• yesman@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Rushdie should be more sympathetic to the Palestinians. After all, Hitchens, Maher, and Islamophobes at large have been using him as a human shield for years.

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      That’s a big leap considering the article mentions this is about his position on an ongoing ethnic cleansing and not about his religious views - though I suspect his religious views are colouring how he views the acceptability of crimes against humanity when targeting some groups.

      I have very little sympathy for religion in public spaces but I’ve even less for pro-genocide people.