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In reply to the discussion: Muslims protest 'age of mockery' as thousands descend on Google HQ [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)25. What the fuck are any of you talking about?
It mentions Pakistan right at the end of the OP. You even quote the passage yourself. I don't see your point at all.
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So, demonizing Muslims in one place because of what muslims in another place did.
Scootaloo
Oct 2012
#87
Well, when you act like a textbook Republican, don't expect people to think you're a Democrat
Scootaloo
Oct 2012
#91
My point was that these protesters' collective complaint about mockery is STUPID!
alp227
Oct 2012
#126
Progressives don't demonize Jews or Muslims or whoever the latest vulnerable target happens to be
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#27
sticking up for oppressed minorities is sticking up for enlightenment values
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#32
I don't dispute the right of the makers of the film anymore than I dispute the right of Nazis to
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#36
in Europe and America they certainly are a minority and a marginalized minority being demoniized. It
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#117
If a group of Jewish people are protesting a holocaust denier are they out of line for not better
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#45
Tons of holocaust denial videos exist on Youtube, along with anti-Catholic/Christian videos, etc. We
stevenleser
Oct 2012
#110
And they've been protested against and had people call for their removal...
Violet_Crumble
Oct 2012
#114
And they all have been criticized on free speech grounds and told "Tough" nt
stevenleser
Oct 2012
#125
Good Lord no, No one suggested that they are perfect. But it is wrong when it was fashionable to
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#76
so, i didnt see the large protest in england which is where we are talking about here
loli phabay
Oct 2012
#10
well im pretty sure its looking like the nuts are the spokesman. time for the vast majority
loli phabay
Oct 2012
#103
so what are you doing to protest the innocent children obama is killing with drones?
frylock
Oct 2012
#107
K&R I hold all organized religions in contempt, but I think Islam is among the very worst.
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#3
C'mon now. As liberals, we're supposed to ignore that fact and trash extremists equally. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Oct 2012
#11
with Muslim armies, navies and air forces surrounding us on all sides controlling our governments,
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#14
i guess thats why the extremists attack hindus, buddhists, animists and everybody else as well then.
loli phabay
Oct 2012
#15
I will never understand the need of DU to to pretend that aggression against the Arab/Islamic world
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#16
I would have thought an offended minority peacefully protesting is an enlightenment value
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#34
Does that fact that ISLAM IS NOT AN ORGANIZED RELIGION play into this at any level?
Romulox
Oct 2012
#69
We have them here and in AZ, where I frequently go for work, as well. They are indeed organized
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#83
Sure, there is a fairly consistent pattern of maturity among these fantasies, but they are still
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#84
Ann lo, the mountains shook, and Earth trembled.. the heavens rumbled, and a great voice boomed down
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2012
#6
Being anti-war is hardly the same thing as being anti-freedom of expression. And I marched in NYC
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#47
Boy, it'd be hell to pay if these protestors were CHRISTIAN, with all the "insults" to Christ that
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#46
I only see pulls for copyright infringement. They have a ton of holocaust denial vids up. nt
stevenleser
Oct 2012
#111
You are. When it comes to Muslims, this place is identical to Stormfront. n/t
Scootaloo
Oct 2012
#100