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    And to better sell this idea of Arabs not producing science or literature, let us ban algebra and algorithms so people don’t think of those things ever.

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    Being a white supremacist typically entails having a poor grasp of recorded history.

  • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    he doesnt either. he parrots conspiracies that have been scientifically proven false

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      i object to your use of the word “either”. that gives him too much credibility.

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    Even if this total lie were somehow true, that there was something about Arab culture or Semitic people that magically made them unable to “produce culture” uhhh they’re still people?? Like they deserve exactly as much dignity and respect as any other people.

    But it’s also obviously a stupid racist lie.

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      I don’t see Robert F Kennedy Junior producing science or literature either.

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    What kind of numbers will we use if we want to express in writing a number of how many times this asshole has been wrong. Beware the number is probably not gonna be high enough.

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      Most of their arguments for years could be debunked with a 5 minute search. Problem is, RFK Jr. And the like do not care. They will say that shit all the same no matter how gars you debunk them. If anything, having you spend time debunking is the whole point.

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    Yes because A Thousand and One Nights and the works of the Arab alchemists that were critical to the foundation of modern chemistry is all fake. /s

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      Your point still stands, but this is probably a bad example. Many of the stories from A Thousand and One Nights were written by European authors to keep up the sales when they ran out of the originals. Many of the ones we know today were not written outside of europe.

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    The fact the average conservative can see and even hear this and say its not racist shows how silly the average centrist is for trying to meet them in the middle.

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    The sad thing is he could be surrounded by people that tell him “you’re right sir! They just sit in caves with towels on their head and plan jihads!”

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    Folks there really is no reason to go all the way back to the Islamic Golden Age to disprove this fool. There are many many Arab scientists and writers alive and kicking at this moment right now.

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      He is recycling the same islamophobic shit that flooded the internet in the two years after 9/11. The arguments are 100% 2001-2003 era.

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    That might be the most blatantly racist thing said by this administration. Well other than Miller. Which is saying something.