[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I get what you're trying to say - historically "Muslim garb" was just "desert garb" suited to the dry heat but I do also think these terms have some religious connotation now.

What really grinds my gears in this is that actual Muslim feminists, not just white knight crusaders (and i pick that word deliberately) Europe are out there and people who claim to be worried about how Islam treats women could you know, listen to their perspectives instead of just assuming European "secular" values are objectively better.

[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

So who then?

So now its "secularism is when some religions are better than others?"

[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

No, secularism is when no hijab ./s

[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

And who gets to decide?

[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 49 points 1 year ago

Someone seems RATTLED

[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

It's conveniently targeting one group and their religious expression. It's different when they do it to themselves, like in Turkey before the AKP took power and started weakening secularism there.

[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ideological decisions don't care about precedent.

[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I haven't had anything remotely like this when sticking to my subscribed communities.

[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

These laws seem ripe for exploitation by contrarian little shits who hate this bullshit and have nothing to lose if they get sued. Amtrak is in Texas – does it count if you're driving them to the station? What if you go off-road? Plus, if I get in my car with someone, what's to stop me and my abortion-seeking friend from driving through the town without stopping? How would anyone have cause to suspect me? If I get pulled over somehow, then this law can't apply, right? It's specifically private citizens.

Since it relies on people suing you, I feel like it leaves a lot of avenues open for someone with the right resources to fight in court.

[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Literally doing Gods work with comments like these. Thanks for the context and insight.

[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

https://lemm.ee/comment/3033256

I had the same dire thought, but this comment really made me take a breath.

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