first is wrong, the second is not relevant and the third did not experience any type of issues because of his language, he merely felt that he would.

That's the point you're not understanding unfortunately, I don't believe it is racism and therefore, how can I be justifying it?

[lego 44,165]

4 minutes ago, Saint Laurent said:

It is when the language is persistently linked to terrorism, whether that be wrong or right. What don't you understand about that?

 

It is not, when Arabic, Urdu, Farsi, Hebrew all sound the same to a white bigot American. 

[MonsterPaws 2,745]

Just now, Saint Laurent said:

The first is wrong, the second is not relevant and the third did not experience any type of issues because of his language, he merely felt that he would.

That's the point you're not understanding unfortunately, I don't believe it is racism and therefore, how can I be justifying it?

Just because you believe it isn't racism doesn't mean it isn't. This IS racism (or discrimination to be more precise), and you are in fact trying to justify it.

[Saint Laurent 4,862]

1 minute ago, Joanne Angelina said:

It is not justifiable to label any language as synonymous with terrorism, simply because of the fact that for every terrorist speaking said language their exist a large number of innocent people who also speak that language.

I agree that a large number of terrorists are Arabic speaking. However, that does not make Arabic-speaking people terrorists by default.

Who said it did? Obviously nobody here is stupid enough to think that all Arabic speaking people are terrorists. Yet, as you've just said, a lot of terrorists do speak Arabic which therefore means that the two have become synonymous.

[lego 44,165]

Just now, Saint Laurent said:

The first is wrong, the second is not relevant and the third did not experience any type of issues because of his language, he merely felt that he would.

That's the point you're not understanding unfortunately, I don't believe it is racism and therefore, how can I be justifying it?

 

You are justifying, by denying it.  

 

[Saint Laurent 4,862]

Just now, MonsterPaws said:

Just because you believe it isn't racism doesn't mean it isn't. This IS racism (or discrimination to be more precise), and you are in fact trying to justify it.

Okay so my opinion is an opinion, while your opinion is a fact?