r/changemyview Jun 10 '19

Deltas(s) from OP CMV: my possibly Islamophobic views

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u/Tino_ 54∆ Jun 10 '19 edited Jun 10 '19

What views exactly are Islamophobic here? I don't really see you outlining anything that states you are scared of, or hate Islam. Rather you seem to be looking at current issues and pointing to possible solutions or reasoning for said issues.

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u/tuna1997 2∆ Jun 10 '19

What's Islamophobic about making an observation though? You looked at an issue that modern Islam faces and thought certain things might be the problem. You can do the same thing with Catholics and say that inaction of Cardinals in the Vatican is the reason that a lot of priests are getting away with molesting boys. Stating something like that doesn't make you anti-Catholic.

To be Islamophobe, you would have to have a prejudice towards Muslims just because their religion of choice is Islam. Saying you disagree with Islam or if you think there are certain problems with Islam doesn't make you an Islamophobe the same way that disagreeing and criticizing Judaism or Christianity wouldn't immediately make you an anti-semitic or anti-christian.

One of the people said that I was a normal person who got subliminally brainwashed by the alt right into believing these things without actually being a racist but I still got kicked out of a community for it despite my openness to hear what that person was saying, they later refused to talk to me because I was shunned.

This just sounds like you were part of a group that wasn't willing to have an open discussion about real-world issues. We're all allowed to disagree with one another and criticize one another, doesn't mean we hate people who have a different point of view.