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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Oct-21-10 08:52 PM Original message |
I saw a family of Muslims in the store today. Was I supposed to be afraid? |
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slackmaster
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Thu Oct-21-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not half as afraid as I was when I saw a Muslim woman driving an SUV and talking on a cell phone |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. LOL! |
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dddem
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Fri Oct-22-10 07:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Why were you afraid? |
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Paladin
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Sat Oct-23-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Well Said, Slack. (n/t) |
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babylonsister
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Thu Oct-21-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree about the sad days. I have nothing but sympathy |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Fri Oct-22-10 06:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. I'm sure you do |
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The Velveteen Ocelot
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Thu Oct-21-10 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Juan Williams? |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Oops. Thanks. |
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derby378
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Thu Oct-21-10 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. My only reaction... |
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riderinthestorm
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Fri Oct-22-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. +1. nt |
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HuckleB
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Thu Oct-21-10 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. According to Juana Juana, you should have been quaking in your boots! |
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Terra Alta
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Thu Oct-21-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. A woman in a burka and her child came through my line the other day. |
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ck4829
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Thu Oct-21-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. 2 Muslim women and a girl = Ducking for cover and wetting yourself |
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applegrove
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Thu Oct-21-10 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. I remember right after 9/11 one of the networks did an undercover story |
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HuckleB
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. It's just amazing to see things go to bigot land nine years later. |
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Drale
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. I would love to see |
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REP
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Why was a child wearing a burqa? I never see children wearing them; only adult women |
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sufrommich
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Girls have to wear burqas when puberty starts. nt |
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REP
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Thu Oct-21-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. OP says "small girl" - under puberty, no burqa, hijab, or scarf required |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I don't know. I didn't ask. |
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kestrel91316
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Burqa? Or perhaps it was hijab or chador? |
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REP
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Thu Oct-21-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Burqas. Really. Not hijabs or niqabs or headscarfs, but burqas that cover from head to foot |
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Bluenorthwest
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Fri Oct-22-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Lots of people keep asking you if you really mean Burkas? |
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uppityperson
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Fri Oct-22-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. You seriously have a lot of younger girls in burkas? How young? What grades? |
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Liquorice
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Thu Oct-21-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. How would you be able to tell the age of a woman wearing a burqa?? nt |
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Gin
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Fri Oct-22-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. halloween costume? |
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Yeahyeah
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. They coulda blowed you up.Yor mighty lucky to get out there alive. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm more afraid when I see some asshole walking into a polling station.... |
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DirkGently
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. Only if they were dressed like Tea Partiers. |
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The Straight Story
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. I saw some christians on DU today, was I supposed to think they all were bigots |
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kwenu
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. Who the hell is Juan Gonzalez? |
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emilyg
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Thu Oct-21-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. +1 |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Fri Oct-22-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. Elian Gonzalez's father: |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. They were wearing "Burkas"..? Really? Are you sure? |
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REP
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Thu Oct-21-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. She claims a CHILD was wearing a burqa |
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Goblinmonger
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Fri Oct-22-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
49. There are no muslims in Kansas? |
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a la izquierda
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Fri Oct-22-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
50. I live in Oklahoma... |
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riderinthestorm
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Fri Oct-22-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Yup, 40 miles west of Chicago and there are more than a few in full niqab |
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uppityperson
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Fri Oct-22-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Because usually "small girl"s don't wear burkas. |
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a la izquierda
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Sat Oct-23-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Well, yeah, I guess that's true enough... |
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uppityperson
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Sat Oct-23-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I saw a couple women wearing chador (closest I can figure) at hot spring yrs ago, men were in swim |
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Sabriel
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Thu Oct-21-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. Did they have a lot of coupons? |
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CTyankee
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Thu Oct-21-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. oh,good lord!I have a whole room full of Muslims in my ESOL |
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Turborama
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Thu Oct-21-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. Good analysis. |
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riderinthestorm
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Fri Oct-22-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. Actually your top picture shows the women in niqab, not burqas. nt |
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Turborama
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Fri Oct-22-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Thanks for that clarification |
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Bigmack
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Thu Oct-21-10 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. You sure they weren't nuns?..... |
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kenny blankenship
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Thu Oct-21-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. Half the time I go to my local grocery store I'm checked out by a woman in a headscarf |
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A HERETIC I AM
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Thu Oct-21-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Hijacking to Cuba is Soooo 1970's... |
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ScreamingMeemie
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Thu Oct-21-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm super frightened. I work for a Muslim. |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu Oct-21-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
35. how did you know they were muslims? |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Thu Oct-21-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Precisely the point, my dear |
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Bragi
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Fri Oct-22-10 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
38. Why celebrate a display of oppression and subservience? |
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KurtNYC
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Fri Oct-22-10 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
39. was they like buying mustard ? |
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Iggo
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Fri Oct-22-10 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
41. If you weren't afraid, then NPR is not Nixon... |
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Bluenorthwest
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Fri Oct-22-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
42. Do you really see women and girls in actual full burkas often? |
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Bragi
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Fri Oct-22-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I see them rarely, but more often in recent times |
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RealisticDem44
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Fri Oct-22-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
47. I have Muslim friends. They are great people. |
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KamaAina
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Fri Oct-22-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. What were you doing at the terrorist supply store, anyway? |
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Gin
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Fri Oct-22-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. burqas represent oppression of women....I am not afraid of the clothing..just |
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TrogL
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Fri Oct-22-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. My boss is Muslim |
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Supersedeas
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Fri Oct-22-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. only if you are talking about it while on the O'Reilly Factor |
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HipChick
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Fri Oct-22-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
58. My co-worker is a muslim...I would have had no idea if he hadn't told me |
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onager
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Sat Oct-23-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
63. The Muslims seem just as confused as the rest of us... |
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datasuspect
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Sat Oct-23-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
64. i see enough muslims everyday |
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hedgehog
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Sat Oct-23-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
65. I saw some muslin at the fabric store...does that count? |
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