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Old 08-04-2017, 08:08 AM
 
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https://www.therebel.media/poll_20_o...n_be_justified

But they must be the 20% with psychological issues, right?
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Old 08-04-2017, 08:18 AM
 
Location: Cape Cod
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Only 20%? We have seen suicide bombers strike markets in the Middle East with the intent of killing as many people as they can. The people most found at markets are innocent women and children.

The word innocent is really hard to understand for us Westerners who put a high value on life. Most of us can agree that if someone steps outside the realm of humanity and does something terrible that they deserve prison and even death but we have a hard time justifying murdering innocent people.

What religion calls for the murder of infidels and the ultimate sacrifice of strapping on a bomb vest and detonating it in a crowd?
It is pretty sick.
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Old 08-04-2017, 08:23 AM
 
Location: Iowa, USA
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HAHAHA!

Rebel Media knows how to play their ****ing readers. They knew you'd be too indifferent to actually do the heavy lifting and look at the Pew Research study yourself.

Per the question asking if killing civilians is ever justified, 76% said never, 8% said rarely, 7% often, 5% sometimes. Now, perhaps that's alarming. But what you, being too lazy to fact check the media you think isn't bull**** for some reason, neglected to see was the other part of that survey, which asks the same question to the general populations.

The results for that: 59% said never, 24% said rarely, 11% often, and 3% sometimes.

Meaning, in the math where rarely, often, and sometimes all mean yes, 38% of the US general population believes killing civilians can be justified, which is twice the amount of Muslims who believe the same thing.
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Old 08-04-2017, 08:48 AM
 
Location: Flippin AR
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What people reply to in a poll, and what their views would be if they actually saw what happened, are vastly different things.
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Old 08-04-2017, 08:53 AM
 
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Rebel Media knows how to play their ****ing readers.
The biggest threat to this country is fear and ignorance. I mean, look who it got us elected to lead this country.
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Old 08-04-2017, 09:10 AM
 
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HAHAHA!

Rebel Media knows how to play their ****ing readers. They knew you'd be too indifferent to actually do the heavy lifting and look at the Pew Research study yourself.

Per the question asking if killing civilians is ever justified, 76% said never, 8% said rarely, 7% often, 5% sometimes. Now, perhaps that's alarming. But what you, being too lazy to fact check the media you think isn't bull**** for some reason, neglected to see was the other part of that survey, which asks the same question to the general populations.

The results for that: 59% said never, 24% said rarely, 11% often, and 3% sometimes.

Meaning, in the math where rarely, often, and sometimes all mean yes, 38% of the US general population believes killing civilians can be justified, which is twice the amount of Muslims who believe the same thing.

So the 5 conservatives on my Facebook feed who linked to this I'm sure dug deep into the numbers....


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Old 08-04-2017, 09:13 AM
 
Location: My House
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Priceless. Thank you, Rebel Media, for letting us know what we already knew. The average US Citizen is more bloodthirsty than the average Muslim.

Note: Some Muslims are US Citizens, but not that many. Nope. The majority of US citizens say they're Christian.
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Old 08-04-2017, 09:22 AM
 
Location: Iowa, USA
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Priceless. Thank you, Rebel Media, for letting us know what we already knew. The average US Citizen is more bloodthirsty than the average Muslim.

Note: Some Muslims are US Citizens, but not that many. Nope. The majority of US citizens say they're Christian.
And of the Muslims who are US citizens, 92% of them, per the same survey that gave the OP his data, are proud to be Americans.
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Old 08-04-2017, 09:29 AM
 
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And of the Muslims who are US citizens, 92% of them, per the same survey that gave the OP his data, are proud to be Americans.
I have never met a Muslim citizen who wasn't very proud to be an American. And, I have met MANY.

People often fear what they don't understand. Instead of being afraid, they should get to know more so that they can ease their fears.

Fear-based politics. That's what put Trump in office.
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Old 08-04-2017, 09:46 AM
 
Location: Austin
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3 in 10 US Muslims think there is a natural conflict between Democracy and Islam. Most Muslims say Islam and democracy are compatible; general public is divided | Pew Research Center

5 in 10 US Muslims don't think homosexuality is acceptable, compared to 4 in 10 of all Americans.
Like Americans overall, Muslims now more accepting of homosexuality | Pew Research Center

Pew Study here. http://www.pewforum.org/2017/07/26/d...lim-americans/

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