John Smith wrote on Nov 20
th, 2017 at 11:00pm:
Setanta wrote on Nov 20
th, 2017 at 9:27pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 20
th, 2017 at 5:59pm:
Setanta wrote on Nov 19
th, 2017 at 10:32pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 19
th, 2017 at 10:11pm:
Setanta wrote on Nov 19
th, 2017 at 8:31pm:
I have no idea why some of you stick up for Islam, it's a toxic pox on mankind. Sure stick up for the people who are it's victims, those inculcated to it through accident of birth or threat, but why would anyone defend such a "faith" of their own free will?
it's not about defending Islam.
What is it about then? I don't see it as something one should even try to ameliorate. It's(Islamic ideology) rightwing gone crazy on steroids.
it's about not treating normal everyday muslims as terrorists just because they believe in Islam.
This is the part I'm not getting, a certain subset of people here who defend Islam on the basis of not treating all Muslims as the same, which I don't, are happy to treat other rightwing ideologies and their supporters equally as as bad as each other. You may take Greg's slurs on Trump supporters as one example. All Liberals are bad, all ON supports are stupid racists, yet the same "courtesy" is not given to followers of Islam. Being somewhat middle of the road with a definite left perspective without an ounce of PC in me, I can't understand why those of the left treat it as some sacred cow. It(Islam) doesn't fit anywhere into what I would consider a left perspective on life, women, socially acceptable views and politics. The ideology should be thrown from tall buildings.
no one has ever seriously demanded all one nation voters get thrown out of the country Set. No one has ever seriously demanded we ban all liberal voters from this country. Or that trump supporters be strafed by machine gun fire.
You confuse political bombast with religious persecution.
The fact remains that the greater majority of Muslims do not agree with ISIS' interpretation of the Koran. Isis has what, 50? 100 000 supporters globally? there are 1.8B muslims. If Islam was as evil as some on here try to make out then we'd get a hell of a lot more than the occasional stabbing or shooting.
But there are far more than the occasional stabbing or looting from this 3% minority in our country.
They, as a group, are overrepresentedin virtually every violent crime statistic.
They, as a group, practice abhorrent cultural, and yet illegal, practices.
They, as a group, all protest waving posters about violence and murder.
Not just the radicals.
Not just ISIS
Not just a few
But all of them.
The only thing stopping them, as a group, from taking over this country and FORCING us to abide by their primitive, brutal rules.
Is that there are not yet enough of them.
But they are working on that, as we speak.