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minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·6 hours agothe implication is that all arabs are terrorists, which is 100% racist
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 hours agoWorse still, Hasan isn’t Arab at all. He was born in the UK to Indian parents.
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 hour agoYeah, I was born in the US to Indian parents, and I was still 100% an Arab terrist in the south.
minus-squareArbitraryValuelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down25·edit-25 hours agoI think that’s quite a stretch. Girdusky’s comment is clearly a response specifically to Hasan’s expression of support for Palestinians. What’s the connection between “all supporters of Palestinians are terrorists” and being an Arab?
minus-squarejohker216@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 hours agoAnd the pagers targeted Hezbollah, not Palestinians. Ergo, racist.
minus-squareBirdObserver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 hours agoSome people can’t hear the dog whistles until they become bullhorns.
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 hours ago I think that’s quite a stretch. I assure you, it is not.
minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 hours agoLOL ok… i guess congrats for being one of the like 10 people who think that guy’s not actually racist
the implication is that all arabs are terrorists, which is 100% racist
Worse still, Hasan isn’t Arab at all. He was born in the UK to Indian parents.
Yeah, I was born in the US to Indian parents, and I was still 100% an Arab terrist in the south.
I think that’s quite a stretch. Girdusky’s comment is clearly a response specifically to Hasan’s expression of support for Palestinians. What’s the connection between “all supporters of Palestinians are terrorists” and being an Arab?
And the pagers targeted Hezbollah, not Palestinians. Ergo, racist.
Some people can’t hear the dog whistles until they become bullhorns.
I assure you, it is not.
LOL ok… i guess congrats for being one of the like 10 people who think that guy’s not actually racist