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steki47



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

johnslat wrote:


Besides, we all know that middle-aged, white, normally-Christian people never commit acts of terrorism:


http://time.com/3934980/right-wing-extremists-white-terrorism-islamist-jihadi-dangerous/

Regards,
John


Sorry, a bit late to the party. The above article is painfully inaccurate. Someone with a background in basic math (or who isn't completely blinded by white guilt/moral signalling) should see through it.

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Since 9/11


Minus the approx. 3000 people who died on 9/11. (Ahem)

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white right-wing terrorists have killed almost twice as many Americans in homegrown attacks than radical Islamists have


Not according to the study that article linked to. (Hmmm)

http://securitydata.newamerica.net/extremists/deadly-attacks.html

Deaths from Jihadist Attacks:45
Deaths from Far Right Attacks:48

Points to consider:
1. The jihadists have been catching up in recent years.
2. Around 1% of Americans identify as Muslim.
3. 62% of Americans are classified as Non-Hispanic White.
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steki47



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

scot47 wrote:
Lack and his allies are doing the work of ISIS for them.


This cliched argument doesn't make any sense.

-If you lock your doors at night, are you helping the burglars?
-If you fight back against a bully,will you make them really, really mad?

Better to relinquish all judgement, any sense of self-preservation, and-most important-demonize and pathologize anyone who dares to point out the obvious.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear steki47,

Calling it a "cliched argument" isn't a rebuttal.Bad analogies - here's why:

Al-Shabaab recruit video with Trump excerpt: U.S. is racist, anti-Muslim:

"An al Qaeda affiliate has apparently released a new recruitment video, telling Muslims in America that the country has a long history of racism and discrimination and will turn on its Muslim community.
The video purportedly by Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab uses historic civil rights era footage of firebrand Malcolm X and audio of 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump to label the United States a racist society.

In the wake of the San Bernardino, California, shootings last month, Trump said he wanted "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on."
The video runs this line, bleeping out the word "hell."

Before that, Trump had called for surveillance of mosques and said he was open to establishing a database for all Muslims living in the country.
The video includes recent footage of police shootings and violence against African Americans in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore -- and claims that this is what is in store for American Muslims."

Regards,
John
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's not so much that they are practicing Muslims that make them want to get a thrill by being joined to ISIS and blowing people up. It's the fact that they are marginalized because they come from countries where the education and upbringing makes people dumb. What is the upbringing and religion in the area where they come from? Islam. They don't come sensing any serious need to become educated and to add to the overall health and prosperity of their adoptive countries. When ISIS comes knocking many are dumb enough to believe what is being said. This is particularly true with the Middle Easterners and North Africans. Gulf State Arabs like the Saudis are the best example of this. Saudi schools still teach that the Protocols of Zion are factual, and the English Arab teachers in Saudi Arabia believe in this stuff as well. We don't need more dumbness in the West. Let them dumb up their own regions.
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