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This. Right. Here. (Original Post) one_voice Nov 2015 OP
I asssume this was taken down... Wounded Bear Nov 2015 #1
It's still up on their fb page. one_voice Nov 2015 #2
Somehow death and destruction is worse when it is done by someone with more melanin. n/t A HERETIC I AM Nov 2015 #3
Didn't the US fight Nazi Germany? What was their skin melanin level? Yorktown Nov 2015 #4
As George Carlin said; A HERETIC I AM Nov 2015 #6
WW1, WW2, the Cold War, the US had white skinned enemies for decades Yorktown Nov 2015 #8
Did I say anything about radical Islam? A HERETIC I AM Nov 2015 #9
Because non-terrorist "others" will bring values which are as bad as those of Xian fundies Yorktown Nov 2015 #11
Well, we bombed the shit out of the Serbs to stop their genocide. 7962 Nov 2015 #23
The refugees in question are not the equivalent of NAZI Germany. n/t Gore1FL Nov 2015 #14
You're right. The refugees in question are the equivalent of those who were RUNNING from the Nazis. Iggo Nov 2015 #15
Speaking of bad, terrorist ideas, Admiral Loinpresser Nov 2015 #20
Ahmed, the clock boy, was super-criticized on DU for closeupready Nov 2015 #27
Assholes Stryder Nov 2015 #5
Isn't that the sad, awful truth?... Aristus Nov 2015 #7
The same idiots who are LibDemAlways Nov 2015 #10
McVeight parked the truck with the explosives, on the street, just feet from the DhhD Nov 2015 #22
K&R! marym625 Nov 2015 #12
yup. nt navarth Nov 2015 #13
White guy gun terrorism isn't terrorism according to the NRA. Initech Nov 2015 #16
We've had lots of reich-wing fundy-religious kkk actual acts of terrorism on U.S. soil. So many that Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #17
Like the black church arson fires. One after the other. Surely qualifies as terrorism. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #18
True. Regardless of whether a black or white was the arsonist. nt 7962 Nov 2015 #24
The many senseless kkkop killings of unarmed black men and women. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #28
K & R SunSeeker Nov 2015 #19
K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2015 #21
Both problems have to be dealt with patsimp Nov 2015 #25
We have had a couple Kalidurga Nov 2015 #26
SPOT ON! nt Plucketeer Nov 2015 #29
K&R&R&R&R etherealtruth Nov 2015 #30
Repugs only want to up the fear, lark Nov 2015 #31
Statistics: Ineeda Nov 2015 #32
K&R... spanone Nov 2015 #33
 

Yorktown

(2,884 posts)
4. Didn't the US fight Nazi Germany? What was their skin melanin level?
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 12:59 AM
Nov 2015

Bad ideas are bad ideas. Nazism. Radical Islam.

Skin color or its absence are smoke screens.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)
6. As George Carlin said;
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 01:08 AM
Nov 2015

(Paraphrasing) "When was the last time we bombed white people? The Germans. Those are the only ones and that's because they were trying to cut in on our action. They wanted to dominate the world BULLSHIT! THAT'S OUR FUCKING JOB!"

 

Yorktown

(2,884 posts)
8. WW1, WW2, the Cold War, the US had white skinned enemies for decades
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 01:16 AM
Nov 2015

Again, the skin melanin thing about radical islam is a sheep's clothing.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)
9. Did I say anything about radical Islam?
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 01:29 AM
Nov 2015

The point of the screenshot in the OP is clear. Why should we fear those "Others" when we have plenty of terrorists here?

And my statement above is true. We make a HUGE deal about a brown skinned (or Olive skinned, as the case may be) person who sets off a bomb at a marathon but the white guys in charge of fertilizer plants (as an example) that blow up are given a pass.

Numerous white guys have walked into facilities of various types and opened fire and nothing changes. Why the hell then would Americans then be so afraid of this other group of people simply because they have more melanin?

 

Yorktown

(2,884 posts)
11. Because non-terrorist "others" will bring values which are as bad as those of Xian fundies
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 01:36 AM
Nov 2015

The Christian fundies don't like gays, Muslims don't either.
Marriage equality? Don't even try mentioning it.

And even Christian fundies don't get their guns if Mr Jesus is mocked.
How long before there's a US case a la Salman Rushdie?


 

7962

(11,841 posts)
23. Well, we bombed the shit out of the Serbs to stop their genocide.
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 10:36 PM
Nov 2015

They looked pretty white to me

Iggo

(47,564 posts)
15. You're right. The refugees in question are the equivalent of those who were RUNNING from the Nazis.
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 01:26 PM
Nov 2015
 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
27. Ahmed, the clock boy, was super-criticized on DU for
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:39 PM
Nov 2015

taking Qatar up on their offer of asylum/expatriation/whatever until I made the point that he and his family would be less vulnerable to random gun violence.

As a disclaimer, I fully support the 2nd Amendment.

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
10. The same idiots who are
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 01:29 AM
Nov 2015

crowing the loudest about keeping out Syrian refugees fleeing war and terrorism would defend to the death the "right" of any white American asshole to buy multiple firearms. And when said American asshole shoots up a school or a theatre or a church, or goes on a rampage in a neighborhood, we hear the sound of crickets from these chickenshits.

And, on the subject of terrorists, why is no one talking about Timothy McVeigh, the homegrown terrorist whose bombing of a Federal building that contained a daycare center took 168 lives of men, women, and small children?

From the way these fuckfaces are prattling on about refugees, you'd think we live in some sort of pristine utopia. The reality is far far different.

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
22. McVeight parked the truck with the explosives, on the street, just feet from the
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 09:44 PM
Nov 2015

day care nursery on the first floor.

Their reality is far far different alright. To some Americans , it is alright to kill or cause the death of children.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
17. We've had lots of reich-wing fundy-religious kkk actual acts of terrorism on U.S. soil. So many that
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 05:52 PM
Nov 2015

they are quickly becoming the norm.

patsimp

(915 posts)
25. Both problems have to be dealt with
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:28 PM
Nov 2015

it's like saying people get sick from smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol so don't do anything about either.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
26. We have had a couple
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:34 PM
Nov 2015

The one on the Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Comes to mind. That was a few years ago though.

lark

(23,148 posts)
31. Repugs only want to up the fear,
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 01:00 PM
Nov 2015

so we'll let them do even worse things to us in the name of (false" "security". They even won't let the terror list be reviewed prior to gun sales, they want terrorism. Just like Bush dialed back Clinton's terrorism efforts so the Saudi's were let into the country even when on a terrorist watch, so the whole Repug party wants to incite terrorists by treating all Muslims as criminals.

Ineeda

(3,626 posts)
32. Statistics:
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 11:45 PM
Nov 2015

I cant's quote exactly, but .... After the Mali attack one of the MSNBC shows posted list of statistics for terrorist-caused deaths this year. Boko Haram led the group, Isis was second, and Al Quaeda was third. Each group was "credited" with approximately 8300-8500 deaths. About 25000 globally. Horrible, I know. But do the math. Gun deaths in the US ALONE total over 30,000 per year. Where's the 24-7 news coverage? Where's the panicked public? Where's the GODDAMN rage????

I was also stunned to learn that even if someone is on a terror watch list they can still legally buy a fucking assault weapon, thanks to the efforts of the NRA. We are a sick society, for sure.

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