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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (1749)	12/11/2016 6:51:42 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362209

So it isn't racism if it is against a Muslim? If the intolerance is directed at someone's race, then it's racism aka racist bigotry. If it's directed at his religion, Muslim, then it's religious bigotry. If the Muslim in question is of another race, maybe Asian or black, could be either or both. Or it could be ethnic bigotry against Middle Easterners, ethnicity being a narrower category than race with elements of culture. There used to be a lot of ethnic bigotry in the US back before "the Irish became white." I remember wops and micks and kikes and and hunkys and japs, etc. It was prevalent in my youth. Or just undifferentiated bigotry. Tell that to the Neanderthals. The Neanderthals didn't have the brain capacity to conceptualize race. It wasn't until the seventeenth century that they came up with pseudo-scientific categories for "the other."

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (1749)	12/21/2016 5:55:01 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 362209

Islam is a religion... not an ethnic group... and we are ONE species .. with some DNA from Neanderthals and Denisovans.. maybe some others unidentified as yet.. Neanderthals and Denisovans are different species.. Just like Christianity it has incorporated cultural biases to make it more palatable to the target group Steve I do not always agree with you.. and yes I realise that I can be and have been wrong also... You are *thinking* though... Hence I listen to you :))