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joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
54. +1, so fucking true. The entire Muslim world has been slandered to shit and back.
Sat Sep 15, 2012, 06:32 PM
Sep 2012

I saw that shit happening, too, it was all so predictable. And disgusting. On DU no less. I spent almost the entire year in 2011 trying to rebuff the hateful, vile, xenophobic shit I was seeing.

Oh, you mean the "crazed mobs"? Scootaloo Sep 2012 #1
those were NOT crazed mobs dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #24
I think that one was definitely different. sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #34
Luckily, Al quada has emerged to take credit for it dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #47
Well in Libya we first made an agreement with Gadaffi to keep the fairly sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #55
Thus the quote marks Scootaloo Sep 2012 #43
dude no shit.. sometimes the mind boggles.... dionysus Sep 2012 #50
+1 2on2u Sep 2012 #2
Well said! n/t Spazito Sep 2012 #3
Didn't realize attacks on embassies were peaceful free speech. nt geek tragedy Sep 2012 #4
Only when Muslims do it. lamzydivy Sep 2012 #7
How many of the protestors did that? jberryhill Sep 2012 #11
We're talking about the violent attacks on geek tragedy Sep 2012 #31
Most of the people out on the streets weren't attacking anything. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #16
Societies that tolerate this kind of violent, primitive response geek tragedy Sep 2012 #28
Agreed. But I think the media has a lot to do with people's perceptions. Curtland1015 Sep 2012 #5
I don't have any issue with the peaceful protestors. Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #6
Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #9
Why should they need to understand free-speech, it's in OUR Constitution, not theirs. JaneyVee Sep 2012 #8
Constitutions have no connection with whacked-out religious principles. lamzydivy Sep 2012 #10
Oh I love free-speech. But trying to understand why some over there don't is ridiculous. JaneyVee Sep 2012 #12
Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #14
anti-islamic garbage from the cesspools of the far right HiPointDem Sep 2012 #18
We seem to have peace here in the US Paulie Sep 2012 #19
That's a ridiculous generalization. Blue_In_AK Sep 2012 #20
Based on the posts in this thread mythology Sep 2012 #27
You're trying to convince us they don't deserve to live, aren't you? treestar Sep 2012 #26
Most do codify religion into their constitutions Paulie Sep 2012 #13
Yes, you are correct, I should have said "Rational Constitutions". lamzydivy Sep 2012 #15
yes, plenty -- either in their constitutions or in their law. for example, norway only just this HiPointDem Sep 2012 #21
+100 HiPointDem Sep 2012 #17
I usually agree with you Aerows Sep 2012 #23
or it could be that americans are the most propagandized people in history and these stories HiPointDem Sep 2012 #25
Probably is the truth Aerows Sep 2012 #29
in my experience with local issues, the media always gets part of it wrong. & where there are HiPointDem Sep 2012 #36
So this is concocted bs? Aerows Sep 2012 #38
I'm always skeptical of reporting dealing with highly politicized matters & try to consult sources HiPointDem Sep 2012 #40
Concocted bullshit Aerows Sep 2012 #46
Riots Aerows Sep 2012 #22
Kay + Are M_M Sep 2012 #30
Are you insinuating that this is Aerows Sep 2012 #33
Finally, someone has dared to speak the truth behind the hyperbole... Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #32
I agree. OneGrassRoot Sep 2012 #35
Yeah, chanting "Death to America", and "Obama, Obama, we are all Osama" is SoooooooOOOooo peaceful MNBrewer Sep 2012 #37
If you don't see this as a bunch of bullshit Aerows Sep 2012 #49
Indeed RobertEarl Sep 2012 #39
Observation ProSense Sep 2012 #41
I'm expecting Aerows Sep 2012 #52
As an old 60's anti-war Democrat.... cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #42
What "those people" (overseas Muslims) don't understand Warpy Sep 2012 #44
Aren't "See? THOSE people don't deserve freedom!" threads fun? Posteritatis Sep 2012 #45
+1, so fucking true. The entire Muslim world has been slandered to shit and back. joshcryer Sep 2012 #54
K & r The Midway Rebel Sep 2012 #48
indeed, it's part of the percieved "war on islam" that underlies their protest stupidicus Sep 2012 #51
Yep. On DU they've been called jihadists and extremists joshcryer Sep 2012 #53
Locking, feel free to repost in Meta taterguy Sep 2012 #56
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