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Do Americans Need to Worry About Muslims In Their Community?
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No. No. No. No. /thread
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It's a sad day when "concentration camps" is an option on what is usually an overall intelligent forum.
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Nope.
And isn't in incredible...
Isn't it unbelievable...
That so many of these so called "Constitutionalists" (who all happened to get their diploma on January 20th 2009) will jump up and down screaming "Constitution this! Constitution that!" but immediately have absolutely no issue with subverting the rights of Muslims because of their demented paranoia against what is at the end of the day largely ethnic minority...
I've known tons and tons of muslims in my life, almost all of them have been stand up individuals that I respected greatly.
And this lie that Muslims never speak out against terrorism... which gets trotted out every single time some person who prescribes to radical Islam does something stupid is far too played out now don't you think?
Because it's immediately proven that they do but I'll go one step further and say they shouldn't have to at all...
Catholics shouldn't have to apologize for the actions of some of their priests.
The black community shouldn't have to apologize for the actions of gangs like the Bloods and the Crips.
Whites shouldn't have to apologize for the actions of the KKK
Christians shouldn't have to answer for the stupidity of the Westboro Baptist Church...
There's bad people in this world of all colours, religions and political affiliations and we must pursue them.
But that does not give some of you license to discriminate against a whole group of people based on what you perceive to be affiliation.
And isn't in incredible...
Isn't it unbelievable...
That so many of these so called "Constitutionalists" (who all happened to get their diploma on January 20th 2009) will jump up and down screaming "Constitution this! Constitution that!" but immediately have absolutely no issue with subverting the rights of Muslims because of their demented paranoia against what is at the end of the day largely ethnic minority...
I've known tons and tons of muslims in my life, almost all of them have been stand up individuals that I respected greatly.
And this lie that Muslims never speak out against terrorism... which gets trotted out every single time some person who prescribes to radical Islam does something stupid is far too played out now don't you think?
Because it's immediately proven that they do but I'll go one step further and say they shouldn't have to at all...
Catholics shouldn't have to apologize for the actions of some of their priests.
The black community shouldn't have to apologize for the actions of gangs like the Bloods and the Crips.
Whites shouldn't have to apologize for the actions of the KKK
Christians shouldn't have to answer for the stupidity of the Westboro Baptist Church...
There's bad people in this world of all colours, religions and political affiliations and we must pursue them.
But that does not give some of you license to discriminate against a whole group of people based on what you perceive to be affiliation.
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No, not as a group. Put another way, Muslims as a group are nothing to worry about. There are, however, individual Muslims that ought to be worried about just as there are individual Christians who ought to be worried about.
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Hell no.
What we need to worry about are terrorists and thugs, which come in all colors and all ideologies. Scapegoating seems to be favored among some in our society, which automatically diminishes society as a whole.
What we need to worry about are terrorists and thugs, which come in all colors and all ideologies. Scapegoating seems to be favored among some in our society, which automatically diminishes society as a whole.
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I don't. The Muslims here are proud business owners that worked their way to the top. One of them owns five restaurant franchises that have become staples here. I went to school with one of his sons, used to have dinner with them sometimes. They're nice people. Most of them are.
To put them in camps due solely to some retarded irrational fear would be a heinous crime in the very least.
To put them in camps due solely to some retarded irrational fear would be a heinous crime in the very least.
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I got to be truthful. I've never known one Muslim in my entire life. In fact, I wouldn't even know what the hell a Muslim was if they didn't talk about them all the god damn time on television (and forums). And if everyone would just shut the **** up about them then I wouldn't have to hear it anymore.
I knew some black guys who said they were Muslim along the Malcolm X line, but didnt think those are real Muslims. Just a few guys thinking it'd be cool to say they are.
I knew some black guys who said they were Muslim along the Malcolm X line, but didnt think those are real Muslims. Just a few guys thinking it'd be cool to say they are.
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Come to think of it more - and thinking doesn't always come easy for me too - I don't even know how I'd know whether someone is a Muslim or not. How can you tell a person's religion by looking at the person?
Crooked nose on an olive skinned person and say, "oh, that person is Jewish?" That seems rather a stretch.
I mean, I know my wife's religion because she wears a little gold cross around her neck, and says prayers that start with "Dear Heavenly Father" and end with "These things I promise and ask in Jesus name." So I can pretty much figure she's still a Christian - that and going to church with her at least once a week where she sings in the choir and teaches Sunday School.
But if I saw someone walking past my house, do any of you have any suggests as to how I know that person's religious? I mean, if the person was, say, a violent sadistic satanist or something, I'd like to know that.
Crooked nose on an olive skinned person and say, "oh, that person is Jewish?" That seems rather a stretch.
I mean, I know my wife's religion because she wears a little gold cross around her neck, and says prayers that start with "Dear Heavenly Father" and end with "These things I promise and ask in Jesus name." So I can pretty much figure she's still a Christian - that and going to church with her at least once a week where she sings in the choir and teaches Sunday School.
But if I saw someone walking past my house, do any of you have any suggests as to how I know that person's religious? I mean, if the person was, say, a violent sadistic satanist or something, I'd like to know that.
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I drank and ate a lot with some folks from Saudi Arabia. It was cool, but we ran into moments where I had to put aside the obvious anti-semitism and 9/11 Truther talk so we could go back to drinking.