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In reply to the discussion: Muslims protest 'age of mockery' as thousands descend on Google HQ [View all]Confusious
(8,317 posts)66. What about the extremists nuts in our country?
Have we been aggressive against them?
India and Pakistan have fought two wars. Wasn't our doing.
Extremists will find any reason, no matter how small, to be extreme.
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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