Muslims

[Paladin]

China is not our friend and Russia is an antagonistic pain in the ass whenever it can be.

[yodajazz]

China is not our friend and Russia is an antagonistic pain in the ass whenever it can be.

OK, the US and China are rivals in some aspects, but arent they our biggest trading partners? Whatever happened to the days of "the evil communist, menance", and all the fear that went with it. Weren't they trying to take over the world, which the exact same thing Islam is now accused of?

I'm not saying there are no issues, but a general fear of all Islam, is not the solution.

[glenntinnyc]

well the big 3 religions all suck,

[CORVETTEDUDE]

China is not our friend and Russia is an antagonistic pain in the ass whenever it can be.

The list of friends of the United States is a very short one.

[thombergeron]

Look....I think the poll speaks for itself, and I think all the
controversy surrounding Juan Williams firing from NPR accurately reflects how many Americans feel, as does the poll numbers.............. and he's a black liberal, so save your right wing condemnation bullshit.

Man, you just continue to talk out of your ass. You have no idea at all what you're talking about.

Juan Williams is not a liberal. One needs to hold liberal viewpoints in order to be a liberal, not just have dark skin. And Americans are afraid of Muslims because people like Juan Williams go on TV and tell them that they should fear Muslims. Q.E.D.

The two groups you sight are far from some type of moral equivalency. There're hiding in the woods of Idaho for Christ sakes playing army.

Promise Keepers is an international Christian men’s organization founded by the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder. Their rallies attract thousands. They are very much a mainstream evangelical Christian organization and they firmly believe that men hold dominion over women. The Lord’s Resistance Army is a terrorist organization founded in Uganda that has killed and mutilated tens of thousands of people over the last decade. They kidnap children and force them to serve as soldiers and they use rape as a weapon. And they do it for Jesus. Neither of these groups is in Idaho playing army. Again, you have literally no idea what you’re talking about.

Look at some of the reputable polling outfits who have taken polls in even moderate Muslim countries like Saudi Ariba...they hate us. They teach it in their schools.

A) You have no idea at all what Muslims teach their kids in schools. You’ve never seen a Muslim school in your life.

B) Saudi Arabia is not a moderate Muslim country. It’s a theocracy. Indonesia is a moderate Muslim country. In fact, Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country on the planet. I’ve spent a significant amount of time in Indonesia, and they don’t hate Americans. They don’t even teach it in their schools.

do the research and get literate.

That’s kinda funny, coming from somebody who couldn’t be arsed to google “Promise Keepers.”

If you feel better by calling me Islamaphobic....have at it, but I have a strong sense of self preservation.

It doesn’t make me feel better. I sincerely wish you were not an ignorant bigot. The U.S. and the world would be a lot better if people like you made an effort to be less ignorant.

Moderate and peaceful Muslims may have an unfair burden seperating themselves from the fanatics, but unless they do.....they're always going to be looked upon with caution. Where are all the moderate muslims speaking out by the way.....?

See several quick links I provided earlier in this thread. It’s also not difficult to simply google “Muslims condemn violence” or “Muslims condemn attacks.” But then that would be really inconvenient for your argument, so maybe you should just stick your fingers back in your ears and go, “La la la la…”

Or, we could have some fun by turning this on it’s head. I provided you a golden opportunity to condemn the LRA’s Christian terror campaign, and you declined. Why do you support Christian terrorism?

[fred41]

Man, you just continue to talk out of your ass. You have no idea at all what you're talking about.

Juan Williams is not a liberal. One needs to hold liberal viewpoints in order to be a liberal, not just have dark skin. And Americans are afraid of Muslims because people like Juan Williams go on TV and tell them that they should fear Muslims. Q.E.D.

He didn't say you should fear Muslims...he simply said that if he got on a plane and saw people wearing Muslim clothing (i.e. clearly identifying themselves as Muslims) he would get nervous.

He also mentioned that all Muslims shouldn't be held accountable for the actions of a few extremists.

I suggest that if you're going to accuse someone else of "talking out of their ass"...you should probably not do the same thing.

[thombergeron]

He didn't say you should fear Muslims...he simply said that if he got on a plane and saw people wearing Muslim clothing (i.e. clearly identifying themselves as Muslims) he would get nervous.

This is fucking ridiculous. What's he nervous about? That they're going to paint his toenails?

He sees someone in the cabin in a keffiyeh and his first thought is, Uh oh, that guy might blow up the plane.

How does that not communicate to people, especially to people watching fucking Bill O'Reilly, that Muslims are dangerous?

Are you a native English speaker? smh

Still no moderate Christians willing to condemn Christian terrorism, I guess?

[fred41]

This is fucking ridiculous. What's he nervous about? That they're going to paint his toenails?

He sees someone in the cabin in a keffiyeh and his first thought is, Uh oh, that guy might blow up the plane.

How does that not communicate to people, especially to people watching fucking Bill O'Reilly, that Muslims are dangerous?

Are you a native English speaker? smh

Still no moderate Christians willing to condemn Christian terrorism, I guess?

There's a huge difference between telling someone they "should" be nervous...and understanding why someone might "feel" nervous.
..and everyone's experiences aren't the same.
...and yeah,...I understand the English language...clearly a whole lot better than you do...you only understand what you want to understand.SMH

[bte]

This is fucking ridiculous. What's he nervous about? That they're going to paint his toenails?

Why would anyone be afraid of Chinese women?

[thombergeron]

There's a huge difference between telling someone they "should" be nervous...and understanding why someone might "feel" nervous.

You may not have noticed that I wasn't the one who brought up Juan Williams in the first place. Plainly, the nuance you have so painstaking parsed was a bit too subtle for mouthbreathers like onmyknees, who now cite Williams' comments as evidence for the widespread fear of Muslim. Again, Q.E.D.