Even as an atheist, I find this the most to-the-point criticism of bigotry against Islam I’ve heard so far: facebook.com/Mediamatters/vi…

You need to watch this: Reza Aslan calls out the media for...

You need to watch this: Reza Aslan calls out the media for generalization and bigotry when reporting on Muslims.

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@stilkov absolutely no reason to confuse bigotry against Muslims & criticism of fundamental Islam. Former is despicable, the latter is not.
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@zeevs I completely agree. All religions merit being criticized.
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@stilkov @zeevs They are all wrong in the sense of truthiness. But they are not equally dangerous.
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@codeblogger @zeevs How so? They’ve all managed to create murderous zealots at different times.
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@stilkov That doctrine is fundamental Islam. @codeblogger
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@zeevs @stilkov But that's what we see. Fundamental Islam with ISIS and Saudi Arabia.
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@codeblogger @zeevs everyone agrees that ISIS sucks, The Saudis are our accepted allies. Focus on that, not the other billion Muslims.
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@stilkov we’re not focusing on 1.6bn Muslims. But you can’t focus on ISIS without understanding where it comes from. @codeblogger
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@zeevs @stilkov We can't talk about it without being branded bigots or islamophobs.
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@codeblogger @zeevs it’s verysimple. If you lump together 1.6 bn people because of their religion, and make a statement about them – bigotry

Nov 25, 2015 · 9:59 PM UTC

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@stilkov except I’m not doing that and neither do Sam Harris nor that comedian whose name I forget. @codeblogger
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@zeevs @codeblogger yes, but that is what the CNN folks did in that interview, representative for a huge number of people
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@stilkov @zeevs That's not what Harris did. Azla maliciously misrepresented Harris views.
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@codeblogger @zeevs not in that CNN interview that started all this
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@stilkov whenever people want to point at the root of the problem - in order to fix it, not incite -
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@stilkov intentionally they’re misinterpreted and labeled as bigots. Great way to eliminate the discussion. @codeblogger