Rubecube, you have totally lost the plot on this ethically speaking.
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Except that telling women to cover-up or be modest is hardly exclusive to Islam.
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Certainly not. Though it manifests itself in more extreme ways in many Islam-majority countries.
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It seems like we're perfectly fine with the other ways in which this idea manifests itself in our society,
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No we aren't. Aren't you the first to stand against slut-shaming? Rightly so. This is a far more patriarchical incarnation, of course - not all "women should be modest" ideas or implementations thereof are equal. Some result in conservative people thinking less of a girl for wearing a miniskirt, others involve burning said girl alive.
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so taking a stand against this particular manifestation seems kinda racist.
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Totally off the rails here. Islam is a set of ideas, not a race. It's also a religion practiced by 1.6 billion people from very different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Even classifying this as a race issue is inherently racist. It implies you think that Islam = brown people.
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This woman has also stated that it his her personal choice, so even if you disagree with her reasons for that choice, it boils down to men telling women what they can and can't wear.
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First of all, if a woman wants to wear a veil freely, that is her choice and no one in Canada should be permitted to stop her from doing so - subject to such limits as are appropriate in a democratic society (e.g. can't wear it in your driver's license photo or passport photo for ID reasons; if she gets arrested, she can't wear it in her mugshot). However, disagreeing with her choice is not the same as telling her what she can't wear, any more than you saying "you're an ####### if you wear a confederate flag shirt" is telling some guy he can't wear a confederate flag shirt. Sure he can, you just disagree with his beliefs, or at least what the flag stands for. Again, rightly so.