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#55 Manchester concert explosion in World Events

no one is arguing that religious fundamentalism, when under the right conditions, can lead to horrible acts of violence. we're simply disputing the idea that there's something inherent in Islam that makes it more violent than any other religion. I think the history of the world disproves the idea that circumstance + dogma can't lead to violence in a lot of different faiths.

and putting that aside, where does this argument over what % of the reason for terrorism is strictly religion and what % is geopolitical get us? shouldn't we be talking about what to do to prevent terrorism from happening? and two things we can do without harming any non-terrorist Muslims along the way are pretty obvious: 1) end the imperialist US/UK/etc. presence in the Middle East, and 2) stop giving money to the most radical Islamic terror state in the world. how are either of those things controversial?

posted about 8 years ago
#53 NBA Playoffs in Off Topic

ewing theory for the celtics???

posted about 8 years ago
#36 Manchester concert explosion in World Events

you're probably right, but why does it matter

posted about 8 years ago
#34 Manchester concert explosion in World Events

For example, the following article obviously has a point of view:
http://fair.org/home/arms-deal-stories-omit-war-crimes-arms-will-be-used-for/

But that doesn't mean it's not filled with useful, factual information

posted about 8 years ago
#33 Manchester concert explosion in World Events
Nub_Danishmustardoverlordlootah yes one thing i was really missing in my life is award-winning pinnacle of investigative journalism "the intercept dot com"
I'm pretty sure you're not the person to be making arguments about partisan internet news sites
every news site is partisan the ones who hide it are the worrying ones

Which the intercept and the other left wing news sources I tend to cite (jacobin, secular talk, current affairs, FAIR, etc.) definitely don't

posted about 8 years ago
#27 Manchester concert explosion in World Events
lootah yes one thing i was really missing in my life is award-winning pinnacle of investigative journalism "the intercept dot com"

I'm pretty sure you're not the person to be making arguments about partisan internet news sites

posted about 8 years ago
#25 Manchester concert explosion in World Events
mustardoverlordhttps://theintercept.com/2017/03/29/you-shouldnt-blame-islam-for-terrorism-religion-isnt-a-crucial-factor-in-attacks/

https://theintercept.com/2017/02/18/why-do-so-many-americans-fear-muslims-decades-of-denial-about-americas-role-in-the-world/

I should probably point out that these two articles are making slightly different points, and I completely agree with the 2nd one and only partially agree with the first

posted about 8 years ago
#23 Manchester concert explosion in World Events

https://theintercept.com/2017/03/29/you-shouldnt-blame-islam-for-terrorism-religion-isnt-a-crucial-factor-in-attacks/

https://theintercept.com/2017/02/18/why-do-so-many-americans-fear-muslims-decades-of-denial-about-americas-role-in-the-world/

posted about 8 years ago
#22 Manchester concert explosion in World Events
toads_tfmustardoverlordIf you want to make it about religion then you should probably mention the fact that the US just made a $400 billion deal with Saudi Arabia, a fundamentalist Wahhabi Salafi Islamic state that is the single biggest sponsor of Sunni extremism and terrorism in the worlddo you actually think that that is pertinent to the discussion at all or are you messing around lol

it's as pertinent as coming into a thread about a tragedy and pretending to be an expert on how the Qur'an commands Muslims to kill people

my point is that the terrorist groups with that sort of fundamentalism are being funded by US allies, who are all also authoritarian regimes

if someone wants to come in and say I'm oversimplifying things, because sometimes terror attacks are lone actors and ISIS or whoever claims responsibility after the fact, and because a small but still troubling minority of people in the middle east support terrorist attacks against the US and the UK, then I guess I'm just one of many people saying overly simplistic shit in this thread

posted about 8 years ago
#20 Manchester concert explosion in World Events

not to mention the fact that you don't hear people saying

maxc232religion of peace strikes again

when the US (and the UK) invade countries that didn't attack them and kill hundreds of thousands of civilians

funny how that works

posted about 8 years ago
#19 Manchester concert explosion in World Events

If you want to make it about religion then you should probably mention the fact that the US just made a $400 billion deal with Saudi Arabia, a fundamentalist Wahhabi Salafi Islamic state that is the single biggest sponsor of Sunni extremism and terrorism in the world

posted about 8 years ago
#23 UK Voters: Register to vote you fucks in World Events

go out and vote guys, I don't even care who you choose as long as you're exercising your civic duty!!!

but if u dont vote for corbyn youre an asshat

posted about 8 years ago
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posted about 8 years ago
#26 theresa may plans to make new regulated internet in World Events

but jeremy corbyn wears ugly sweaters and seems pretentious so we can't possibly vote him instead!!

posted about 8 years ago
#14 NiP in CS2 General Discussion

I feel like get right could revitalize his career if he just switched to a diff team

I don't see him ever reaching a high level on nip again

posted about 8 years ago
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