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In reply to the discussion: Islamophoia is not a liberal value [View all]Throd
(7,208 posts)145. That sounds tedious.
Every time something is criticized, there must be equal criticisms, qualifiers, and condemnations of other things?
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"Christian terrorists seem to be a little nicer than islamic state terrorists"
Prophet 451
Oct 2014
#122
it's the same logic as "we're not against Black people, just their massive criminal element"
MisterP
Oct 2014
#4
"I don't hate gay people, I hate homosexuality." Another fun one from this mindset
Scootaloo
Oct 2014
#8
And we’re even getting a lot of that in this thread. “I’m not saying [certain group] is bad, I’m
Chathamization
Oct 2014
#112
You say "they" like you mean all. Maybe you mean some follow their holy book. Percentages are import
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#33
Post 37 provides zip. You said that the "Problem is they actually follow their holy book"
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#53
Your ignore list contains much more than people...it includes entire concepts.
Dreamer Tatum
Oct 2014
#10
No, it's not mainly because "prejudice is illogical". Liberals have traditionally relied on
cali
Oct 2014
#30
That'd be cool if liberals controlled the govment. We are currently ignoring major portions of the
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#38
Adding "phobia" to the end of the word Islam does not make it immune from analysis or criticism.
Throd
Oct 2014
#17
Islam is a set of beliefs. Race and sexual orientation are a matter of nature.
PeaceNikki
Oct 2014
#151
I couldn't agree more that getting off fossil fuels would solve a ton of our problems.
Marr
Oct 2014
#51
I wish a few psychologists would study why it's so hard for the Left to say what you said.
Dreamer Tatum
Oct 2014
#47
It always befuddles me how the Left, which prides itself on nuanced thought
Dreamer Tatum
Oct 2014
#71
Yes, our entire government and our election process is an accident of history.
Dreamer Tatum
Oct 2014
#55
Man is the only animal to have found the One True God....several of them. Mark Twain
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2014
#77
Glad you would be in favor of disenfranchising most of America's population...
YoungDemCA
Oct 2014
#94
I am glad you have something that works for you, be it meds or faith.
The Green Manalishi
Oct 2014
#125
Atheism isn't taken seriously because people with invisible sky friends need cognitive dissonance
The Green Manalishi
Oct 2014
#142
Pardon me, but I went to Quaker schools and Quaker meeting when I was younger
Crunchy Frog
Oct 2014
#155
How quickly things like Sabra and Shatila, the Bosnia Genocide, the LRA, the IRA, etc. get forgotten
Chathamization
Oct 2014
#93
No kidding. Presbyterian was good at helping the poor and Quaker is still anti-war.
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2014
#164
I think it's problematic saying that Western culture is better than African culture or Asian culture
Chathamization
Oct 2014
#149
Islamaphobia is a Christian Dominionist trapping. Watch your step. The Dominionists are Nazis.
blkmusclmachine
Oct 2014
#124
We have 2000 years of Christian history to back up the fact that Christians can be just as violent.
hrmjustin
Oct 2014
#128
People say many things, but it is only their actions others can use to define them.
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#133
The prevelance of repulsively right-wing opinions in Islam is currently unique.
Donald Ian Rankin
Oct 2014
#166