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Again, what is the point? At this point in time, and what is relevant to what is happening right now, this level of brutality IS unique to one group of people. For some reason some people just don't want to accept that.
One group?
There are hundreds of groups all over the world. One group uses technology and US media to instill fear, taunt and recruit whack jobs.
Talking about the Crusdaes was a safer choice , given the time lapse.
Overthrowing the Hawaiian monarchy was a land grab facilitated by Christian missionaries.
KKK started out as a Christian initiative, albeit one not embraced by all Christians. Same deal with Jim Crow.
Then there's the whole global White Supremacy thing - people who claim Christian values.
Obama could have thrown all caution to the wind and talked about the Southern Strategy invoked by the GOP to appeal to the racism within the South- majority Christians that over time flipped the voting patterns of many Southern states. It eventually led to a formal apology to the NAACP.
Yeah, the Crusades was a safer choice than holding up a mirror to the audience. That some Christians were barbaric was not a reflection on all Christains- no different than how terrorists are not a reflection of all Muslims.
Yep.
It really fascinates me how even with the time lapse, some Christians are still so defensive.
That whole Manifest Destiny thing must still be strong with a whole lot of them.
At least four Muslim villagers were killed, three of them burned to death, when their thatched huts were set on fire during a clash between Hindu and Muslim groups in eastern India, a government official has said.
BANGUI, Central African Republic – Tens of thousands of Muslims are fleeing to neighboring countries by plane and truck as Christian militias stage brutal attacks, shattering the social fabric of this war-ravaged nation.
In towns and villages as well as here in the capital, Christian vigilantes wielding machetes have killed scores of Muslims, who are a minority here, and burned and looted their houses and mosques in recent days, according to witnesses, aid agencies and peacekeepers. Tens of thousands of Muslims have fled their homes.
My point, and I believe Obama's, is not to draw some kind of equivalency between the degree of brutality in the attacks. The point is that people of all religions engage in this type of activity and we need to find ways to stop it. It does no good to demonize a particular religion.
Ah, but it is so much easier to do that than to try to look at things objectively.
Obama NEEDS to admit he has a problem dealing with the reality of what islam actually teaches.
Until then he can't/won't deal with this issue. No amount of lies, excuses, deflection and revisionist history will help this situation.
This fool is even worse than Bush in dealing with the ME as he is just outright excusing this islam based terror.
Heck he won't even man up and admit it's their religion that is fueling ISIS dream of a muslim caliphate in the middle east.Let alone mention islam and ISIS together without outright lying about what fuels this.
Never has a president this weak, divisive and delusional has led this country.
Literal translations of ancient words of men who claim divine inspiration and attempts to apply them to current times , trends extreme.
I think he sympathizes with Islamic terrorism -- not terrorism in general.
He has no problem criticizing many things Christian or in the name of Christ, but refuses to even say Islam or Islamic in any negative way.
Islamic terrorism is "work place violence" or a "few radicals" a "death cult" or an "unfortunate incident".
He's quick to point out that rural conservatives "cling to their guns and religion (Christianity)."
But refuses to connect or name Islam with its violence and gun clinging.
He recently met with a Muslim-only group that's whining about Muslim bigotry here, but despises and won't meet with Netanyahu whose country Islamists are committed to anhililating.
Did you actually read what you quoted?
The pertinent passage again:
"We see ISIL, a brutal, vicious death cult that, in the name of religion, carries out unspeakable acts of barbarism -- terrorizing religious minorities like the Yezidis, subjecting women to rape as a weapon of war, and claiming the mantle of religious authority for such actions."
Do you believe that the president is attributing POSITIVE attributes to this group with these words?
There was no such thing at that time. Children were not viewed then as they are now. Now, yes he would be a pedophile scum much like the majority of his followers in Dear Leader's ISIL.
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