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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:14 PM Original message |
Question for DUers: Why do the Republicans consider the Ft. Hood attacks as a terror attack, and |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because a muslin did it |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. ...and coupled with his virulent, anti-American, pro-jihadist sentiments some jumped to wrong |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. The republicans are going to call any attack by a muslim terror |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because "we" are wrong in this instance. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. You nailed it. nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I think "we" don't know yet, 100% |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Hasan was not a terrorist. He has a religious delusion, not a political one. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I don't know |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Did I say that? I don't think so. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Well, yeah... |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. So, all people who commit murder due to religious delusions is a terrorist? |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
60. How in the WORLD |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. There are definitely religious terrorists |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
39. I don't think so. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. except that for a long time there has been a definition of terrorism.... in which the ends |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I take your point, but the phenomenon has evolved and the definition with it |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. certainly didn't intend to suggest a difference between political vs religious motivation |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
54. your missing the point |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Thank you. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. It is the stance of the ostrich. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. Yeah, I agree |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. work place violence equals terrorism? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Guy in Oval Office has D after his name |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ask him if the murder of Dr Tiller was terrorism? |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
51. Better yet... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. What makes you think it wasn't? A person can go berzerk for political reasons as well as personal. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Terrorism and mental problems don't usually go together |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I was addressing the OP's assertion that DUers deny Ft Hood was a "real" terrorist attack. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I think we have ample evidence the 9/11 pilots were suicidal |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. We don't know that. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Religious mania & mental illness often go hand in hand. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think the investigation isn't over yet, so we don't know |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. thanks, guys! DUers are the BEST!! |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. DU only believe terrorism is done by white supremicists and home grown organizations |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I think you'd get consensus here that 9/11 was terrorism. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
53. ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. cause republicans are super smart & we're super dumb about what makes things work... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because the republicans are islamophobic bigots and we're not. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Same damn question we have had all along! When do we wake up and say the HELL with you, Republicans? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. Does he consider the Tennessee assailant who went in guns blazing into a UU Church, |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. That was certainly terrorism. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. It was a mass shooting along the lines of Columbine and Va. Tech |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. The presumpton of the sanity of the 9/11 actors is one of this thread's weirder aspects |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Clinically they were sane |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. The lone shooters you're talking about usually do a lot of planning |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Can't agree there |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. I don't really care if you agree. I am offering information, not negotiating. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. I would call Hasan a self-formed cell of one. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. we object to calling it terrorism because we object to the kind of fear engendered by that label. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. I can't buy that. |
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LovinLife (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. I just consider it as a psycho that shot up his workplace. It always happens. NT |
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elana i am (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. my understanding is a terrorist attack |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. The people involved in terrorism are not usually the people carrying out the attacks. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. Motivation matters a lot IMHO |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. Muslim=terrorist; I thought this was understood. n/t |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. Because the Repugs are unable to separate Terrorism with |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
52. They want to run on it |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
56. terrorism is a tool used by a wider org to move thought in their direction |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
61. Does your friend think Oklahoma City was a terrorist attack? |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
62. Here's a question for everybody |
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