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MAYBE because we are better than those who won't? Vincardog Sep 2012 #1
You and I both are not better than a Muslim Aerows Sep 2012 #69
Did you see a word about Muslims in my post? I answered the question asked. Vincardog Sep 2012 #115
I think I read butter Aerows Sep 2012 #116
The vast majority of muslims are not rioting bhikkhu Sep 2012 #2
I have not done a detailed Missycim Sep 2012 #5
where are the vast majorities of American Christian groups cali Sep 2012 #8
+1000% sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #12
thanks, sabrina cali Sep 2012 #21
I could be wrong Missycim Sep 2012 #16
wait a minute: you actually think that makes it better? really? wow. cali Sep 2012 #23
if they rioted over Missycim Sep 2012 #27
You haven't answered the question. Several people have asked you now sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #32
I am agreeing with so many of your posts today! JNelson6563 Sep 2012 #46
Word!! pitbullgirl1965 Sep 2012 #75
There sure are a lot of bullshit threads tonight about Islam. Pisces Sep 2012 #103
If each individual had to denounce the violence of a group they somehow belonged to bhikkhu Sep 2012 #55
+1 cali Sep 2012 #57
I'll apologize in advance for any act of violence ... 99Forever Sep 2012 #65
It does not make the news treestar Sep 2012 #90
The vast majority of Muslims ... markpkessinger Sep 2012 #111
You need to read slower RegieRocker Sep 2012 #106
That is some bigoted OP, Missy RobertEarl Sep 2012 #3
Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #10
I'm sick unto vomiting of anti-Muslim bigots. Period. cali Sep 2012 #13
You and me both. These kinds of posts, and there seem to be so many of them sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #35
Exactly...the OP needs to get some education deutsey Sep 2012 #96
bigoted dog shit is what YOU are spewing. cali Sep 2012 #4
I am sorry if the truth is Missycim Sep 2012 #6
truth? It figures that you can't tell fact from opinion, sweetheart. cali Sep 2012 #9
So they didn't Missycim Sep 2012 #11
It's about much more than cartoons or burning Korans. cali Sep 2012 #15
No it really isn't Missycim Sep 2012 #37
Are you aware of history at all? Can you point out where Muslims sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #53
You are souding like Ward Churchill calling the 9/11 victims "little Eichmanns" Odin2005 Sep 2012 #94
Save the intended insults for someone else. They are wasted on me. sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #97
Exactly, Sabrina. nt. polly7 Sep 2012 #99
And the Christian Fundies led by George Bush didn't start a war in sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #42
And Bush himself called it a "crusade"! JNelson6563 Sep 2012 #49
Yes, and he said when asked if he had asked for advice from Bush Sr, his father sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #64
Every time you use "they", you imply all muslims bhikkhu Sep 2012 #68
All you need to do is antiquie Sep 2012 #17
One million dead Iraqis. Where was the outrage when we used the tragic events sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #24
What does Iraq have Missycim Sep 2012 #47
Thanks, that is what I thought. I take it you supported that massive crime in sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #52
Weren't you angry at Muslims? So now it's just Libya. I see you don't want to answer sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #54
Is this a serious question? Why would someone in Libya be upset about what the US did in Iraq? uppityperson Sep 2012 #59
A + comment Sabrina pitbullgirl1965 Sep 2012 #79
Oh say what is truth? The objective reality seems to be that HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #33
Does it ever occur to you they don't put that on the friggin' news? treestar Sep 2012 #91
A very tiny fraction of Muslims are rioting lunatica Sep 2012 #7
No thats MY POINT Missycim Sep 2012 #14
I invite you antiquie Sep 2012 #18
First of all, it's not remotely the same. Not in the same ballpark, not even close, genius. cali Sep 2012 #19
No I want them to do Missycim Sep 2012 #20
you don't know what you'd do. Sorry, but you don't, and it all depends on th circumstances involved cali Sep 2012 #22
That is hogwash RegieRocker Sep 2012 #107
Did you speak out and apologize to the people of Iraq when George Bush sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #29
I am very sorry Missycim Sep 2012 #48
If I knew what your position was I would not have asked. Why so sensitive sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #66
Well, did you? Iggo Sep 2012 #87
I have a feeling you were perfectly all right with killing people treestar Sep 2012 #92
Nothing? PotatoChip Sep 2012 #26
Yes I saw those pictures Missycim Sep 2012 #31
The people holding those signs PotatoChip Sep 2012 #36
Maybe hopefully Missycim Sep 2012 #40
Plenty of them have done what you insist they aren't doing lunatica Sep 2012 #30
"Turn the other cheek" is a funny way of formulating invading two countries. JVS Sep 2012 #25
So, you are blaming an entire religion for the actions of a few? cynatnite Sep 2012 #28
I am not blamming the entire Missycim Sep 2012 #34
Proof that you are... cynatnite Sep 2012 #38
Another one that can't read RegieRocker Sep 2012 #108
You are holding them to the standard of their lowest common denominator treestar Sep 2012 #93
You are asking GOOD questions. Some of us are asking these same questions of ourselves, patrice Sep 2012 #39
Those aren't good questions. hell, they aren't even questions cali Sep 2012 #51
Golden Rule radical here: if you can ask questions of others, that gives them the same patrice Sep 2012 #76
The ME news media said the movie was BarackTheVote Sep 2012 #41
State-run newscasts are scary things indeed. moriah Sep 2012 #44
While I agree that we should get out of that area, the Arab Spring is the beginning of a reformation moriah Sep 2012 #43
islam has had several reformation movements. one of the reason for the rise of fundamentalism HiPointDem Sep 2012 #45
Do you believe in Multiculturalism ? zellie Sep 2012 #50
We lose the moral high ground if we reduce ourselves to their kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #56
What makes you think we're on moral high ground? cali Sep 2012 #61
What makes you think two wrongs EVER make a right? kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #81
say what, hon? cali Sep 2012 #86
Oh my! 99Forever Sep 2012 #70
So we should compound the error by becoming MORE aggressive? kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #82
That's what you gleaned from my response? 99Forever Sep 2012 #85
Speaking on behalf of every American Muslim Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2012 #58
hey, Jeff cali Sep 2012 #60
If I was on the jury for that post, I'd vote to leave it. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #71
This entire thread should be deleted... Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2012 #72
I alerted on it. 4-2 to leave it. cali Sep 2012 #73
Just for the record, I was one of the two who voted to hide. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #74
Good post. The racism we thought had at least been forced underground to some extent sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #78
I turn the other cheek when I can Aerows Sep 2012 #62
Um, I have no recollection of turning the other cheek after 9/11. Chorophyll Sep 2012 #63
"I just wish we'd get out of that entire area, forthwith" Aerows Sep 2012 #67
religions are a dangerous brew...... spanone Sep 2012 #77
christian extremist executed a doctor, another bomb an abortion clinic. another extreme christian seabeyond Sep 2012 #80
I don't know if this story is apocryphal Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2012 #83
what would you suggest? ibegurpard Sep 2012 #84
Because when we don't turn the other cheek EdwardKingSolomon Sep 2012 #88
Interesting turn of phrase, because aren't we supposed to if we are Christians? treestar Sep 2012 #89
Because they are victims of Western Imperialism and so are beyond criticism! Odin2005 Sep 2012 #95
BIG difference between understanding, and brainless criticism against them that denies polly7 Sep 2012 #102
Do you also think that if you opposed the War in Iraq, you loved Saddam Hussein? sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #109
You seem to still be living in nuanced times. Democracyinkind Sep 2012 #112
You're kidding, right? polly7 Sep 2012 #98
I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this trend Major Nikon Sep 2012 #100
+1. nt. polly7 Sep 2012 #104
This event has become a defining moment DJ13 Sep 2012 #101
Someone has to be the grownup, sorry. tjdee Sep 2012 #105
When is Islam going to have its reformation movement? Democracyinkind Sep 2012 #110
When are we? Zalatix Sep 2012 #114
We DIDN'T turn the other cheek! Zalatix Sep 2012 #113
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