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uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)linuxman
(2,337 posts)Everyone stereotypes. Even you. It's literally human nature to make mental shortcuts based on past experiences. Some just happen to be more accurate than others.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Stereotyping Muslims as either terrorists or nice ladies is still stereotyping Muslims.
All young black men are gangsters or college students.
All gay men are either cowboys or ballet dancers.
All women are either whores or Madonnas.
Shall I go on?
linuxman
(2,337 posts)FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)and
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Otherwise, they are kind of stacking the deck.
Or even, how about a female ISIS and a male non-ISIS representative?
Shoulders of Giants
(370 posts)This cartoon seems very much "no true Scotsman" They call themselves Muslims, they read from the Koran, they believe in Sharia Law. I fail to see how they are not Muslims. They fit the definition by probably any definition. However, of course no liberal or moderate Muslim should have to answer for ISIS's crimes in the same way no liberal or moderate Christian should ever have to answer for Crazy fundamentalists Christians who commit terrorism like Eric Rudolph. Also, I as an atheist shouldn't have to answer for Stalin. However, I don't think this cartoon is grounded in reality because it implies ISIS is not a Muslim group. It very much is.
thereismore
(13,326 posts)That is the danger. Islam is incompatible with Western-style democracy.
pampango
(24,692 posts)Sometimes I wonder what DU is turning into. All that sounds like exactly what the far-right says about Muslims.
All REAL ('real' in whose eyes) Muslims?
Tell that to Keith Ellison.
In the 21st century who stereotypes ALL of anything as believing the same thing.
thereismore
(13,326 posts)Shoulders of Giants
(370 posts)Many Muslims do not believe in Sharia Law. I don't know enough about Islam to speak on its tenants. I just don't want to do what this cartoon does and be a non Muslim telling Muslims who are or not. I'll take their word for it (unless someone is running for public office and has a good reason to lie about religion). However, I know there are very liberal Muslims who follow it more for its culture, and far more radical ones (like ISIS for example), and the same is true for Christianity here. Fred Phelps and MLK Jr were members of the same religion. Infact, both were even Baptists.
thereismore
(13,326 posts)you have a chance ask any Muslim if they believe that everyone should be subject to Sharia.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)thereismore
(13,326 posts)countries. This is a cartoon for those who don't know anything about Islam. It is a lie.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)looked a lot like the Muslim on the right, until she looked like the Muslim on the left on 2 Dec.
Not all terrorists are Muslims and not all Muslims are terrorists. But identifying a Muslim terrorist, just like identifying a non-Muslim terrorist, isn't as simple as the cartoon would like to make us believe.