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Algeria summons Danish and Swedish envoys to condemn Koran desecrations
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You cannot have hate speech against a religion, a religion is a non living concept.
You can have hats speech against a religious follower.
Burning a book in protest of a religion is not hate speech.
Except you can protest a religion without burning things.
Burning things publicly is always meant to intimidate the people associated with it.
No it’s not?
Burning a flag of a country for example is done in protest of the country, not the people.
Burning books is likewise done to remove access to knowledge.
You really think that Iranians who burn the US flag for example distinct between the country and the people?
People who burn flags or religious symbols aren't really known for having well articulated and nuanced criticism.
Uh, yes? In fact I think Iran is the worst example for the fact that I’d consider them one of the countries that separates people from their states actions the most.
Now like ISIS or something? Yeah, I doubt they discern but they’re also a fringe extremist minori and not representative of the norm.
Then you really have way more faith in the rationality of people who burn flags or books than I do. To me this always reeks of the lowest form of populism.