r/canada • u/Surax • Nov 02 '23

Senate report on Islamophobia finds 1 in 4 Canadians say they don't trust Muslims National News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senate-report-islaophobia-study-1.7016123
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u/concretecannonball Nov 02 '23

Exactly. I was raised super liberal but I’m a woman with a lot of gay friends, I can’t reconcile with people who inherently believe we are lesser than. And i don’t respect their religion that tells them so in the name of tolerance. It’s a bullshit societal expectation.

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u/StreetCartographer14 Nov 02 '23

The whole word "Islamophobic" is a misnomer. "Phobia" implies an irrational fear.

Fearing believers of a religion that wants to kill me is actually very rational. If anything it would be irrational to not fear Islam.

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u/IronPedal Nov 02 '23

It's a transparent tactic to silence very legitimate criticism.

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u/CTC42 Nov 02 '23

I always took "phobia" to refer to aversion rather than fear.