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Debate Score:56
Arguments:53
Total Votes:63
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Is it wrong to stereotype a muslim?

yes

Side Score: 30
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no

Side Score: 26

I am honestly disgusted that this question exists. Stereotypes are by definition unfair to the population you target. Why the shit would you stereotype Muslims anyway?

Side: yes
IAmSparticus(1516) Clarified
3 points

Small minds need easy to understand generalizations to quickly compartmentalize the world in a way that fits the "us vs them" mentality.

Side: yes
1 point

Riddle me this:

Q: How do Muslims practice safe sex?

A: They mark the camels that kick.

Ha ha ha!

Side: no
outlaw60(15368) Disputed
1 point

How do you know the Muslim is not a Radical Islamist ? You have that answer ?

Side: no
2 points

Innocent until proven guilty?

Common sense?

Empathy, or an understanding that they're another complex person whom I do not know?

Side: yes
FromWithin(8241) Disputed
1 point

Are you kidding me? The hypocrite Left wing bigots constantly steriotype Christians but they are the first ones to complain if Muslims(who mostly say NOTHING while Islamic terrorists kill innocent people) are shown for who they are.

Lets see, what do bigots on the Left say about many Christians. They say we are selfrighteous, judgemental, pioused, closed minded, intolerant, hatemongering zealots.

Can you spell hypocrite?

No one is steriotyping Muslims. We are speaking to the facts of how very few Muslims in this nation are protesting against the terrorists. THAT IS FACT!

Side: no
2 points

1. The Left is overwhelmingly Christian, so you are saying they sterotype themselves.

2. The Left always speaks out, along with everyone else, when terrorism occurs.

3. There are over a billion muslims. You have no idea "who they are", clearly.

4. You are claiming that the Left calls themselves self righteous, judgmental, pioused, closed minded, intolerant, hantemongering zealouts. Of course you are going to say they aren't Christian, which would prove these very claims :P

5. I can spell hypocrite: F-r-o-m-W-i-t-h-i-n. Seriously, even in this very post you are doing exactly what you are complaining about.

6. People have sterptyped Muslims on this very debate.

7. You have been provided with countless evidence that Muslims have been speaking out against terrorism since it first became a problem, and they have done so globally and en mass. You ignore all the evidence because it doesn't come onto FOX (That isn't even a joke, you have actually dismissed it because you haven't seen it on TV). "THAT IS A FACT".

If you want the evidence (again), let me know and I will present it (again) so that you can ignore it (again) and lie about it (again).

Side: yes
2 points

We don't hate Christians, FromWithin, we just hate you. This isn't because of your religions faith, it's because you're an ass.

Side: yes

It's wrong to stereotype a Muslim - but it is not wrong to speak the truth about Islam. Islam is an extremely violent religion, it advocates for killing in almost every sirrah of the Quran. Most Muslims don't follow the fundamentals of their religion, same goes for Christians (if you actually followed the Bible as a Christian you would have killed a very large portion of the population.) In conclusion: don't judge people by their religion as it is only one negative portion of who they are.

Side: yes
1 point

It is wrong to make any stereotypes.

However, some stereotypes are accurate.

Don't fear being called a racist, but don't be racist either.

Side: yes
1 point

It is wrong to make any stereotypes

Good, glad we cleared that up, guess that ends the debate seeing as we all agre-

However, some stereotypes are accurate

... Oh. So, when you said it's wrong to stereotype, what you really meant was that it's wrong to stereotype if you think it's accurate?

Side: no
1 point

Just because your a certain religion, does not mean that it is ok to stereotype them. How would you, Christians, feel if there was a question posed like this one: "Is it wrong to stereotype a Christian?" And I don't like the fact that when some people hear the word "muslim," they think camels and deserts. My parents are Muslims who originated form Europe and I was born in the U.S.A, as a Muslim. There are plenty of Muslims that are not from Arabia. More than you expect!

Side: yes
2 points

SHOOT .... Just observe the Quran ... their own book commands Muslims to fight and take land ....

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Sahih International: Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah , so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah ? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment ... http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=9&verse;=111

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... also .. http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/ 023-violence.htm .... the "peaceful" Muslims are the actual apostates of Islam ... this is why they are killed and murdered too ... Islam is not just a belief / religion .... it is mostly a political force bent on world domination by force if need be

Side: no

No, but then not all snakes are venomous, but as I can't distinguish between the harmless and the poisonous I treat them all as potentially lethal. So, when I see a swarthy skinned, bearded middle eastern looking male, or a moving burqa, ( who knows what's inside?) I instinctively assume ''IT'S'' a murdering terrorist. I don't want them anywhere near me, nor to have anything to do with them. Am I prejudiced? You bet your life, ( not mine) I am.

Side: no
IAmSparticus(1516) Clarified
1 point

So by that logic, do you treat essentially everyone as a potential murderer?

Since I am assuming you live in a Western country, that would mean particularly viewing white people as potential murderers, statistically speaking.

Side: yes
2 points

Those crazy Muslims..... always believing in Allah.

Side: no

Islam is the only major religion that can NOT accept plural existence. They are totalitarian. We should purge this disease from the earth

Side: no
Dante756(77) Disputed
1 point

Some Muslims are peaceful, but there is a widespread problem.

Calling Muslims a disease in need of purging makes you like Ayatollah to the Jews.

Side: yes

Not if it's an accurate portrayal of a particular aspect of Muslims.

Side: no
2 points

The very definition of stereotype requires for it to not be accurate.

Stereotype: : to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same.

-Merriam Webster

If it was accurate, it wouldn't be unfair, now would it?

Side: yes
1 point

It's taking a characteristic of a particular group and making generalizations about it often in a humorous way, like stand-up comics do. For example:

Q: What do you call a Muslim who owns a camel and a goat?

A: Bisexual.

Ha ha ha!

Side: no
Pantagruel(984) Disputed
1 point

There is no such thing as an accurate stereotype.

Stereotypes are most often flagrant exaggerations and damning calumnies against a people who otherwise have no reason to be hated. They are humans, no different than you.

Muslim: Allah! I hate Americans! They think we're all terrorists!

American: Well aren't you?

Muslim:

You would have us believe what? That the Muslim would reply by flying a plane into the American's home? I'd sooner expect an act of contrition, a last-ditch effort to convince their haters that they are not deserving of hate.

I could just as soon announce my hatred of Christians: after all, don't they all bomb abortion clinics and bicker with each other over the most absolutely petty of denominational conflicts?

Don't hate people of religion; hate the religion.

Side: yes
1 point

Stereotypes are a way of culture. Event though the stereotypes are not correct, it isn't wrong to stereotype any race.

Side: no

Stand-up comics wouldn't have any material if it weren't for stereotypes. I think they're hilarious.

Side: no
1 point

How might you know the Muslim is not a Radical Islamist ? Obama's vetting process should clear it all up for everyone just call 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to get your answer !

Side: no
foil7(346) Disputed
1 point

How might you know the Muslim is not a regular Muslim? They all look alike.

Side: yes
IAmSparticus(1516) Clarified
1 point

Let me guess: You are picturing someone of Middle Eastern origin, right?

Side: yes
1 point

No because there are times when they really are wearing suicide vest.

Side: no

Are you kidding me? The hypocrite Left wing bigots constantly steriotype Christians but they are the first ones to complain if Muslims(who mostly say NOTHING while Islamic terrorists kill innocent people) are shown for who they are.

Lets see, what do bigots on the Left say about many Christians. They say we are selfrighteous, judgemental, pioused, closed minded, intolerant, hatemongering zealots.

Can you spell hypocrite?

No one is steriotyping Muslims. We are speaking to the facts of how very few Muslims in this nation are protesting against the terrorists. THAT IS FACT!

Side: no
Hellno(17753) Disputed
1 point

Can you spell hypocrite?

Yeah, but you can't spell stereotype.

Side: yes
FromWithin(8241) Clarified
1 point

You got me..... I can not spell.... please forgive me :).........................................

Side: yes
1 point

Is this relating to terrorism.If so not all muslims are terrorist but most terrorists are muslims. If not it's not wrong to fear muslims because a true muslims belife is to either convert people to being muslim and or kill people who don't agree.

Side: no
HACKS(2) Disputed
1 point

Glad you cleared that up but what about the rest. Sorry for my inaccurate info

Side: no