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In reply to the discussion: Ugh, DU. The anti-Muslim sentiment here is getting to me. [View all]Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)55. +1 Needed to be said. nt
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The US is one of the most religious countries in the world. It just has better police & civil order.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#61
No, we just practice "organized rage" called wars, occupation, drones and the like. nt
nanabugg
Sep 2012
#134
And what percentage of the killing in the Middle East has been done by us or are allies?
Puregonzo1188
Sep 2012
#158
i'd be enraged if saudi arabia was randomly bombing people in the us, canada, mexico, etc.
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#10
There are riots over this video in countries with free speech and freedom of religion
oberliner
Sep 2012
#195
Actually this kind of behavior isn't unique to the middle east...look at gang violence.
dkf
Sep 2012
#73
i'm sorry but bombing people because they have different customs doesn't fit my definition of
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#12
You don't remember when we bombed Saudi Arabia for not allowing women to drive?
Nye Bevan
Sep 2012
#53
I would be more in favor of economic blockades and other measures to right that wrong.
randome
Sep 2012
#54
Do you think advocating for equal rights is NOT a good use of American influence?
randome
Sep 2012
#175
that's not why we're doing it but it's certainly one of the PR techniques used to make it ok in the
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#59
Yeah, it's easy to sweep it all under the rug when it's 'over there' instead of 'here'.
randome
Sep 2012
#65
glad you're not a comedy writer, either. despite the smiley laugh track, you're not funny.
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#130
no we just rationalize & justify it in those terms. which is what all the "oooh, look at all these
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#162
LOL, at one time people said the same thing about slavery. Brilliant! Congrats!
Logical
Sep 2012
#155
"Calling" for women to be subservient and "forcing" them to be are 2 different things.
randome
Sep 2012
#30
And what's even LESS civilized is to take those people up on their invitation to do so
MNBrewer
Sep 2012
#118
But whenever that happens, it too gets condemned/mocked/criticized on here.
NYC Liberal
Sep 2012
#63
we're not invading and bombing israel. i rarely see anything here about jewish fundamentalists.
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#17
Agree!!! Some people pose as free-thinkers, but their biases are very evident. nt
patrice
Sep 2012
#116
Sorry, but fundamentalist religious sects of any stripe are, by their very nature, uncivilized.
MadHound
Sep 2012
#18
I blame religious people for a lot of the world's problems. Christians, Muslims, Jews, etc...
Comrade_McKenzie
Sep 2012
#29
I admire their personal, private, honest, and very deep jihad. That's not something that is
patrice
Sep 2012
#117
The ones who commit murder over insults are everything you mention and worse.
CBGLuthier
Sep 2012
#44
This has nothing to do with Islam and everything to do with social backwardness.
Odin2005
Sep 2012
#77
"without an attempt to understand context" - What context makes these murders ok?
Ohio Joe
Sep 2012
#79
I agree with this sentiment, and I say that as an atheist and fan of The God Delusion. n/t
backscatter712
Sep 2012
#150
Totally agree. I don't why some DUers can't seem to grasp that this film is just the tip
Puregonzo1188
Sep 2012
#160
The arrogance is a generally Western and particularly American response
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2012
#103
In what context is this "understandable" and not uncivilized, backward and violent
MNBrewer
Sep 2012
#105
A abhor all extremists, no matter the religion, also can't stand anarchists, libertarian extremists,
progressivebydesign
Sep 2012
#106
Freedom? Slavery: when "it's the other guy", it's ALWAYS "the other guy" who caused me/us to
patrice
Sep 2012
#111
Sorry, but when hoards of people riot and cause violence because of a cartoon or a movie....
liberallibral
Sep 2012
#127
This war is no more anti-Muslim than the wars of conquest for CA, TX, NM and AZ were
cr8tvlde
Sep 2012
#137
"Blacks, gays and Jews never did anything wrong. Muslims deserve to be abused"
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2012
#141
I thought the information coming to light shows evidence of planned attacks by an organization?
theinquisitivechad
Sep 2012
#147
So because the indigenous people are less sophisticated, they will act with greater restraint?
riderinthestorm
Sep 2012
#198
Civilized or sophisticated is simply semantics. The Aztecs felt their culture was superior
riderinthestorm
Sep 2012
#207
Let's drop their fundamentalists in the desert with our fundamentalists ...
eppur_se_muova
Sep 2012
#170
"Protests against us"? No, I think it is everyone's job to press for equal rights.
randome
Sep 2012
#192
Oh FFS, where? I've been called a bigot because I object to women having to wear a burqa
riderinthestorm
Sep 2012
#217