That's not all you said. Your entire argument in a thread relating to an Islamic extremists terror attack is about how the French brought this onto themselves
Whoah... wait a second.
Is my argument that "The French" brought this onto themselves, or that Charlie Hebdo knew what they were doing and that I'm not surprised by these attacks.
As I recall, "my entire argument" was that I AM NOT CHARLIE; and France is a multicultural melting pot just like the United States (more so the USA in early 1970s).
I seem to recall making the express argument that folks, like YOU, throwing around the term "French" were excluding MILLIONS of native born French people.
So yeah, that's not my entire argument.
unsurprisingly by angering a group of people with cartoons. You're fighting against the cartoons more than for the actual people who died. It's very interesting.
Again, my first few posts in the thread basically say "this was a terrible attack, and cannot be justified." It's obligatory.
These terrorist attacks are terrible -- but -- let's not forget who and what Charlie Hebdo is and what they represent. I am not Charlie. Fuck Charlie.
I'd like to hear your opinion on this. You seem to think this only happens in Arab countries and that Arabs are under attack.
I don't know what you're talking about "I seem to think."
I've made the argument that most Muslims aren't Arabs, but the constant portrayal of Arab Muslims as barbarians is a racist stereotype.
Reading your post, I don't think you actually understand my positional at all. And I mean that honestly... You're a smart guy JSS, I don't know why my point eludes you.
How come you won't admit Islamic extremism is a much larger problem and effects much larger portions of the world?
Larger than what?
I'll answer a question that makes sense. But larger than what exactly?
Do you blame the white man for these problems too?
Is this racist goading now?
When have I ever "blamed the White man?"
To do what you're accusing me of would in itself be racist.
I've made the point that I do not lump all White people together.... I've made this point numerous times in multiple threads.
So wtf are you talking about? Or to you, Charlie Hebdo represents your idea of "the White man?" Because if so, I think that'd speak more about you than it would me.
For the record, whenever anyone has asked me what the most insidious problems are to Americans my list has never changed
1) The Military Industrial Complex
2) The loss of personal liberties since 2001
3) Lack of healthcare
4) Lack of education
5) Campaign finance reform
6) The militarization of local police departments
No, nowhere on there is radical Islam. Is it on my list somewhere? Yes, assuredly. But it's not more important, as I see the world, than any of the above issues.
Solve problems #1 and #5 and the world would be a very different place. And understand, I have absolutely no problem explaining to you IN DETAIL what I mean by this. I just don't think you understand the nature of the problem.
It's for the better if we just sit back and leave these people alone so that they are enslaved, slaughtered, and punished without impunity for doing nothing wrong, no?
Absolutely YES. Leave them the fuck alone!
I am an Arab. I can tell you with 100% confidence, we are better off removing ourselves from the equation in the Middle East completely. America, as we are, has no place there and cannot. Our values are not compatible, our societies are not compatible.
We say we want them to be democratic, but then if they are democratic they'll want Sharia in many countries by popular vote. Then they'll want to raise an army and build nuclear power plants, and then they'll want to isolate and oppose the interests of the regional foe, Israel.
But, we want democracy for them right?
Simply put, as it stands, a workable alliance with a truly democratic Arab state is next to impossible at this point as it would contradict our present alliances.
For someone who considers themselves a liberal, you're nothing of the sort.
How has anything you've said spoken to my liberal nature?
Nothing I've said is any different than you would find on liberal news outlets. Hell, you could just listen to The Young Turks. Can you find a single thing that I've said here that they would contradict?
