Said contests the claim that difference must imply hostility

Evidence

We may all be guilty of sometimes spending ‘far too much time deconstructing the key terms of social debate and far too little time analysing how they function’. Indeed, such an exercise here could be instructive, not least because one of the difficulties with how the CBMI conceived of Islamophobia stems from the notion of an ‘unfounded hostility towards Islam’. Such a notion clearly entails the interpretative task of establishing hostility as — Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood, Refutations of Racism in the ‘Muslim…, 34 (#expands, via linked claim)

But, in most of the cases that one can imagine, it is insufficient simply to assert that one is not engaging in a strategic strike or that one is not in a menacing posture. There has to be some way of authenticating certain facts, the facts presumably involving the disposition of forces. We would have to prove not only that we were not intending to exploit our position, but that our actual position was one that could not be exploited to doublecross the enemy if he should take us at our word and restrain his own forces. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 569 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The ‘unfounded hostility’ frame forces interpretive judgments about reasonable criticism. — Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood, Refutations of Racism in the ‘Muslim…, 34; Bare assertions of non-hostility cannot substitute for authenticable facts — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 569

Related

• The ‘unfounded hostility’ frame forces interpretive judgments about reasonable criticism. (similarity 0.87)
• Demonizing a rival’s beliefs is a direct expression of hostility, not just propaganda. (similarity 0.79)
• Hostility distorts even factual accounts of enemies in good faith (similarity 0.78)
• Islamophobia need not rest on false beliefs about Islam or Muslims. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The ‘unfounded hostility’ frame forces interpretive judgments about reasonable criticism. #expands (0.78) — Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood, Refutations of Racism in the ‘Muslim…, 34
• Bare assertions of non-hostility cannot substitute for authenticable facts #corroborates (0.72) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 569