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Originally Posted by Igottago
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?".
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It is different than racism. People have no right to have their religious ideals upheld by others. People have no right not to be offended. If you can't draw Mohammed, where do you draw the line. Are you going to stop eating cow, because Hindus find it offensive? Or pork because Jews find it offensive?
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Originally Posted by Igottago
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.
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This I agree with you on. Many of the people who participate are more than just closet biggots; they are full on bigots. All though I do support the idea of EDMD and the rights of people to actually draw Mohammed, I don't participate for this reason. It has essentially become a lightning rod for Islamophobia.
So...basically what I am saying is that theoretically EDMD could be used to protect the ideals of freedom of speech, but many people are clearly not using it for that. I, however, take no issue with those that are participating in EDMD for the purpose of freedom of expression/religion. Threats (and in some cases full on acts of violence and murder) have been made and they have every right to stand up to those threats.