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Hi 'gotchange! Since you speak (and read) Arabic, could you tell what's in the top left corner of that picture[0]? Seems like hashtag-something, but it wasn't mentioned in the article. [0] - http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/10/16/world/middleeast/1...
This is most likely "جاسوس" which translates primarily to "spy" or "agent" depending on context.
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According to popular use. A lot of words, especially in the political or controversial sphere, end up having folk definitions that are open to interpretation. Witness how meaningless labels like "conservative" or "liberal" become when you try to dissect them.
Incorrect popular use doesn't make it correct. This venue if any ought to know the difference.
Meanwhile, a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad resulted the deaths of 12 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo#Muhammad_cartoon...
Meanwhile, a Texas church burned the holy book of millions of Muslims. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove_World_Outreach_Center_Q... What's your point?
And Muslim (extremists?), killed 30 people in response, and resulted in a fatwa against Terry Jones.
> What's your point?
Artistic demonstration against the west, is (nearly) a right.
Artistic expression against Muslims, is (nearly) a death sentence.
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It's a false equivalency to compare our (White Christian) nutjobs to their (Islam) nutjobs.
I haven't seen Homeland past the first season - but can someone who has seen more shed light on the alleged "racism" of the show? Is the show actually racist in its depiction of Arab-speaking characters, or is this simply a manifestation of Hanlon's Razor - "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"?
Well, the show depicts largely terrorists and criminals. Activists apparently want long diatribes about how wonderful Arab and Muslim families are to "balance" it out. Homeland isn't a documentary. Its a dramatic show about national security and as such it will probably not paint a realistic picture of the average Muslim, because average Muslims aren't really what its supposed to portray. The same way professional wr…
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As racist as it would be if there were a US show based on how the French are scary, and no one involved with the show spoke French. It means that they are likely exclusively trading in stereotypes and Western orientialist imagery and tropes. I've never seen the show.
France is not a race. That would be xenophobia, which is a different brand of bigotry. Not speaking Arabic is a grey area -- not all Muslims are Arabic, despite the fact that the Quran is written in Arabic and only canonical in that language. There are millions and millions of Muslims who do not speak Arabic, and rely on their clergy to teach them the Quran. While it's apparently not the case here, the absence of an…
There are no races in the human species. Claiming otherwise without providing strong scientific proof is what racism actually is.
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> And matches are perfectly safe, if you don't happen to be surrounded by flammables. My point goes back to personal responsibility. Whose fault is it if you're surrounded by flammables labeled appropriately? The analogy is that this is labeled as a "TV show" not a documentary.
Why are the creators of the show absolved of their personal responsibility regarding the impact of their actions? If a company poisons the local reservoir with their chemical run-off, are they morally able to say, "Well, they shouldn't have drank that water. They knew they lived near a chemical plant." No, we trust fiction-based-on-reality to have a semblence of reality to it and to not be blatently racist. That's a…
Because they aren't democratically elected public officials, they're just making a TV show from private funding. And watching the TV show is optional.
> If a company poisons the local reservoir with their chemical run-off, are they morally able to say, "Well, they shouldn't have drank that water. They knew they lived near a chemical plant."
That's a violation of environmental laws; how is this analogy applicable to a TV show? Would you propose to curtail the right to free speech? It's a TV show, not real life.
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Incorrect popular use doesn't make it correct. This venue if any ought to know the difference.
Tell that to the U.S. Supreme Court, who believe a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden
In the absence of specific definitions in the law to the contrary that seems a fairly reasonable interpretation of the meaning most likely intended by Congress.
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As racist as it would be if there were a US show based on how the French are scary, and no one involved with the show spoke French. It means that they are likely exclusively trading in stereotypes and Western orientialist imagery and tropes. I've never seen the show.
France is not a race. That would be xenophobia, which is a different brand of bigotry. Not speaking Arabic is a grey area -- not all Muslims are Arabic, despite the fact that the Quran is written in Arabic and only canonical in that language. There are millions and millions of Muslims who do not speak Arabic, and rely on their clergy to teach them the Quran. While it's apparently not the case here, the absence of an…
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France is not a race. That would be xenophobia, which is a different brand of bigotry. Not speaking Arabic is a grey area -- not all Muslims are Arabic, despite the fact that the Quran is written in Arabic and only canonical in that language. There are millions and millions of Muslims who do not speak Arabic, and rely on their clergy to teach them the Quran. While it's apparently not the case here, the absence of an…
> France is not a race. There are no races in the human species. Claiming otherwise without providing strong scientific proof is what racism actually is.
Nationality and ethnicity likewise exist as related, but usually distinct, cultural constructs to race, and we have different names for bigotry based on them. Though, obviously, the distinction between these forms of bigotry is somewhat nitpicky, and often not meaningful, and a lot of time "racism" is used broadly to refer to bigotry based on race, ethnicity, or nationality.
Homeland is a TV show, for entertainment. No one is happy with a lot of documentaries, the TV shows that are meant to get at facts and not just entertain. So while I don't want to give Homeland a free ride, it'd be too much to expect more from the show.
It's also an excellent example of propaganda.