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ISIS flag flown in east London

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werepossum

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This is the kind of thing that a CBD will latch onto. The poor poor possessor of a CBD!!! It's a beautiful day and one whiff of the possibility there's a fanatical Mooslem somewhere millions of miles away and the poor soul becomes unglued. It takes a special kind of idiot to stick his hand in a vice and tighten it while claiming to be under attack.
Given that the circumference of the Earth is under 25,000 miles, evidently the liberal brain defect is either in math or navigation. ;)
 

inf1nity

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I have heard the Bangladeshi population of Tower Hamlets called many things but never "hard-core leftists".
Since when was ISIS/ISL leftist? "Apologists", when did they ever apologise?
As a politico-religious movement it is about as far to the right of the Islamo-fascist spectrum as you can go, before becoming ultra-violet.

I note that you live in India. Well, all I can say is "Physician heal thyself". You are far ahead of us on the way to that particular religious 'civil war'.

I was talking about the British politicians who shout any attempt at combating religion/ethnicity-based violence in the name of racism. But you knew that already.


And before telling me about my own country, perhaps you should do some homework. That way, you wouldn't come across as a retard. Most religious violence in India today is caused by the Muslims.
 

inf1nity

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Oh no a flag. Whatever will a scared little child like you do?

This isn't just a flag. you are being myopic if you think this is just a flag.

This is a way to test the waters. They are doing things to see what kind of response they'd get. If there is no proper response, they will be emboldened, and who knows what they might try tomorrow?

The UK already has a problem with gangs of Pakistani men preying on White women. Now you have this.

BTW, did you miss this part?

When a passerby tried to take a picture of the flag on a phone, one of the gang asked him if he was Jewish. The passerby replied: "Would it make a difference?" The youth said: "Yes, it fucking would." Asked if the flag was an ISIS flag, one local man said: "It is just the flag of Allah." But another man asked: "So what if it is?"
 

CitizenKain

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This isn't just a flag. you are being myopic if you think this is just a flag.

This is a way to test the waters. They are doing things to see what kind of response they'd get. If there is no proper response, they will be emboldened, and who knows what they might try tomorrow?

The UK already has a problem with gangs of Pakistani men preying on White women. Now you have this.

BTW, did you miss this part?

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Moonbeam

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Given that the circumference of the Earth is under 25,000 miles, evidently the liberal brain defect is either in math or navigation. ;)

I guess you don't understand the dimensions from which I consider things or that hyperbole can be used to mirror irrelevance. Don't you ever wonder how somebody like me got here from thousands of year in your future or why I used billions instead of light years? What is your explanation for this hand that reaches out of the dark to tweak your balls?
 

irishScott

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instead of fear mongering, can you post a pic of the flag referenced in the article and compare it to an ISIS flag (whatever the hell that looks like)? the article states that it was a black flag with arabic writing, not an actual ISIS flag. :\

Ahem, the article actually states:

When a passerby tried to take a picture of the flag on a phone, one of the gang asked him if he was Jewish. The passerby replied: "Would it make a difference?" The youth said: "Yes, it fucking would." Asked if the flag was an Isis flag, one local man said: "It is just the flag of Allah." But another man asked: "So what if it is?"

Yeah, let freedom ring indeed. :rolleyes:
 

irishScott

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man people seem more tolerant of this flag and the southern rebel flag o_O

Well to be fair this is the UK. You could fly the Star and Bars there and almost no one would know what it meant. Here in the US any ISIS flag would be... not well received. Anywhere. Well, maybe Seattle would tolerate it. :p

But yeah, it's ironic that advocating an organization that crucifies criminals, cuts the hands off thieves, and attempts genocide, is apparently covered under "tolerance".

Give crap like this a few generations and the UK government will "tolerate" itself out of existence.
 

Moonbeam

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Well to be fair this is the UK. You could fly the Star and Bars there and almost no one would know what it meant. Here in the US any ISIS flag would be... not well received. Anywhere. Well, maybe Seattle would tolerate it. :p

But yeah, it's ironic that advocating an organization that crucifies criminals, cuts the hands off thieves, and attempts genocide, is apparently covered under "tolerance".

Give crap like this a few generations and the UK government will "tolerate" itself out of existence.

Exactly. Look at the meteoric growth of the Westborough Church.
 

irishScott

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Exactly. Look at the meteoric growth of the Westborough Church.

Yes, and look at the reactions that surrounded them everywhere they went, up to and including some local legislation to bar them from protesting near funerals. Not seeing that here. In fact the article shows a gang protecting the flag and threatening people who question it.
 

Moonbeam

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Yes, and look at the reactions that surrounded them everywhere they went, up to and including some local legislation to bar them from protesting near funerals. Not seeing that here. In fact the article shows a gang protecting the flag and threatening people who question it.

We fought a war to establish freedom of expression. Speech here is protected by the constitution. The dimwit church can file a lawsuit if their rights are infringed by local ordinance. Any act of violence in this country to protect ones rights of speech would bring on police action. You can't use violence because you 'think' you are being threatened. You have to win a self defense claim in court. If the courts decide you over-reacted, you go to jail.

You simply think what you feel is more important than the law and in that way you can justify anything. You have no faith in what it means to be a real American.
 

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Veliko

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Well to be fair this is the UK. You could fly the Star and Bars there and almost no one would know what it meant. Here in the US any ISIS flag would be... not well received. Anywhere. Well, maybe Seattle would tolerate it. :p

But yeah, it's ironic that advocating an organization that crucifies criminals, cuts the hands off thieves, and attempts genocide, is apparently covered under "tolerance".

Give crap like this a few generations and the UK government will "tolerate" itself out of existence.

What does this even mean? Everyone here in the UK has roundly criticised ISIS and the people who are trying to drum up support for them.

It's not well received here either.
 

werepossum

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I guess you don't understand the dimensions from which I consider things or that hyperbole can be used to mirror irrelevance. Don't you ever wonder how somebody like me got here from thousands of year in your future or why I used billions instead of light years? What is your explanation for this hand that reaches out of the dark to tweak your balls?
The ONLY hands allowed to tweak my balls are my wife's. I don't even allow my own down there.

Hey, I don't know where I've been.
 

JEDIYoda

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And before telling me about my own country, perhaps you should do some homework. That way, you wouldn't come across as a retard. Most religious violence in India today is caused by the Muslims.
Careful Caravaggio will post all these links that he says supports his position and he will not have read even one of the links........then he will ask you to discuss the subject and he will claim that you need to do your own research because you do not agree with him...trust me it is futile.....
 

runzwithsizorz

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I have never had a Hispanic tell me that he or she speaks Mexican.

Maybe you have to ask in Spanish?

The biggest problem my wife had in teaching English to all the Mexican children in San Diego was that they did not have a true command of the Spanish language. And yes, I realize there are different dialects, even in Spain.
 

werepossum

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The biggest problem my wife had in teaching English to all the Mexican children in San Diego was that they did not have a true command of the Spanish language. And yes, I realize there are different dialects, even in Spain.
Were they speaking a true creole, using Nahuatl or other Amerindian grammar, just extremely uneducated, or what?