Election Year or Fear!

[Andy_Faber]

Posts 287 and 288 in the One Liner thread, though to be fair I have no real objection to post 288, I don't think its funny but that doesn't mean its offensive or racist. 287 however is a broad brush Islamaphobic comment which should be as unaccetable as any other slur on a group of people simply becuase of their beliefs.

I saw both and although I didn’t find them funny I don’t find most of the jokes here funny

One mentions immigrants, they aren’t a protected group, nothing to see here

One mentions Islam and as there is no definition of Islamophobia (yet) I cant adjudicate as a non-specialist in that area. I’ve also seen other groups and faiths used in the same manner here with no comment. Islam Doesn’t appear to be the butt of the joke in any case, rather just part of the setup, the judiciary do and they aren’t a protected group so again nothing to see here although it’s probably in worse taste than the other one. I may ask my Muslim family member what he thinks later

[swaledale]

I saw both and although I didn’t find them funny I don’t find most of the jokes here funny

One mentions immigrants, they aren’t a protected group, nothing to see here

One mentions Islam and as there is no definition of Islamophobia (yet) I cant adjudicate as a non-specialist in that area. I’ve also seen other groups and faiths used in the same manner here with no comment. Islam Doesn’t appear to be the butt of the joke in any case, rather just part of the setup, the judiciary do and they aren’t a protected group so again nothing to see here although it’s probably in worse taste than the other one. I may ask my Muslim family member what he thinks later

As Mod it is perfectly within your remit to remove a post which is explicitly racist, which one of those jokes is. So your cop out about Islamaphobia is pathetic. Your judgement does not reflect well on you, but regrettably I am not surprised.