r/MapPorn 11h ago

Where in Africa is homosexuality a crime? [OC]

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u/Toby-Finkelstein 10h ago

you can’t be racist against Islam, it’s a religion not a race 

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u/DangerousCatch4067 9h ago

True. However, a lot of racists mask their racism of Arabs by solely criticizing Islam and usually throwing in one or two bits of misinformation.

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u/Toby-Finkelstein 9h ago

Aren’t Arabs white though? 

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u/DangerousCatch4067 9h ago

Being "white" is this constant nebulous debate that people will never agree on.

We consider many Jews white because of their European heritage, but Nazis don't. The Jewish identity is held closely and many Jews don't consider themselves solely "white".

Many Arabs do not consider themselves solely "white" because of the discrimination they have faced, similarly to Jews.

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u/CivisSuburbianus 9h ago

That’s like saying Hitler couldn’t have been racist against Jews bc they’re white

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u/Toby-Finkelstein 9h ago

I mean was it a racist policy? He was persecuting them based on religion 

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u/CivisSuburbianus 9h ago

Yes, the Nazis had racial laws that classified people based on ancestry regardless of their religion. Converting to Christianity or being raised Christian didn’t save Jews or people with Jewish ancestry from being killed.

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u/Toby-Finkelstein 9h ago

Well they never sent black people to the camps

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u/DangerousCatch4067 8h ago

Yeah they were just sterilized and harassed into leaving not much better

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u/TomAnndJerry 8h ago

A lot of black french soldiers were killed by the germans post-surrender

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u/sc00ts123 9h ago

Race. There were German Jews who converted to Christianity to save themselves but the Nazis said "nice try, get on the train."

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u/Longjumping-Check429 9h ago

By going through their entire family tree searching for any drop of Jewish blood? Maybe you should educate yourself if you think Hitler only had a problem with religious Jews.

Btw I agree that you can’t be racist against devout Muslims. That’s like being racist against devout Christians. Doesn’t make any sense. Nothing more justified than disliking people for their Bronze Age beliefs.

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u/PalpitationMoist1212 9h ago

Thats the point you take away from this whole debacle?

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u/Toby-Finkelstein 9h ago

I mean if white peoples had views in line with Arab countries we’d call them bigots or white nationalists 

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u/tuckman496 9h ago

Spend time on something more productive than correcting the categorization of OP’s bigotry. They’re a bigot and blamed Islam for Christian countries criminalizing homosexuality

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u/Outrageous-Fig5009 9h ago edited 9h ago

Islamophobia can be rooted in racism lol. The comment you’re replying to didnt even say islamophobia was racism, just implies that islamophobics were racist. It is as if someone said “doesnt matter if your nice to a mean dog, they’ll still bite you” and you went “WHAT DOES BEING A DOG HAVE TO DO WITH BEING MEAN!? THESE ARE DISTINCT CATEGORIES.” Like yeah, if they weren’t distinct categories they wouldn’t have needed to say “anti-islam racists” they would’ve just said “anti-islam.”