When I first glanced at this thread I thought I read Radical Islamic Tourism.
Sounds awesome. Are we talking skateboarding in Tehran or Saudi Princes Gone Wild: Miami?
You're basically saying you think SO LITTLE of 'THEM' as you refer to Muslims, that everyone needs to treat them with kids gloves lest they 'radicalize' and start blowing people up!
Your nonsense is not only wrongheaded in practice...
..mindedness.
You're essentially saying something along the lines of "Treat black people nice... OR they will rob you!!"
Yeah but see, that's stupid. Because there's NOTHING in the world you could do to most black people to turn them into robbers or gang members or any other such dumb stereotype held only by racists and people who aren't very bright like yourself.
You read what I wrote, ignored it, quoted a fragment, and repeated your initial criticism of my argument. I try to have intelligent discussions with people like you but it's pointless. You're just going to keep mis-characterizing and over-simplifying what I wrote. Believe whatever you wish. You're not worthy of my time.
If we seized the children of south side Chicago and took them out of that hellscape environment... they would no longer be trapped in a culture of gang murderers. Violence in that place would precipitately drop year after year until you could no longer recognize it. Humans ARE a product of their environment and education.
Messaging affects us. Tribalism, violence, and vengeance affects us. We draw associations and collectively catch the diseases of human nature. These are cycles that can be broken but only if someone takes the first step to offer a lifting hand. Because underneath all the turmoil and bloodshed we are still human. Still capable of empathy and compassion. We just need to be given the opportunity to take a pause and find ourselves again under the rubbish of day-to-day fighting.
Islam is deeply poisoned, but if we keep firing shots then we will never be part of the long term solution.
For all the terrorists out there, many more are simply looking for a better future. The human race is salvageable.
I'm curious what made you believe Zaap was ever capable of anything better; perhaps something he's previously written which showed some greater cognitive competence?
...they never allow you to save some face, which rather reinforce the accuracy of my categorization.
You never try nor want people to understand. You focus solely on categorizing your "others". You want to MAGA in your own image.
Thing about Trump is he doesn't understand politics at all. Most people don't understand politics. On a theoretical objective level, I do believe Islam itself is a problem, more than other religions. But on a pragmatic level, it costs nothing to pay lip service and doing otherwise just makes your job harder. So this demand that our government openly denigrate Islam is counter-productive and is about emotional satisfaction.
Right... it'sRadical Islamic TerrorDegenerates that is your choice of word for the "others". And your message is that we should hate them? Not only that but you truly feel they cannot be reasoned with or be appealed to by anything. So what does your final solution look like? Hating people only ends in violence, you're not going to hide from that.
We're told that democrats won't say "Islamic terrorism" because of political correctness. I guess McMaster is a paragon of PC, as was the Bush administration when it called Islam a "religion of peace." These brainiacs will never understand why it damages our security to behave like we're at war with an entire religion, and why it's important to separate the terrorists from the rest of them rather than conflating them. It has nothing to do with not wanting to offend snowflake Muslims. It has everything to do with not giving them reasons to radicalize because when they radicalize, they do things like what happened in Manchester yesterday.
Religion has a terrorism problem.The fact that they are so prone to radicalization is part of the problem. Does anyone shy from calling out abortion clinic bombings as Christian terrorism for fear of inciting more bombings?
Islam has a terrorism problem. Finding ways to call it something else isn't going to make us any friends.
It's evident you'll forever pretend to never understand that conservatives acting conservative/degenerate is rather unlike muslims acting terrorist, illustrating the fact perfectly yourself.
The fact that they are so prone to radicalization is part of the problem. Does anyone shy from calling out abortion clinic bombings as Christian terrorism for fear of inciting more bombings?
Islam has a terrorism problem. Finding ways to call it something else isn't going to make us any friends.
What I illustrate is that I no longer think like you. I stopped hating people for being different.
The fact that they are so prone to radicalization is part of the problem. Does anyone shy from calling out abortion clinic bombings as Christian terrorism for fear of inciting more bombings?
What I illustrate is that I no longer think like you. I stopped hating people for being different.
The fact that they are so prone to radicalization is part of the problem. Does anyone shy from calling out abortion clinic bombings as Christian terrorism for fear of inciting more bombings?
Islam has a terrorism problem. Finding ways to call it something else isn't going to make us any friends.
The first step is not hating people for being different. The second step is realizing that other people hating people for being different is inexcusable and should be opposed. Not all differences are acceptable, it comes down to whether they cause harm. Most do not, but hating others does and should be opposed. However, that hate is not an inextricable part of their being and if they realize it and step back from it I'm prepared to welcome them.
The fact that they are so prone to radicalization is part of the problem. Does anyone shy from calling out abortion clinic bombings as Christian terrorism for fear of inciting more bombings?
Islam has a terrorism problem. Finding ways to call it something else isn't going to make us any friends.
Religion has a terrorism problem.