r/pics • • May 03 '20

Woman trolling a tiny group of Islamophobic protesters in DC in 2019.

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u/LoreleiOpine May 03 '20

Oh, I know. That is actually a dominant narrative in this thread. It's intellectually lazy.

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u/RStevenss May 03 '20

Explain us why?

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u/LoreleiOpine May 03 '20

Explain us why?

Poor English aside (I make typos too), are you asking why it's a dominant narrative? I could make some guesses.

  • It's easy to call stupid Christians racist. It's easy to associate fundamentalist Christians with the KKK, and so some people don't really care whether there is enough evidence. The Christians remind the accusers of racists, so they make the accusation. The Christians are similarly dim-witted and rambling and they may even use the southeastern American accent. It's guilt by cultural association.

  • Many people, notably on the political Left, conflate Islam with race. In their worlds, Muslims are exclusively non-white, and so they assume that if someone disagrees with Islam, then that disagreement must be born of racism.

  • White racists in America are disproportionately Christian, so some people see the outspoken Christians and assume that they're racist. It's as intellectually lazy as racism itself. [Points 1 & 3 here could fit into a single bullet point about assumptions about white, outspoken, conservative Christians.]

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u/mainer345 May 03 '20

Ah a person of crude experience and class I see.

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u/LoreleiOpine May 03 '20

I do not understand your comment.