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Great OP yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #1
Have a link to the thread that "tried to justify what ISIS does"? arcane1 Feb 2015 #15
And I wonder if the OP knows the meaning of "condone" Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2015 #25
Apparently, vocabulary and reading comprehension are not the strong suits Maedhros Feb 2015 #28
How about the word "justifying" VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #64
That is silly, how does the truth "justify" what ISIS did? Dragonfli Feb 2015 #100
but to dismiss it BECAUSE of the Crusades IS Justifying it! VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #109
But that is an Obama quote. You are saying that he IS justifying it!!~! Since when Dragonfli Feb 2015 #113
No I am not, he didn't dismiss it....that is what some on DU did VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #115
But you were responding to what He said, too late to backpedal now, you have been outed Dragonfli Feb 2015 #116
What???? VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #117
I don't have to read your mind or his, I quoted him, I did not Tarot read him Dragonfli Feb 2015 #118
No it wasn't....it was YOUR interpretation of them... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #119
Reread the exchange. You were the one interpreting his words, not me /nt Dragonfli Feb 2015 #120
No....that is not... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #121
Keep telling yourself that, Maybe at least you will believe it. /nt Dragonfli Feb 2015 #122
I certainly don't care what you think.... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #123
Conservatives seldom do Dragonfli Feb 2015 #124
I wouldn't know....I'm not one....and neither is President Obama! VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #125
Mirror image of when people are asked if they like the ACA and they say yes, but cui bono Feb 2015 #129
That's totally unfair! MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #156
I think I have a solution that would be fair, and I apologize for not stating Dragonfli Feb 2015 #157
Are you seriously attacking our President for speaking the plain truth? MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #114
Link please because no one said that here. Kingofalldems Feb 2015 #72
No, it's not. Hissyspit Feb 2015 #91
K & R. n/t FSogol Feb 2015 #2
who are you talking to? GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #3
Well since Obama said it first, I guess the POTUS!? Rex Feb 2015 #7
Yes and the Inquisitions were evil...pure and simple. Rex Feb 2015 #4
^ BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #31
+1 demmiblue Feb 2015 #37
Why was there a Spanish Inquisition? AngryAmish Feb 2015 #78
Because no one expected it? nomorenomore08 Feb 2015 #85
The biggest distinction I can see is whether it is video taped and uploaded to the internet or not. Electric Monk Feb 2015 #5
Yes. bvf Feb 2015 #14
Like no one has ever faked a video before. truedelphi Feb 2015 #46
Was this the set? AngryAmish Feb 2015 #79
Hmmm...that set looks somehow familiar. brendan120678 Feb 2015 #97
That goes along with my line of thinking. nilesobek Feb 2015 #112
100% correct, but I will tell you that arguing with those who do this is like arguing with anti-vaxx stevenleser Feb 2015 #6
Well, I'll tell you this, dear Steven - my doctor doesn't call me 'fucking stupid'; closeupready Feb 2015 #9
Are you an anti-vaxxer? ConservativeDemocrat Feb 2015 #33
Agreed. And thanks for the reference a while back that explained it to me. freshwest Feb 2015 #19
It is the reasons some attempt to blame the abuse of children on the fact they were Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #43
Okay, so nobody can have a discussion here without your pre-approval? closeupready Feb 2015 #8
Because that's what Peacetrain said. No, wait, Peacetrain ... 11 Bravo Feb 2015 #11
No! but wait! Peacetrain actually said this: closeupready Feb 2015 #16
The OP said "condone" not "conflate" arcane1 Feb 2015 #17
I think Peacetrain meant the word "justify" VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #65
and that is just as dishonest and almost as nasty. A comparison isn't justification either. TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #92
YES! Thank you, well said eissa Feb 2015 #10
Thank you for bringing the reality to us. And tears for the people. freshwest Feb 2015 #21
You got five on it? I'm sure you folks can put your money together and raise a nice mercenary army TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #24
Actually, we are, thanks for bringing it up eissa Feb 2015 #32
That is awesome that folks are serious and appreciate your response. TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #54
The Assyrians have been begging for help for years eissa Feb 2015 #56
Just out of curiosity, what's your opinion on Kurdish resistance groups like the YPG and PKK? My KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #62
"It's complicated" eissa Feb 2015 #67
Much obliged for this detailed and thoughtful reply. I'm ashamed to admit that I know almost nothing KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #70
You're not alone eissa Feb 2015 #71
Clarification: my comrades are Socialists and Communists, and not Kurdish per se. That said, they KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #74
Why do you hate the President? DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2015 #48
What freshwest said. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #53
It's understandable eissa Feb 2015 #58
crucifying and then burying children alive...for just one example of the horror! VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #66
...^ that 840high Feb 2015 #88
Thank You! Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #12
Tell it to the President, or is he not permitted to bring the past up either? DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2015 #47
I already did (so to speak). Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #50
And so you did. DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2015 #51
If anyone on DU is "condoning" this, I managed to miss it. arcane1 Feb 2015 #13
I don't know if there are OPs, but I ran across the posts during the night. I skipped them. freshwest Feb 2015 #23
that's because there isn't a soul on this board 'condoning' the ISIS atrocities bigtree Feb 2015 #30
+1 Exactly whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #52
Jingoism - it's not just for Republicans anymore...[n/t] Maedhros Feb 2015 #61
Well said. Thank you. Now I don't have to post that myself. nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #83
applause from the peanut gallery. Perfectly stated. TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #93
Plus one million B2G Feb 2015 #18
more self-important strawshit bigtree Feb 2015 #20
+1 demmiblue Feb 2015 #39
+1,000,000,000,000. closeupready Feb 2015 #59
With respect, I think you are misreading the OP. Which is not hard to do, it is..inelegant... Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #134
ffs, give it a rest bigtree Feb 2015 #139
Wish I could rec this 1000 times. AwakeAtLast Feb 2015 #22
Well said Peacetrain. outside Feb 2015 #26
It might be a valid point, Maedhros Feb 2015 #27
Strawman alert............. yellowcanine Feb 2015 #29
+1. The title of the OP is a **STRAWMAN** Martin Eden Feb 2015 #94
Thank you. cwydro Feb 2015 #34
ISIS also has a lot of support in the Islamic world Warpy Feb 2015 #35
or ISIS murders all the non-participants. Ford_Prefect Feb 2015 #41
ISIS is only getting support from extremists. There's no widespread support for them... Violet_Crumble Feb 2015 #110
Yes, our atrocities are more better because you say so whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #36
Someone's off the beam, and it's you. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #38
what about passive-aggressive accusations and dishonest blood libels? are those good now? MisterP Feb 2015 #40
Strawman AgingAmerican Feb 2015 #42
I don't think anyone's "condoning" these acts.. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #44
Seemingly willful and malicious misrepresentation. If there is a single statement made in support of TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #45
It isn't ann--- Feb 2015 #49
You're right. sybylla Feb 2015 #60
No, no one here is saying that the atrocities committed by ISIS are "no big deal." Vattel Feb 2015 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author markpkessinger Feb 2015 #55
To fail to condemn it anywhere is a failure to condemn it everywhere aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #57
There are two sides of this discussion..... RationalMan Feb 2015 #63
Sometimes both sides are just fucking wrong. world wide wally Feb 2015 #69
When you condemn ISIS, I agree with you. FiveGoodMen Feb 2015 #73
Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #75
"They are evil.. pure and simple." < Yeah, that's what they tried to teach us about the Japanese, jtuck004 Feb 2015 #76
NOBODY is trying to condone the actions of ISIS G_j Feb 2015 #77
Two points . . . markpkessinger Feb 2015 #80
+1 Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #81
Stating that a citizen of the US has no standing to comment is not by any means 'condoning' eridani Feb 2015 #82
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #84
Complete agreement sub.theory Feb 2015 #86
"Any attempt to minimize or equivocate what those devils did is beyond sickening." Hissyspit Feb 2015 #95
Why do some think we have to go back to ancient history to bring up similiar war crimes by the U.S.? dissentient Feb 2015 #87
"Westerners" were equally awful. How does that "condone" anything? enki23 Feb 2015 #89
Didn't you already tweet this under your pseudonym Michelle Malkin? Dragonfli Feb 2015 #90
Comparing the OP to Malkin is an uncalled for totodeinhere Feb 2015 #101
Not a personal attack. the OP holds the same exact position, so on this issue Dragonfli Feb 2015 #102
How can making the comparisons be a slur if they are comparitively the same? rhett o rick Feb 2015 #106
ISIS are literalist muslims. Yorktown Feb 2015 #96
The Book's way or the highway, except if you're Protestant. closeupready Feb 2015 #103
I agree with you. Yo_Mama Feb 2015 #98
just because we have done horrific things, doesnt mean this was not horrific La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2015 #99
I agree completely aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #104
You should be commended for not sinking to the level of the really unhinged and beyond stupid Number23 Feb 2015 #105
Well don't do that then. Iggo Feb 2015 #107
No one is "condone[ing] the burning to death of a man in a cage" and shame on you to suggest rhett o rick Feb 2015 #108
Well said. You beat me to it... Violet_Crumble Feb 2015 #111
Reading the transcript I think President Obama missed exboyfil Feb 2015 #126
That is what you have gotten out of all the discussion? That the actions by ISIS is being condoned notadmblnd Feb 2015 #127
A thread in response to this very dishonest OP . . . markpkessinger Feb 2015 #128
Strawman. Eko Feb 2015 #130
bingo. . . .n/t annabanana Feb 2015 #131
To explain my rec, I am capable of being outraged by many inhumanities done to man uppityperson Feb 2015 #132
Saying someone is "evil" Eko Feb 2015 #133
Oh. So rather than asking what I mean by that term, you assume, chastise, scold. uppityperson Feb 2015 #135
I dont believe Eko Feb 2015 #136
We all define every word the same way? Again, oh. uppityperson Feb 2015 #138
I will be happy to adress you second point Eko Feb 2015 #142
Go here uppityperson Feb 2015 #145
And you did say ETA Eko Feb 2015 #137
I copy/pasted from the op. Did you know you can edit your posts to add further thoughts? ETA uppityperson Feb 2015 #140
The dictionary Eko Feb 2015 #141
Do you think you and I define "Love" the same as a dictionary or each other? uppityperson Feb 2015 #143
So can you clairify Eko Feb 2015 #146
"morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: harmful; injurious: marked by anger, irritability, uppityperson Feb 2015 #147
I will let slide that one of your Eko Feb 2015 #148
165,00 dead Iraqis make it only "misguided" to burn people alive? uppityperson Feb 2015 #149
Pretty sure this was my quote. ETA Eko Feb 2015 #150
I am not your buddy. "The dictionary defines words, if you choose to use a different meaning then uppityperson Feb 2015 #151
In post 146 Eko Feb 2015 #152
I am not your buddy. eom uppityperson Feb 2015 #153
Alright pal. Eko Feb 2015 #154
No, the West has never, ever done anything like what ISIS did . . . markpkessinger Feb 2015 #144
Lololol. Strawman argument Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #155
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