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Originally Posted by blankall
Not really sure it's the same thing. Our society puts a lot of emphasis on freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Both concepts necessitate the freedom to be able to do things like critique religions without fearing violence. So in order for our society to function, certain aspects of religion have to be kept private. You basically need to practice your own religion without telling other people how to practice their's.
Our society puts little value on hatred towards people's ethnicity/race. Although it is perfectly legal to go up to a black person and refer to them as a n******, you're unlikely to get much support from others in doing so. Furthermore, it's very hard to do that without suggesting violence. Noone here is walking up to random muslim people on the street and shouting derogatory names at them. That too would likely to get you much support. You've essentially got a difference between harrassing an individual and critiquing an idea.
In a lot of situations it is a fine line, but hating on a religion definitely is not the same thing as hating an ethnicity/race.
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You are still knowingly and intentionally offending a group of people. That's not all that different from racism. Whether its done in print, online, or in person doesn't really change it. This whole thing is basically saying "yeah we are dissing you, what are you gonna do about it?".
I am still convinced that people that want to participate in this are closet bigots more than defenders of free speech. Blanketly insulting an entire faith of people is not satire, justice, or anything like that. Its basically giving a big middle finger to people different from you, just because you want to.