Canada has just passed the m 103 "islamophobia law" [Spirituality & Religion]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2017/03/canada-passes-103-motion-islamophobia-170324074557381.html

@JaggedlittlePill. Isn't it amazing? How people spread lies and stand by it.

@Vitality: Baffles me.

@JaggedLittlePill: have you noticed what counts as "islamophobia"? And why no mention of Hindu phobia or christianophobia?

@pianoplayingsteve: You insist is enough to show why? There are countless like you out there.

@pianoplayingsteve: have you noticed that you are fighting a law that protects people who are muslim because you wont be able to say racial and horrible things about them and that in itself is islamaphobia?

@Vitality: "like me"? Yesterday we were talking just fine. This over sensitivity is another reason why this controlling of thought is dangerous

@JaggedLittlePill: what race is Islam?

@pianoplayingsteve: look dude. Get a grip . i am speaking in general terms.

@pianoplayingsteve: Islam is no race. You are right and that is what I pointed at you that this law also includes systematic racism and religious discrimination . U chary picked it. As it seems, you might be one of those would hide behind freedom of expression to spread hate against others.

Dont play semantics with me you will lose.

@JaggedLittlePill: I think you'd lose with semantics to a 7 year old if you think disagreeing with someone over a political-religious issue is a "racial thing". No one cares what race anyone is, what matters is if we can't criticise one idea, what's stopping laws being passed stopping us criticising something else.

@pianoplayingsteve: You keep twisting words. The law includes more than just Islamophobia. Why u picked just one thing out of many from that law?

@Vitality: show me where it says "christianophobia, hinduphobia, sikhphobia, paganphobia, buddhistphobia" etc

@pianoplayingsteve: Get it when it says "systematic racism and [c=#BF0000][u]religious discrimination[/u][/c]. Besides, Muslim are subject of hate crime in many western countries. So from your idea, I should be opposing the recent law in my country, giving protecting to Hindus and Christians?

@Vitality: yeah I saw that bit, but I also saw how it only mentions 'islamophobia". And there's a massive difference between criticising an ideology and attacking a person. Every time someonedisagree with Christianity no one shouts them down as racists because 1. A religious belief isn't a race 2. That person is an individual not a religious belief it's the belief that was questioned 3. People should be allowed to criticise any idea they want. If there was a law against christianophobia I'd oppose it, if there was a law against criticising the theory of evolution I'd oppose it, if there was a law against liking converse trainers I'd oppose it. Freedom of conscious is a very important freedom that millions have died to protect, and you are on the WRONG side of history if you support stifling of speech, and it's also a disgusting spit on the memories of people who really did face religious discrimination in the past such as Jews in nazi germany, trivialising such words.