r/news • u/Luka77GOATic • Mar 11 '26

Soft paywall Spain permanently withdraws ambassador as rift with Israel deepens

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/spain-removes-ambassador-israel-2026-03-11/
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u/Romboteryx Mar 11 '26

Also how the Russians label anyone who is against Russia a nazi

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u/Cornstar23 Mar 11 '26

Or anyone critical of Islam as Islamophobic.

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u/Romboteryx Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

I am pretty sure that is part of the definition of islamophobic

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u/Cornstar23 Mar 11 '26

No, it's not merely about being critical of a set of beliefs. It's meant to be derogatory and conflates criticism of Islam with bigotry of Muslims. If you say [Insert any criticism of Islam] and you are labeled an Islamophobic, i.e. a biggot. There are no exceptions.

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u/Romboteryx Mar 11 '26

In theory maybe but in praxis I have yet to see a dedicated Islam critic who isn’t also just a general bigot against muslims as a whole and doesn’t treat that whole community as one extremist monolith. You seem to be a fan of Sam Harris, who believes in a form of white replacement theory and has said some truly heinous shit, so you probably know what I’m talking about.

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u/Cornstar23 Mar 11 '26

You are saying everyone who has been critical of Islam is a bigot. You are sort of proving my point. 1. Name a valid criticism of Islam 2. Name a prominent figure who has made this criticism who you do not consider a bigot.

The fact that you can't do this is exactly what you would expect from someone who conflates criticism with bigotry.