• Digitalprimate@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Unpopular opinion: let the man burn the Quran, just not in front of a mosque just before Eid. There’s protest then there’s inciting violence, which happened the previous time as well.

    I’m an atheist, but I’d never show up in front of a church on Xmas eve to burn a bible. You look so mean and petty it nullifies your protest.

    • Regna@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The question is : Which Eid. He waited for the court ruling, and the Eid al’Adha was the next available opportunity before the NATO vote.

    • Rob@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m torn on this. Restricting the when and where inherently restricts the extent of free speech. That’s not great.

      Nonetheless, the guy burning the book is being an asshat for the sake of being an asshat. Generally speaking, I think we should let the asshats know that nobody likes them.

    • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Yes and no. In democracies, people have a wright to be mean and petty. They don’t have a right to kill people of different beliefs than theirs.