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originally posted by: imjack
a reply to: burgerbuddy
If only it was as simple as to blame 'everything' on one entity like Religion does.
You're obviously both douchebags, but Christian douchery is done through propaganda while Islamic through indoctrination.
If you think in ANY respect Christians are better see --> Indoctrinated Christians. They specifically hate everything about equality and only support war. They're pretty well known for fumbling their own policy and having misunderstandings about even their OWN party's views on ANYTHING liberal.
To quote Jordan about Gay marriage, he puts the Republican narrative about ANY minority in place:
Lady- The regular couple, they work so hard, you know, and the gay couple, you know- they want more.
Jordan- When you say more, do you mean they want 'equal'?
Lady- Yeah they want equal.
Jordan- And that's just too much?
Lady- Yeah.
The Hypocrisy in this video isn't simply sample size fraudulence like the majority of Republican publications talking about Liberals. This is a real depiction of the moral corrosion of our white society.
originally posted by: imjack
originally posted by: burgerbuddy
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Advantage
This sounds like "separate but equal" talk. Also what's this unAmerican talk of having people living in this country proving they are Americans and support the country? This isn't Russia man...
I agree that there is too much entrenched bias. Yours in particular. You are basically blaming the moderate Muslims for the poor attitudes others have about them caused by a misunderstanding involving Muslims living half way around the world. And you are saying that these Muslims need to prove to Americans that they are American. Bull#! That isn't how America works and we need stop this line of thinking effective IMMEDIATELY.
You really think that just living in America, you automatically turn into an American?
Is the soil magic or something?
Actually yes, living in America makes you an American. Shocking, I know, but it turns out that is what our country is founded on. Huge diversity of race and people from many countries and cultures make up America. Some call it a 'melting pot'.
This is 4th grade history by the way.
The truth is that the US simply must get used to the idea that there's going to be random mass attacks across the country in high density population areas. And with each bowl full of skittles the US government dumps across the country, knowing that there's a likelihood that 3 of them will kill someone someday, the attacks will only grow in frequency.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: Blue_Jay33
I think you've misread the situation.
I think the "see something say something" smacks too much of the Stasi and similar outfits.
Trump jumped the gun on that level of rank authoritarianism (much like his threat to throw Clinton in jail.)
The US is not there ... not yet.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Gryphon66
Let's completely ignore that the neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters noticed extremely suspicious activity but didn't report it because they didn't want to seem Islamophobic.
At what point do you, simply ignore what you see and know to be wrong?
Maybe I know my neighbor beats his wife and kids, but it's none of my business, right? I'll bet you say it's every bit of my business.
But what if I notice that my Muslim neighbor has all kinds of young men coming in and out at all hours of the night with boxes or bags of fertilizer or gas cylinders or even multiple guns? Is that my business or none of it?
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: Blue_Jay33
I think you've misread the situation.
I think the "see something say something" smacks too much of the Stasi and similar outfits.
Trump jumped the gun on that level of rank authoritarianism (much like his threat to throw Clinton in jail.)
The US is not there ... not yet.
originally posted by: enlightenedservant
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Gryphon66
Let's completely ignore that the neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters noticed extremely suspicious activity but didn't report it because they didn't want to seem Islamophobic.
At what point do you, simply ignore what you see and know to be wrong?
Maybe I know my neighbor beats his wife and kids, but it's none of my business, right? I'll bet you say it's every bit of my business.
But what if I notice that my Muslim neighbor has all kinds of young men coming in and out at all hours of the night with boxes or bags of fertilizer or gas cylinders or even multiple guns? Is that my business or none of it?
Do you ever "notice" anyone growing, transporting, selling, in possession of, or using any illegal drugs? Do you know of any of your friends or family members who do so? If so, how many of them did you turn in to the police? And if you didn't report every single one of them for breaking the laws, why not?
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
Uh huh... Like Islamic terror is somehow different than normal violence. Violence is violence. Giving it a special name doesn't make it any more special or worse than other types of violence. Of course you don't want to admit this because if you did it would delegitimize your hate against Muslims.
originally posted by: ManBehindTheMask
My my how you have abandoned your principles
originally posted by: DAVID64
a reply to: Gryphon66
And what would you do if you saw someone walking down the street with an AR-15 and a bag full of ammo? You'd feel fully vindicated calling the police. Trump was asking no more or no less than that.
originally posted by: enlightenedservant
originally posted by: TheBulk
originally posted by: enlightenedservant
"Black on black" crime? Is that also like "white on white" crime? Or is it too PC to call it that?
Thank you also, for proving my point.
In any case, no it's nothing like white on white crime. Black men make up about 6% of the country and commit vastly more crime (per capita) than whites or any other group in this country. Black men are killing other black men at an astonishingly higher rate than any other group.
Blah blah blah. People of all demographics are most likely to commit crimes against other members of the same demographic. For example, the FBI's official stats show that from 1980 to 2008, 84% of white American murder victims were killed by other white Americans (found on page 13 of this PDF. And the majority of people killed by police in America are also white Americans. So when are you going to address the threat of "white on white" crime?
originally posted by: WeAreAWAKE
originally posted by: DAVID64
a reply to: Gryphon66
And what would you do if you saw someone walking down the street with an AR-15 and a bag full of ammo? You'd feel fully vindicated calling the police. Trump was asking no more or no less than that.
I assume that the PC crowd would say that if the person were Muslim, black, gay, etc...ignore it. Nothing to see there. And if you read more into it than that...your RACIST!!!