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They were being honored, they should be the ones honoring!
They were honoring the victims.
Somehow you have twisted this around. They came to honor the victims. The crowd appreciated that, and that the act sent a message to terrorists. The crowd applauded the message. That's all.
Actually the media in America is in love with Islam, but I'm one who thinks twice when everything around you is telling you only one side or one thing. Sheep will be sheep.
You're exactly right. Remember when Hillary came out swinging that terrorists are merely misunderstood and just really only need a good job to stop slaughtering innocent people?
Somehow you have twisted this around. They came to honor the victims. The crowd appreciated that, and that the act sent a message to terrorists. The crowd applauded the message. That's all.
The were walking down inside the roped lines... they were being honored!
Somehow you have twisted this around. They came to honor the victims. The crowd appreciated that, and that the act sent a message to terrorists. The crowd applauded the message. That's all.
Yep, after watching the end I got it. Peaceful response and sympathy disarm anger in intelligent people, as Ghandi proved. Attacking normal people who are afraid of Islamic Terrorism does nothing but create backlash.
You're exactly right. Remember when Hillary came out swinging that terrorists are merely misunderstood and just really only need a good job to stop slaughtering innocent people?
Exactly, the best way to defeat them is to accept Muslims, yeah look at Europe, heck look at London. They elect a Muslim for their mayor and already in a short time, 2 successful attacks and 5 thwarted attacks!
Do you hold all Christians accountable for the actions of, say, Westboro church members?
Yes, I do actually hold all Christians accountable for extremist elements. And Westboro IS sufficiently down-shouted sufficiently by Christians.
The oldest University in Islam, however, cannot and will not call ISIS apostates. They recognize that ISIS is acting out a valid interpretation of Islam completely keeping with what the Koran actually teaches.
Also, there is nothing ISIS does that Mohammed himself didn't do. Mohammed HIMSELF.
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Extremists are responsible for their own perversions of a religion. The religion isn't responsible for those perversions.
Yes, the religion IS responsible. Without the religion, no perversion of same.
It's almost like saying the Holocaust wasn't the predictable outcome of Nazism. After all, the vast majority of Nazis weren't violent and never killed a Jew.
It's not about going and attacking Muslims, as I said, most are decent people, but it is odd to HONOR Muslims after such events, jsut as it would have been odd to honor White Rednecks after the mass shooting in South Carolina in the Black church.
There should be much more pressure on the Muslim communities to be alert and sniff out suspicious behavior.
If a subset of the population wanted a redneck travel ban, or claimed that their religion was incompatible with or way of life, you probably would have seen that.
well, I am afraid more and more people are used to the "new normal."
Denial is likely to continue until the price gets too steep. The 3,000 victims of 9/11, it turns out, did not suffice to shake Western complacency. 30,000 dead, in all likelihood, will also not suffice. Perhaps 300,000 will. For sure, three million will. At that point, worries about Muslim sensibilities and fear of being called an "Islamophobe" will fade into irrelevance, replaced by a single-minded determination to protect lives. Should the existing order someday be in evident danger, today's relaxed approach will instantly go out the window.
It looks like Israel offers a control case. Because it faces so many threats, the body politic lacks patience with liberal pieties when it comes to security.
You probably don't want to alienate the Muslims, after all, they are there to stay and they are going nowhere
If they feel welcome there, they will view themselves as part of the community and maybe next time, they will report something.
Don't bet on it.
When is the last time, anywhere, that a Muslim turned in another Muslim for suspicious activities?
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