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Religist? Or racist?
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@Siska the Khajiit, jokes aren't really either of those. And neither are facts
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@A Studly Muffin, I'm fine with it, I think they are funny
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@Siska the Khajiit, the word your looking for is sectarian
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@Siska the Khajiit, Islam isn't a race.
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@Pete Zaroll, I wasn't sure whether it was it was referring to Islam or just a random Arabic country, so I said both
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@Siska the Khajiit, then it would be against a country and still not a race
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@Pete Zaroll, ehh it kind of is, like how Jewish is almost a race
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@Donald Drumpf, I think that may actually be the most ignorant thing I've ever seen you post. You realize there are black Jews, right? There are also European Jews, and even middle eastern Jews. Judaism is not a race. It is not 'almost' a race.
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@I Are Lebo, I disagree, I also said almost not definitely. It's a fact that a majority of the worldwide Jewish population is genetically similar due to a variety of historical reasons.
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@Donald Drumpf, I am Jewish. Jewish is not a race. We actually differ quite a lot physically. Your agreement or disagreement is irrelevant.
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@Donald Drumpf, also, the phrase "almost a race" is entirely meaningless. That's like saying a duck billed platypus is almost a bird. It's a mammal.
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@I Are Lebo, well there are obvious exceptions to the rule like the ones you mentioned, hence the almost
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@Donald Drumpf, you are arguing a lost cause. Many Jews are the same race. That doesn't make Judaism a race. That is like calling Buddhism a race because the majority of them are Indian. Judaism is a religion. You can convert into it, you can convert out of it. You can stop being a Jew, you can start being a Jew. Being a Jew comes with expectations for behaviour, and some of those expectations carry consequences if not upheld (for example, getting tattoos prevents your burial in a Jewish orthodox graveyard). There are traditions passed down from generation to generation, and specific ceremonies that are expected to be performed. None of that applies to ethnicity. Looking similar to each other is not the sole qualifier of what makes a race a race. Judaism is not a race. It is not 'almost' a race. Let it go.
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@I Are Lebo, Jewish can be both a cultural group when speaking in terms of Judaism, and a heritage when speaking of someone of Jewish decent who doesn't necessarily follow the Jewish faith, but there are also people from other nationalities that observe Judaism as well so there is an argument to be made depending on which definition of Jewish you are talking about
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@That one dingbat, yes, exactly. Judaism is a religion with its own culture. I consider myself to be a cultural Jew. I recognize my background, and the struggles of my ancestors, but I do not follow the rules of the religion. I do not go to synagogue, I do not pray, I eat pork occasionally. However, I had a Bar Mitzvah. If I ever get married it WILL be in a Jewish ceremony run by a Rabbi. Still doesn't make Judaism a race.
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@I Are Lebo, there's actually technically race Jews, i.e. People of the Jewish faith who lived in ancient Judea- and then there are the religion Jews who can be any race, but are often still the race Jew as well. I have a friend who traces his line back to judea and calls himself a Jew even though he is catholic
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@ajr12100, or maybe that's the cultural Jew as you said above, but regardless i have a friend that claims he is of the Jewish race
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@ajr12100, I'm going to be blunt. Your friend's a moron. You can trace a religious background the same way regardless of race. All it involves is having the original convert to the religion be a very long time ago.
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@I Are Lebo, all that matters is that I was right... It's sectarian
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@Siska the Khajiit, looks like a Saudi headdress I think
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@The Next Guy, the term 'islamaphobia' has also been tossed around a lot lately.
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@A Studly Muffin, there are definitely racist jokes out there
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@afro samurai2012, there are jokes that use racial stereotypes to make a joke... but there aren't jokes that are racist in the sense that they actually hurt people. Racism isn't just a thing that makes some people feel bad. Racism is something that effects people's lives.
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@A Studly Muffin, well Arab is a race
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@TheLoneRanger, continue your point...
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@A Studly Muffin, that's the point. I don't know why Siska said random Arabic country. Could've just said "Islam or Arabs".
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@TheLoneRanger, those aren't the same thing. At all. That's incredibly racist. He was talking about middle eastern countries because they don't have laws explicitly forbidding that practice like most western countries do
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@A Studly Muffin, I know they aren't the same. All I wanted to do was point out that Arab is a race. I wasn't trying to get involved any deeper than that or imply anything
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@TheLoneRanger, then what does this have to do with anything? Did you just feel like talking?
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@A Studly Muffin, it just seemed like a glaringly obvious point. Did you just feel like harassing someone random on a meme app?
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@A Studly Muffin, I just don't get why there's all this hostility just because I said "Arab is a race."
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@TheLoneRanger, because you said it like I didn't know it... and then didn't even have a reason for saying it.
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@A Studly Muffin, tbh I was more saying it for Siska. Either way, wasn't intending to call anybody an idiot. Sorry if I caught you on a bad day.
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@TheLoneRanger, you didn't. I just really hate nonsense. Sorry if I seemed too harsh.
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@A Studly Muffin, http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/question/oct12/index.htm now imagine the jokes people made back then
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Oh man this is pitch black
#justislamthings