Southie
January 13, 2015, 1:59pm
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Re: Western standards regarding freedom of speech
There have been several brutalities comparable to holocaust for which there are no ‘hate speech’ laws. Call me 'insensitive, but why are Jews and Holocaust considered so sacred that we cannot make fun of it but making fun of dropping atomic bombs on Japan is not?
Millions of Native Americans were systematically killed by colonists. But we can make jokes about it.
Millions of African slaves were killed during slave trade but we can make jokes about it.
Millions of Chinese were killed by Japanese invaders, but we can make jokes about it.
Belgium’s king kills 10 million Africans a hundred years ago but there are no laws about making fun of it.
My question is only this. Why are Jews and holocaust treated so special that we need laws protecting them? The answer: Oh, it is recent past and their kith and kin are still living is BS.
The same organization fires an employee for making anti-Jew cartoons but supports vehemently the right of ‘free speech’ when it comes to making anti-Muslim jokes?
I can say only this: For you and I, religion might not be important, but for Millions and millions of Muslims respect Muhammad (PBUH) a 1,000 times more than their own parents. If holocaust denial hurts Jews, then disrespecting Muhammad (PBUH) hurts Muslims much much more. You can call it irrational, but this is how things are.
If you are going to support ‘free speech’, then you should support it across the board and not selectively.
Let me try again. Can you provide instanced of “we make jokes about it” re: the other incidents you mention? I can’t recall anyone making jokes about blacks killed in slave trade, Chinese killed by Japanese or blacks killed by the Belgian king.
I will concede the team names such as Cleveland Indians is an insult to American Indians.
Your hypothesis about the jews being treated differently than the other victims is based on claims that have not yet been substantiated with facts.