ISLAMOPHOBIA: EXPOSING the ISLAMOPHOBES.

[Raptor]

Got this from the Wall Street Journal (5/19/16):

Islamophobia: Exposing the Islamophobes

www.thereligionofpeace.com

If you want to keep your freedom, then you're probably an Islamophobe.
The people who love the word "Islamophobia" become very upset when somebody suggests what is obviously Islamic terrorism is actually Islamic terrorism. One thing they have in common is they can't disagree with somebody without insulting and relentlessly harassing that person. How hard is it to be civilized?

"Islamophobia" is a ridiculous word often used to suppress freedom of speech. How many hundreds of thousands people (including women and children) have to be murdered by Muslims until these "Islamophobia" people understand the problem? I would have thought the 3,000 Americans murdered in one day on 9/11/2001 would be quite enough for everyone to understand what the problem is.

There is this idea that "deeply held beliefs" must be respected and never questioned. That idea is wrong.

 

[resident_evil]

Got this from the Wall Street Journal (5/19/16):

Islamophobia: Exposing the Islamophobes

www.thereligionofpeace.com

If you want to keep your freedom, then you're probably an Islamophobe.
The people who love the word "Islamophobia" become very upset when somebody suggests what is obviously Islamic terrorism is actually Islamic terrorism. One thing they have in common is they can't disagree with somebody without insulting and relentlessly harassing that person. How hard is it to be civilized?

"Islamophobia" is a ridiculous word often used to suppress freedom of speech. How many hundreds of thousands people (including women and children) have to be murdered by Muslims until these "Islamophobia" people understand the problem? I would have thought the 3,000 Americans murdered in one day on 9/11/2001 would be quite enough for everyone to understand what the problem is.

There is this idea that "deeply held beliefs" must be respected and never questioned. That idea is wrong.

I'm not Islamophobic. That is a slur against me implying I fear a religion. I leave that to atheists.

To be precise I'm anti-Islamic.

 

[Raptor]

I'm not Islamophobic. That is a slur against me implying I fear a religion. I leave that to atheists.

To be precise I'm anti-Islamic.

I'm anti-Islamic also.

 

[as seen on tv]

well said

 

[Lukey]

This is the same issue as with the illegal aliens. Any time anyone on the right tries to point to the bad guys (among either illegals or Muslims) the left screams racism like their hair is on fire. It's a wedge issue that plays to the constituencies that include the bad guys, which, lets face it, if he is willing to vote for Democrats, the left would embrace Lucifer himself.

 

[Arkady]

Got this from the Wall Street Journal (5/19/16):

Islamophobia: Exposing the Islamophobes

www.thereligionofpeace.com

If you want to keep your freedom, then you're probably an Islamophobe.
The people who love the word "Islamophobia" become very upset when somebody suggests what is obviously Islamic terrorism is actually Islamic terrorism. One thing they have in common is they can't disagree with somebody without insulting and relentlessly harassing that person. How hard is it to be civilized?

"Islamophobia" is a ridiculous word often used to suppress freedom of speech. How many hundreds of thousands people (including women and children) have to be murdered by Muslims until these "Islamophobia" people understand the problem? I would have thought the 3,000 Americans murdered in one day on 9/11/2001 would be quite enough for everyone to understand what the problem is.

There is this idea that "deeply held beliefs" must be respected and never questioned. That idea is wrong.

Islamophobia is a good description of a certain kind of panicked, paranoid reaction a lot of cowards (mostly conservative) have to the relatively small threat posed by radical Islamism.

One can, of course, take a position against radical Islamism without that being islamophobic, in the same way that you can treat a venomous snake with caution without that being Ophidiophobia. A person crosses into being ophidiophobic when the reaction becomes overly broad (being unable to deal with the presence of even non-venomous snakes) and/or overly consuming (becoming irrationally preoccupied with the threat of venomous snakes, out of all proportion to the real statistical threat they pose to you).

I know there are dangerous snakes out there. I know tens of thousands of people die each year from snakebites, including a handful in America. But that doesn't cause me to obsess over the threat of snakes, nor to propose irrational measures to deal with them (say, building a huge wall across our southern border to keep venomous snakes from migrating north), nor to act as if all snakes are venomous. It doesn't cause me to list snakebites among my top political concerns, above countless other issues that represent vastly greater threats to my health and well-being. I keep it all in proportion, and so I'm not ophidiophobic. And, in the same sense, I'm not islamophobic. Sadly, many people are.

 

[marvin martian]

Islamophobia is a good description of a certain kind of panicked, paranoid reaction a lot of cowards (mostly conservative) have to the relatively small threat posed by radical Islamism.

One can, of course, take a position against radical Islamism without that being islamophobic, in the same way that you can treat a venomous snake with caution without that being Ophidiophobia. A person crosses into being ophidiophobic when the reaction becomes overly broad (being unable to deal with the presence of even non-venomous snakes) and/or overly consuming (becoming irrationally preoccupied with the threat of venomous snakes, out of all proportion to the real statistical threat they pose to you).

I know there are dangerous snakes out there. I know tens of thousands of people die each year from snakebites, including a handful in America. But that doesn't cause me to obsess over the threat of snakes, nor to propose irrational measures to deal with them (say, building a huge wall across our southern border to keep venomous snakes from migrating north), nor to act as if all snakes are venomous. It doesn't cause me to list snakebites among my top political concerns, above countless other issues that represent vastly greater threats to my health and well-being. I keep it all in proportion, and so I'm not ophidiophobic. And, in the same sense, I'm not islamophobic. Sadly, many people are.

Let me guess, you've never found a venomous snake on your property, right?

 

[Arkady]

Let me guess, you've never found a venomous snake on your property, right?

Wrong. I used to live in San Antonio, and the back of our house abutted a large field, and we found rattlesnakes basking on the property a couple times. My mother even ran over one with a lawnmower once. But, since I'm not emotionally disturbed, that incident didn't inspire ophidiophobia in me.

 

[Lukey]

Islamophobia is a good description of a certain kind of panicked, paranoid reaction a lot of cowards (mostly conservative) have to the relatively small threat posed by radical Islamism.

One can, of course, take a position against radical Islamism without that being islamophobic, in the same way that you can treat a venomous snake with caution without that being Ophidiophobia. A person crosses into being ophidiophobic when the reaction becomes overly broad (being unable to deal with the presence of even non-venomous snakes) and/or overly consuming (becoming irrationally preoccupied with the threat of venomous snakes, out of all proportion to the real statistical threat they pose to you).

I know there are dangerous snakes out there. I know tens of thousands of people die each year from snakebites, including a handful in America. But that doesn't cause me to obsess over the threat of snakes, nor to propose irrational measures to deal with them (say, building a huge wall across our southern border to keep venomous snakes from migrating north), nor to act as if all snakes are venomous. It doesn't cause me to list snakebites among my top political concerns, above countless other issues that represent vastly greater threats to my health and well-being. I keep it all in proportion, and so I'm not ophidiophobic. And, in the same sense, I'm not islamophobic. Sadly, many people are.

You mean like all the moderate muslims who regularly speak out to denounce the radical muslims and demand they stop mis-representing their faith? Oh wait, no...there aren't any! Until they start doing so we are not the least bit obligated to welcome them with open arms...

 

[Arkady]

You mean like all the moderate muslims who regularly speak out to denounce the radical muslims and demand they stop mis-representing their faith?

Exactly! It would be deeply bigoted to attack all Muslims based on the actions of a tiny fraction of their population, especially with so many Muslims speaking out to denounce the violent radicals.

 

[Raptor]

This is the same issue as with the illegal aliens. Any time anyone on the right tries to point to the bad guys (among either illegals or Muslims) the left screams racism like their hair is on fire. It's a wedge issue that plays to the constituencies that include the bad guys, which, lets face it, if he is willing to vote for Democrats, the left would embrace Lucifer himself.

Truer words were never spoken. Spot on.

 

[Raptor]

Exactly! It would be deeply bigoted to attack all Muslims based on the actions of a tiny fraction of their population, especially with so many Muslims speaking out to denounce the violent radicals.

Your post as ALL the rest of them, are either outright lies to negate the political truths, as in this case about "the tiny fraction of the Muslim population" denouncing their Islamic swine, or muddling and distorting the issue with some ridiculous bullshit. One of the perfect examples is that by taking Lukey's true anti-Islamic swine comment above and twisting it to exonerate the Islamic swine.

Your anti-American, anti-enlightened capitalistic agenda is obvious. You are an exposed certified anti-American commie bullshitter.

 

[Arkady]

Your post as ALL the rest of them, are either outright lies to negate the political truths, as in this case about "the tiny fraction of the Muslim population" denouncing their Islamic swine, or muddling and distorting the issue with some ridiculous bullshit. One of the perfect examples is that by taking Lukey's true anti-Islamic swine comment above and twisting it to exonerate the Islamic swine.

Your anti-American, anti-enlightened capitalistic agenda is obvious. You are an exposed certified anti-American commie bullshitter.

No. As you should be aware by now, many Muslims speak out against the attacks by radical Islamists. In fact, speaking as someone with no dog in the fight (I'm neither a Muslim nor a Christian), I've seen more of a willingness by moderate Muslim leaders to speak out when there's Islamic terrorism than there is a willingness by moderate Christian leaders to speak out when there's Christian terrorism.