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Islamaphobic attacks taking place inside America!

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Indus said:
But doesn't it fit the definition?

Or does genocide require a certain number of victims before it qualifies as such?
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Um, yes, actually. Genocide is also the systematic, organized, and explicitly targeted extermination of a racial group or groups. I do believe it also requires the authorization of government or power-in-charge to qualify as genocide.
 
Indus said:
I didn't see it posted here.

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Basically I've got empathy towards every innocent person who is wronged.

Am I wrong for having empathy?
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Not wrong for having empathy at all.

Sulaco said:
No, you're "wrong" for failing to understand basic definitions of middle school vocabulary words, for having the emotional temperament and contextual understanding of a teenager, and doing both of these things again and again.
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Exactly.
 
soulcougher73 said:
All i know is if i looked like a Muslim extremist/terrorist id do my best to change my appearance/garb 🙂 I dont want to be mixed up or mistaken for that nutty crowd.
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I'm pretty sure that just about every other demographic is more likely to kill you than Muslims. Freaking swimming pools have been more dangerous than Muslim Terrorists here in the US since 9/11.
 
Darwin333 said:
I'm pretty sure that just about every other demographic is more likely to kill you than Muslims. Freaking swimming pools have been more dangerous than Muslim Terrorists here in the US since 9/11.
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I would expect that a group that makes up less than 1% of the US population would not be likely to kill you. You are even less likely to die from Buddhism followers as they are an even smaller group. You are more likely to die from a Muslim terrorist in the US then a Mormon terrorists, even though there are more Mormons in the US.

What was your point?
 
LOL

another day, another hyperbolic Indus outrage thread.

he's like the Mayne of P&N; makes loads of posts that are filled with emotional indignation and trolling.

to quote Shakespeare:

It is a tale Told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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realibrad said:
I would expect that a group that makes up less than 1% of the US population would not be likely to kill you. You are even less likely to die from Buddhism followers as they are an even smaller group. You are more likely to die from a Muslim terrorist in the US then a Mormon terrorists, even though there are more Mormons in the US.

What was your point?
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A proper comparison would be Muslim terrorists vs Christian terrorists, not a small subsection of Christianity like the Mormons
 
Sigh. It does a disservice to victims of actual genocide when people use the term in such an overly broad fashion. Definitions of genocide vary a bit, but even the broadest is nowhere close to encompassing what the OP's article describes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide

It is also unfortunate to the Sikhs who are being targeting by these idiots because the OP has chosen to make the thread about himself and his careless and hyperbolic use of language. We could be talking about the issue raised but instead we're talking about the OP.
 
Orignal Earl said:
A proper comparison would be Muslim terrorists vs Christian terrorists, not a small subsection of Christianity like the Mormons
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You think its a more proper comparison to compare Christians that make up 83% of the US population, to a group that makes up less than 1% in terms of likelihood of terrorism? You really think that is better than another group (subset of Christian) which which is around 2%?

Can you explain your logic?

Mormon-subset of Christian.
Representation as a % is far closer.

Address those 2 things.
 
How can we stop this? How do we stop this?
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That's the problem with liberals, we can't stop this. Utopia doesn't exist on earth, trying to fix all wrongs will only make things far worse.
 
An (obviously) mentally challenged individual in Paris, 8000km from the US, is shouting "Allahu Akhbar", wearing a fake explosive vest, is shot.

It makes HEADLINES on any news outlet on the globe. Not only that, Donald Dumb and supporters is using it as welcome fodder for their Islamophobia.

If such an, let me say, pathetic incident is worthy of headlines, it's well justified to point out any other attacks, like those the OP mentioned... in-fact it's fully ok and justified to list them to show there is "islamophobic attacks" going on in America.

But let me guess, because the pathetic fake vest wearer was (obviously) Muslim, this incident weights FAR MORE than any actual attack that might be committed in the US, NOT by "Islamists".

Oh, anyone remember the #PP shooting "for the babies"? Ah...too bad that guy was just a right-winger and didn't shout "Alahu Akhbar" while he killed the innocent people. If so I am sure it would've been MAJOR, MAJOR headlines and used by every politician...too bad he wasn't Muslim, so the entire incident somehow "magically" disappeared from the media after a couple of days.
 
It has been my experience that Sikh's are fun people to be around. Its really low and dirty and yellow to kill somebody because of how they look or because you are jealous of their awesome beard.
 
buckshot24 said:
That's the problem with liberals, we can't stop this. Utopia doesn't exist on earth, trying to fix all wrongs will only make things far worse.
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Like going to war on "terror"? Like wanting to ban all Muslims? Like creating a while government agency to keep the "Homeland secure"? Like protesting the building of mosques? Like building a wall on our borders?

Yeah, it's the liberals! Good damn you are a fucking moron!
 
realibrad said:
No, I did not forget anything.

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2012/topic-pages/victims/victims_final

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2014/tables/table-1

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=37883647#post37883647

You are stupid.

Did you ever look up the facts about rape on campus?
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Well you'll forgive me if I don't believe these ridiculous stats.
You're talking about the nation whose children are indoctrinated from birth through school to be zionist supporters.
The nation where white males are told it's their duty to go join the army and go off and die to protect Israel.
The nation where there's a new Holocaust movie churned out every month.
You seem to be referencing only the fake stats that you like, as usual.
 
ivwshane said:
Like going to war on "terror"? Like wanting to ban all Muslims? Like creating a while government agency to keep the "Homeland secure"? Like protesting the building of mosques? Like building a wall on our borders?

Yeah, it's the liberals! Good damn you are a fucking moron!
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All of those things are stupid as well. "Conservatives" being stupid does not preclude "liberals" from also being stupid.
 
Indus, I hear where your coming from. Animosity is increasing in this world, especially against people who are different than oneself. It will likely get worse. This is all by design. The leaders, the media and the people who have their own interests are all involved in creating such hatred. It's pretty sad.

As for these incidents, it's people who probably have been enraged through various propaganda from the media, social groups, politicians or the combination of these. After all, when one is born, he doesn't hate the "other." I recall after 9/11, there were similar attacks that took place.

Your concerns for what is happening isn't likely to be shared by most people. But that is OK. No need to convince others because they are already convinced.
 
Indus said:
I didn't see it posted here.

I'm genuinely sorry as well as well and hope justice will be be done in the courts but that's hardly comforting as the victims suffered so much.

The original issue I brought up has meaning for me as the guy who was run over by a truck was a neighbor. No terrorist but mistaken as one. And I see it happening often.

I also feel for Transgender Women that are murdered by homophobes but I know this forum will just think of them as mentally sick creatures but that's a discussion for another thread.

Basically I've got empathy towards every innocent person who is wronged.

Am I wrong for having empathy?
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Empathy is a wonderful trait. But what you have isn't empathy. Empathy is applied universally. You choose to highlight very specific cases that are politically loaded in which to employ your empathy. Usually you overstate your case (genocide?) or flat out lie in the process.

That isn't empathy. It's thinly masked hatred and bigotry. You love and fight for everyone.... as long as they are your religion or share your viewpoint. etc etc.
 
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