Islamophobia

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Snakeduck wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

knocking someone for their spelling and/or grammar on the internet is low brow.

I respectfully disagree. Once should conduct themselves with the dignity reflecting their actual intelligence at all times... Just my opinion. You do yourself an obvious disservice when you choose to come across as stupid, or even just lazy.

jesus christ, if we all did that around here to everyone who misspoke or mistyped that would need its own forum. we could call it "Grievance".

My name is Snakeduck, but I understand the confusion. Happens all the time...

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Snakeduck wrote:

My name is Snakeduck, but I understand the confusion. Happens all the time...

and if I had said "motherf**ker....if we all....." would you have said the same?

Almost certainly...

Snakeduck wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Snakeduck wrote:

My name is Snakeduck, but I understand the confusion. Happens all the time...

and if I had said "motherf**ker....if we all....." would you have said the same?

Almost certainly...

true story...

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

i have been a big islam defender on here for a long time.

some of these things done by radical islamists in he name of islam recently have made it more and more difficult for me to defend their faith. these actions make the entire religion look bad. the same way that the westboro baptist church makes christianity look bad and the sexual abuse in the catholic church makes all catholics look bad.

i think the good elements of any religion need to step it up and be more visible and outshine the bad elements. nobody can do this unless the good elements in any faith rise up and stop their own lunatics. police their own house so to speak. the only people that can "fix" radical islam are muslims. the 95% of the regular everyday peaceful muslims. only they can stop the jihadis. the only ones who can "fix" pedophilia in the church are catholic members of that faith. the only people who can stop fred phelps are the regular christians. perhaps extreme acts of kindness will outshine the extreme acts of darkness.

i dunno, i am just rambling out loud i think....

Perhaps if the good elements of any religion were more vocal in condemning the actions of the bad elements that would be effective as well.

dimitrispearljam wrote:

even flow - question mark wrote:

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

i have been a big islam defender on here for a long time.

Sorry to cut the quote but this is all i needed:

The problem is when something or someone needs defending, there is usually a problem either on the surface or below it. .

sometimes, something or someone need defending cos receive a unfair attack and cant defend him/its self or dont have the chance or the weapon to fight back..

also to point out the bigger picture.

riotgrl wrote:

Perhaps if the good elements of any religion were more vocal in condemning the actions of the bad elements that would be effective as well.

I think one of the problems with this is that when the so-called good elements do speak up, nobody listens. Often those factions will simply be lumped in with the original, radical group and will face accusations of kowtowing to Western powers to hide their true agenda. If this thread is any indication, people are highly partisan and are quick to dismiss persons they disagree with as well as any evidence they present.

We've heard about Lee Rigby's murder for the better part of a week, but how much emphasis has been placed on local Muslim groups that have vocally condemned his murder?. While I won't go so far as to suggest that this side of the story was ignored in its entirety, it certainly has been placed on the back burner. There's a thread with ten pages dedicated to Lee Rigby's murder which is basically a slugfest about religious extremism yet not once is it mentioned that Drummer Rigby's family is actually opposed to any reprisal or outbursts against Islamic culture http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22725999, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/drummer-lee-rigbys-family-reject-extremist-groups-using-woolwich-murder-for-political-gain-8639417.html. It's rather sad that the victim's family and local muslim groups have shown more levelheadedness about this issue when they are the ones that have been impacted so personally.

Just how vocal do people need to be when the masses refuse to listen?

Godfather. wrote:

you guys have a habbit of twisting the words of others around a little, you assume I hate because I say I don't want muslims in my country when I have never used the word hate towards anybody.

Godfather.

Well I for one can say that I am prejudice against bigots. Uneducated inbred morons the lot of them.

Godfather. wrote:

all I can say is read the news man,have you ever heard of a islamic group building hosiptals or giving money to non muslim charitys ? there's a islamic church about 10 blocks from my house and believe me they seem to have no interest in anybody outside their church..infact I have on quite a few occasions seen them outside the church posting signs about our military and jumping up and down screaming some kind of bullshit, if it were up to me I'd just ship all their ass's back to where they came from.

Godfather.

This is the kind of view is an example of why other's hate us.

Not all muslim people are evil. I met plenty in college and they are generous people. To want to ship them all back because of what a portion does is stupid, prejudice, and terrible.