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Dragonbreathp9d

(2,542 posts)
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:51 PM Apr 2013

Damn Muslim bombers (Islamophobia strikes again)

As soon as the story broke that the uncle of the two suspects said they had been in Islam my Facebook exploded with Islamophobic remarks- by a bunch of "Christians". It is absolutely disgusting. The JP that killed the DAs in Texas was Christian, but not a peep about how his religion led him to do the horrid things he did. But as soon as it is somewhat connected to Islam, suddenly it is that religions fault. I'm so livid right now as I type this. Xenophobia and Islamophobia will once again rear it's ugly head in this country. Why oh why couldn't they have just been run of the mill white guys- you wouldn't have heard a peep about their background then. Lets just hope there isn't any 'revenge killings' against innocent people like there was after 9/11- but with all this hateful rhetoric I am not optimistic.

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Damn Muslim bombers (Islamophobia strikes again) (Original Post) Dragonbreathp9d Apr 2013 OP
3, 2, 1 gaspee Apr 2013 #1
It may not be racist but it is damn close. Zax2me Apr 2013 #5
LOL so now 'white guy' isn't 'good enough' Has to be run of the mill Zax2me Apr 2013 #2
My point is as soon as it is someone "different" Dragonbreathp9d Apr 2013 #12
something like that... Supersedeas Apr 2013 #19
I kinda made the same mistake, premium Apr 2013 #3
Well, no - you cannot blame the entire faith. That's stupid. Zax2me Apr 2013 #8
Well, right or wrong... jessie04 Apr 2013 #4
One winger not one strives for peace or even safety, WAY more "Christian" terrorist in US history... uponit7771 Apr 2013 #7
Right. jessie04 Apr 2013 #14
500 years? gaspee Apr 2013 #18
And most mass shooters gaspee Apr 2013 #13
So stand up to them, then de-friend them. FWIW, I don't have a SINGLE post on my FB feed like you do riderinthestorm Apr 2013 #6
I am standing up to them Dragonbreathp9d Apr 2013 #11
Was the JP motivated by his religion? Were these bombers? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #9
Just out of curiosity, egduj Apr 2013 #10
There was an interview with a former co-church goer Dragonbreathp9d Apr 2013 #17
What may be really frightening AsahinaKimi Apr 2013 #15
This is why I keep my fb list very small Marrah_G Apr 2013 #16
 

Zax2me

(2,515 posts)
5. It may not be racist but it is damn close.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:56 PM
Apr 2013

I don't know how you can circle around whites any better without being a racist.

 

Zax2me

(2,515 posts)
2. LOL so now 'white guy' isn't 'good enough' Has to be run of the mill
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:55 PM
Apr 2013

white guy.
Cause some white guys are Islamic terrorists and that isn't the kind of white enemy you wish for.

OMG the lunacy today and bending over backwards to protect anything - what was it?! non- 'run of the mill white'.

Dragonbreathp9d

(2,542 posts)
12. My point is as soon as it is someone "different"
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 02:08 PM
Apr 2013

Assholes in this country perpetuate violence through actions and rhetoric

 

premium

(3,731 posts)
3. I kinda made the same mistake,
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:55 PM
Apr 2013

on another thread, I said that they were Islamic terrorists, I was questioned on it so I clarified by saying they were terrorists who just happened to be of the Islamic faith.

In no way am I blaming the Islamic faith for what these 2 terrorists did.

 

Zax2me

(2,515 posts)
8. Well, no - you cannot blame the entire faith. That's stupid.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:58 PM
Apr 2013

But Islamic terrorist is not an incorrect term.

 

jessie04

(1,528 posts)
4. Well, right or wrong...
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:56 PM
Apr 2013


between WTC1, WTC2, SHOE-bomber, underwear bomber, Ft. HOOD SHOOTER , and others , it gives one pause.

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
7. One winger not one strives for peace or even safety, WAY more "Christian" terrorist in US history...
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:58 PM
Apr 2013

...than Muslim

gaspee

(3,231 posts)
18. 500 years?
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 02:29 PM
Apr 2013

Where did you study history?

I think it's been exactly 18 years (to the day if I am not mistaken) since OKC.

gaspee

(3,231 posts)
13. And most mass shooters
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 02:09 PM
Apr 2013

Are white (statistically probably christian) males who own guns. I say round 'em all up and put 'em in the FEMA camps for the actions of a few!











And if you don't get the sarcasm, I feel nothing but pity for you.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
6. So stand up to them, then de-friend them. FWIW, I don't have a SINGLE post on my FB feed like you do
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:57 PM
Apr 2013


Why even allow shit like that to perpetuate on your wall?

Dragonbreathp9d

(2,542 posts)
11. I am standing up to them
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 02:05 PM
Apr 2013

Trying to let them know how fucked up it is to blame the entire religion when their own has so many skeletons in their closet. I hadn't seen anything like this from them in the past.

Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)
9. Was the JP motivated by his religion? Were these bombers?
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:59 PM
Apr 2013

I don't know the answer to the first question; I'll bet you all lombard street to a china orange that the answer to the second is yes.

Dragonbreathp9d

(2,542 posts)
17. There was an interview with a former co-church goer
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 02:23 PM
Apr 2013

From when he and his mother went to church (don't think it was recent church going). He could have left the faith since that time in all honesty

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
15. What may be really frightening
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 02:13 PM
Apr 2013

is what Right Wing Radio will unleash.. at innocent people who will just happen to be in the way.

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