#I haven’t gone on a terf blocking spree in a while but I just remembered one of those kinds of posts

[philsmeatylegss]

A huge underlying view among many terfs that frustrates me beyond belief is Islamophobia. I have seen countless of posts from Terfs using the stories of abused Muslim women as an excuse to say the whole religion is oppressive and sexist. I have seen so many posts about how hijabs and burkas are oppressive and women who choose to wear them are working against women’s rights. They often imply that most of, if not all, Muslim men are violent in the name of religion. They fail to make the obvious connection between the fact that there’s a huge difference between fascist governments using Islam as an excuse to oppress women and actual Islam and Muslims. Ofc women should have the right to chose if they want to be religious, if they want to cover up, if they want to take on a submissive role. No one is denying that. The reasons those rights are taken from women, often in the Middle East (which is what terfs often reference), is the fault of the government, not the religion. Yeah, there are abusive men who will use Islam as an excuse for their actions. Just like there are Christian men who will use Christianity as an excuse for their actions. Same goes for pretty much all religions. People covering up their abuse under the guise of religion is not limited to just Islam. It happens in most religions. It’s happened pretty much since religion started.

It’s just so ignorant and out of touch and you know they have never spoken to a Muslim person. If they did, they would know Muslims are the same as Christians and Jews and atheists and so on. It’s not some evil curse. It’s a religion that mainly focuses on peace. And to demonize it, using the horrors women have faced as an excuse is just so messed up. Most people on the internet haven’t realized there’s a big difference between a religion and people using that religion as a coverup for their shitty actions. The existence of governments using Islam to persecute women is because of bad people, not Islam. Terfs just want one group of people to be declared bad so they can blame everything on them. They claim to want to protect all women, and then condemn an entire religion. They talk about horrid treatment of women and blame religion rather than the perpetrators. It’s a very common belief a lot of them hold and I never see it mentioned and it just really pisses me off.

#I haven’t gone on a terf blocking spree in a while but I just remembered one of those kinds of posts #I’m not lying when I say I have seen a lot of posts with this message #and it just makes me so mad #I was raised in a pretty much completely catholic town and I’ve always been insanely ignorant so it took me a solid four years to realize m #my close friend was Muslim #I didn’t realize it because she acted exactly the same #the only different thing was she didn’t eat meat and her family didn’t like to celebrate Halloween #that’s all I fucking knew #she was just a normal fucking person and her family was a normal fucking family #I hung out with her family when we were still friends and they were normal #and actually really kind #people #Muslims aren’t some exotic species #they are exactly the same #when not being influenced by the government #most Muslims just want a normal life just like how most Christian’s and Jews and atheists want a normal life #I just hate Islamophobia so much and I hate terfs so much and it just isn’t surprising the two overlap #before some lost angry terf finds this #no I’m not saying all terfs believe this #I’m sure there are Muslim terfs #I’m just talking about what I’ve seen when I’ve gone on blocking sprees #rae’s rambles #fuck terfs #terfs don’t touch #not terf safe #fuck radfems #tw terfs