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KMOD

(7,906 posts) Fri Jul 15, 2016, 12:00 PM Jul 2016

Terrorism is not about religion [View all]

it's about hate, rage and anger.

That's what ISIS is all about, and their message resonates with unstable people who are also filled with rage, hate and anger.

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Terrorism is not about religion [View all] KMOD Jul 2016 OP

Oh yes, no religious element at all... jmg257 Jul 2016 #1

It's really amazing melman Jul 2016 #42

The same people will talk about how arrogant the west is. Marr Jul 2016 #55

False consciousness. Igel Jul 2016 #72

Religion is a tool of manipulation. NightWatcher Jul 2016 #2

Yes. KMOD Jul 2016 #4

Definitely, nuts make the best foot soldiers NightWatcher Jul 2016 #8

Unfortunately Dorian Gray Jul 2016 #14

Yes. KMOD Jul 2016 #17

Yes... that's true, as well... Dorian Gray Jul 2016 #19

It's frightening. KMOD Jul 2016 #21

There are also a lot of comfortable, educated, upper class Muslims who are radicalized as well. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2016 #66

Religion is not the reason melm00se Jul 2016 #3

Absolutely Dorian Gray Jul 2016 #16

Perhaps. Igel Jul 2016 #73

I suspect that's true in many instances ... Whiskeytide Jul 2016 #5

How would you explain someone like Andreas Lubitz? KMOD Jul 2016 #9

I can't. He was a suicidal psychopath ... Whiskeytide Jul 2016 #48

pretend to be, motivated by their religious beliefs. puffy socks Jul 2016 #89

Of course! MowCowWhoHow III Jul 2016 #6

That book seems so much like a prop bravenak Jul 2016 #75

Mindreader! MowCowWhoHow III Jul 2016 #76

I'm damn good at it too bravenak Jul 2016 #78

Of course! MowCowWhoHow III Jul 2016 #79

Glad people see the light now bravenak Jul 2016 #80

When their religion teaches that they will be rewarded with 72 virgins in the afterlife, Nye Bevan Jul 2016 #7

Scholors say that is being mistranslated. KMOD Jul 2016 #15

Someone always points that out. Marr Jul 2016 #64

That's not the claim. Igel Jul 2016 #74

Terrorism is about more than one thing-Religion is one of them. WestCoastLib Jul 2016 #10

"it's about hate, rage and anger." trotsky Jul 2016 #11

But they use religious Dorian Gray Jul 2016 #12

Yes they use religion as progaganda, KMOD Jul 2016 #20

Frankly, that's bullshit FLPanhandle Jul 2016 #13

I suppose that if the US were invaded, occupied The_Casual_Observer Jul 2016 #18

Muslims have been killing in the name of religion for far longer than the US has even existed. Statistical Jul 2016 #22

Everybody has god on their side while they are The_Casual_Observer Jul 2016 #24

Victim blaming at it's finest. FLPanhandle Jul 2016 #26

If U.S. religious leaders organized and led the ... Whiskeytide Jul 2016 #57

As an agnostic, the first thing I would do in that circumstance FrodosPet Jul 2016 #71

Thanks for the information get the red out Jul 2016 #23

Robert Dear, or as he called himself KMOD Jul 2016 #25

Eric Robert Rudolph get the red out Jul 2016 #28

He also showed warning signs of rage from a young age. KMOD Jul 2016 #30

A LOT of untrue Scotsmen out there get the red out Jul 2016 #32

I have no idea what your point is. KMOD Jul 2016 #54

I'm sure get the red out Jul 2016 #69

The point is, you want to airbrush everything out that doesn't fit your narrative. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #82

My narrative is that all of these acts, KMOD Jul 2016 #85

Yes, but thinking there's an invisible man in the sky w/ a long list of rules Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #87

The Kouachi brothers were also described as being KMOD Jul 2016 #93

And I'm saying that the distinction between "mentally unstable" and "magic beings in the sky Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #96

In my opinion, you are implying that all people who practice religion KMOD Jul 2016 #99

and in my opinion, you're engaging in special pleading for something that Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #107

So he wasn't religiously motivated? Throd Jul 2016 #29

He was insane. KMOD Jul 2016 #31

he was depressed and finacially insecure Mosby Jul 2016 #39

A judge ruled him incompetent, KMOD Jul 2016 #52

Yeah, thinking there's a magic invisible man in the sky with a long list of rules he wants you to Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #81

I'm not particularly religious Warren, KMOD Jul 2016 #83

you should read that entire sentence. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #88

Does that stop him from being religiously motivated? whatthehey Jul 2016 #36

No, KMOD Jul 2016 #41

I smell porridge-sugar coming... whatthehey Jul 2016 #49

No. KMOD Jul 2016 #56

Yes that's true; it's usually religion whatthehey Jul 2016 #62

Yes. RELIGION. PoutrageFatigue Jul 2016 #91

Not sure what unstable means, but rage, hate, and anger are pretty universal loyalsister Jul 2016 #27

What entitles you or anyone else to say what motivates what? Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #33

Excuse me? KMOD Jul 2016 #37

You left off that the majority of them claim a particular faith. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #40

84% of the population KMOD Jul 2016 #43

It's comical at this point. Nt Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #44

You have no response KMOD Jul 2016 #46

Every response of yours proves my point Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #47

I guess I missed the proof of your point. KMOD Jul 2016 #58

So it's just highly leftynyc Jul 2016 #65

Pay no attention to the imam behind the curtain! Dr. Strange Jul 2016 #86

So then the Christians puffy socks Jul 2016 #90

Religion is a factor in most ISIS attacks though. romanic Jul 2016 #34

When did any of those become mutually exclusive? Act_of_Reparation Jul 2016 #35

Hmmm whatthehey Jul 2016 #38

I am not denying the fact KMOD Jul 2016 #45

Well yes they are in Dar-al Kharb, and we all know what that means whatthehey Jul 2016 #51

??? KMOD Jul 2016 #59

Why ??? whatthehey Jul 2016 #63

Islamic terrorism is religious in nature. Marr Jul 2016 #50

Anything that provides an opportunity for bigots to bash giftedgirl77 Jul 2016 #53

Yup. KMOD Jul 2016 #60

People learn to be bigots Democat Jul 2016 #98

Do you think you could convince leftynyc Jul 2016 #61

ISIS is all about religion; that's why they are committing genocide on the Yazidis muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #67

Except for those religions which can't explain ... GeorgeGist Jul 2016 #68

Religion can can be a factor and push someone who is unstable over the edge... True Earthling Jul 2016 #70

Sure, if you say so. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #77

lulz Rex Jul 2016 #84

Just like white supremacy is not about violence? Corporate666 Jul 2016 #92

It's not JUST about religion killbotfactory Jul 2016 #94

the guy who shot up the gay nightclub wasn't subjected to war. the US was a safe place JI7 Jul 2016 #95

His father didn't kill a bunch of people either Democat Jul 2016 #102

Hating gay people and those different from you Democat Jul 2016 #97

Many agnostics practice the same hate. KMOD Jul 2016 #100

People come to hate in different ways Democat Jul 2016 #101

You are going off topic, KMOD Jul 2016 #103

They do it in the name of religIon. JI7 Jul 2016 #105

weasel words: "many" Warren Stupidity Jul 2016 #108

Let's call it what it is....and deal with it... Doodley Jul 2016 #104

The French govt is now saying Bouhlel was radicalized by ISIS' version of Islam Arazi Jul 2016 #106

i agree with you TroyJackson Jul 2016 #109