I agree with Harper on the opposition to niqabs.

Any religious symbology in public, most especially such an oppressive one as that, should be banned in a secular society.

Yep, I include Christian crosses in this. I’m most close to the view of this person, I think.

The face-concealing niqab, unlike the hair-covering hijab, hides an individual’s prime interface with the world, while denying her individuality. Of course, one could argue that a “choice” is involved here when a woman wears one, but it is also a symbol of cultural and religious diktat that goes against every tenet of an open and equal society. Let’s not forget about that.

I don’t know what prompts people to defend something that is so objectively and icredibly oppressive to women? Can’t wrap my head around that one.

I’m all for free expression but I can’t defend the indefensible and can’t jump on the liberal bandwagon of allowing a secular society to promote the silencing and oppression of so many people. Tolerating intolerance is not a liberal value, but rather one rooted in the desire not to offend anyone.

But I’m all about offending motherfuckers who make millions of people’s lives worse.

All about it.