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3rd March 2011

“The term Islamophobia is as silly as Naziphobia. Phobia means irrational fear, my fear of Islam is not irrational!”

Anna Doe

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8 Responses to “3rd March 2011”

  1. archaeopteryx Says:
    March 3rd, 2011 at 9:43

    Exactly.

  2. Doubting Thomas Says:
    March 3rd, 2011 at 11:32

    Precisely

  3. Atheist MC Says:
    March 3rd, 2011 at 14:50

    absolutely.

  4. Rotten Says:
    March 3rd, 2011 at 16:32

    100%

  5. CaptainZero Says:
    March 3rd, 2011 at 19:08

    I’d worry about you if you didn’t have at least misgivings if not full-on phobia.

  6. reetBob Says:
    March 3rd, 2011 at 19:44

    Surely irrational fear of Islam exists.

  7. greateighthsin Says:
    March 3rd, 2011 at 20:34

    Depends on the context of your fear. If it’s fear for the people in the middle east, then it is rational. If it is fear for there being another terrorist attack in America, it is irrational.

    There are over 30,000 commercial flights in the USA alone. That amounts to 2 million flights every year. It has been well over a year since the last terrorist attack attempt, and a year before that one. So, you’re pretty much left with a 1 in 2 million chance that your flight will have a terrorist attack happen. That’s just for your flight as a whole, not the odds of there actually being a terrorist in the whole spectrum of there being passengers. Just think, was that fondling, groping, and nude photo worth it?

    Then, of course, there’s the fear of Islamic takeover, which is ALWAYS over the top irrational.

  8. Simon Says:
    March 4th, 2011 at 0:02

    Good post greateight

    May I add more:

    Terrorists gain advantage not through the act of terror but through the reaction to it.

    Adopting Islamophobic attitudes or policies will only strengthen the position of extremists.