Did anyone hear about this? My heart goes out to the ex muslims. Kicked out of starbucks at a hotel for wearing an ex muslims t shirt when the was a convention across the street. Seth Andrews, the thinking atheist, interviewed sarah haider and the ladies involved. The special protection to protect the feelings of muslims at the expense of the freedom of speech of atheists must stop.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Chances are this would not have happened had their T-shirts read "Atheist" or "Ex-Christian" ... anything with the word Muslim in it becomes a 'third rail' issue.
p-nullifidian
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Sep 7, 2018
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I agree. I feel like the left (of which i'm a part of in most subjects) had driven the narrative that islam should get special protection. Like political correctness gone too far. Reminds me of bill Maher's interview with ben affleck
@StrongHappySilly You mean, Ben Affleck's ambush of Sam Harris?
They would never admit it but they are cowardly capitulating to fear of reprisals by radical Muslims for serving infidels.
Also of course it is the case that there are ten Hilton Hotels in Saudi Arabia
LenHazell53
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Sep 6, 2018
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Ahhh yes. Those are all excellent points
I find myself with a real problem when people are not allowed to speak about any subject, the only exception being when a person is actively encouraging violence. I've watched Sarah Haider enough to know that she would be the last person to do that. The growing tendency to condemn blasphemy is very worrisome to the right of free speech. This is an area that I am in direct opposition to people on the extreme left.
gearl
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Sep 6, 2018
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I'm pretty liberal, but i disagree with some of my more liberal friends that are against any person who actively opposes religion. It's like one can protest anything else, but when it comes to religion, especially islam there are different rules. As long as it's not violent it's perfectly fine.
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