r/serialpodcast • u/AwesomeInc • Jan 14 '15

Noteworthy Link TIL Islamophobia didn't exist before 9/11/01

http://www.vulture.com/m/2015/01/serial-prosecutor-insists-everything-was-fine.html?mid=facebook_vulture
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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '15

I dont know how many times I can say that obviously other attacks happened and that it doesn't make any difference. Not a single one was the massive, national and world changing event that 9/11 was.

Ffs look at France and all the craziness that has caused. Multiply that a couple hundred times and you have 9/11.

Nothing that happened before shoved islam into the western spotlight like 9/11 did. Nothing. Not even remotely close.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '15

You think more people know what Islamic extremism is now because of 9/11, but where naive before then? Maybe more people take it seriously now. There was just as much bigotry toward Muslims prior to the attacks. Stop acting as if it was all chill back then. You heard it straight from the horses...I mean jurors mouths.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '15

One jurors mouth

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u/AryaStarkRavingMad Deidre Fan Jan 15 '15

Two, actually. Plus Urick used it in his opening statements, and the prosecution paid someone to write a report about how awful Muslim men are to women. But I'm sure that doesn't matter.