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Tom Rinaldo

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19. They are the face of the year for a dangerous movement

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Thu Sep 4, 2014, 12:26 PM

Sep 2014

It is the ideology of murderous religious extremism that is the threat, more so than this particular collection of extremists at that place at this time. Murderous religious extremism historically has never been solely Islamic, virtually all mega religions have out breaks of it from time to time. At the moment it is most virulent at the Muslim fringe where circumstances make its advancement viable. But t can trigger extremist reactions in other religions also; be it Christian vs. Muslim in Nigeria, or Hindu vs Muslim in India, or Jewish vs Muslim in the Middle East, and it can contribute to the rise of extreme right wing Christianity in America alsp as the world wide climate for religious tolerance deteriorates.

So while I rate ISIS as a 3 or 4, I rate jhadism as a 7 and religious extremism in general as 8 or higher.

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On a scale of 1-10 how large a threat is ISIS? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 OP

Threat to whom? Scuba Sep 2014 #1

Exactly. ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #2

That was my first thought ....? etherealtruth Sep 2014 #38

10's??? NightWatcher Sep 2014 #3

I think Ebola is No. 1 fadedrose Sep 2014 #4

There are two axes to the threat matrix lumberjack_jeff Sep 2014 #5

Threat to the US mainland, I'd give it a 7. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #6

giant threat to syrians/iraqi minorities. not so much to north americans. La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #7

To what? With out that answer, it's impossible to rate. sinkingfeeling Sep 2014 #8

Very little threat to me (nt) bigwillq Sep 2014 #9

As big a threat as the “knock-out game” N/T Chathamization Sep 2014 #10

Has the knockout game killed hundreds? n/t. PlanetaryOrbit Sep 2014 #13

This threat goes to 11 Capt. Obvious Sep 2014 #11

To whom? They are a huge threat to some people and not much of one to others. Marrah_G Sep 2014 #12

Threat to Iraqi Christians? Extremely high. PlanetaryOrbit Sep 2014 #14

What an insensitive question frazzled Sep 2014 #15

I don't think I specified who the threat was to and nor did I categorize the magnitude of it./NT DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #16

There's something called implicature frazzled Sep 2014 #17

I merely asked a question. I can not control other people's inferences nor do I want to./NT DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #18

A very stupid question frazzled Sep 2014 #21

I regret the fact you are using this poll to cast aspersions on my character./NT DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #22

They are the face of the year for a dangerous movement Tom Rinaldo Sep 2014 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author CJCRANE Sep 2014 #20

I was not originally concerned about them hitting the homeland, but Frustratedlady Sep 2014 #23

A threat to whom? LittleBlue Sep 2014 #24

I am not going to give a number but they are a serious threat to the people of the hrmjustin Sep 2014 #25

To the United States? Zero Autumn Sep 2014 #26

And also presumably those Iraqi people that Isis executes and kills ? nt el_bryanto Sep 2014 #28

Yeah, bush and dick should be on trial for what they did. Autumn Sep 2014 #29

Can't answer. I don't have enough information. MineralMan Sep 2014 #27

1, unless we do all the miraculous shit we did right before and on 9/11 whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #30

A threat to what and whom? BainsBane Sep 2014 #31

To me they are a 1 or 2. To other folks in the world they are a 10. Should I ignore them pampango Sep 2014 #32

"10. Serious to the amount of 10." Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #33

Our militaristic police and for profit prisons are a far bigger threat to us than Isis is. Initech Sep 2014 #34

I don't know. Rex Sep 2014 #35

I never understood why people usually rank things on a scale of 1 to 10, instead of 0 to 10. (eom) StevieM Sep 2014 #36

Today the threat is very small Taitertots Sep 2014 #37

I picked 10 Mojo Electro Sep 2014 #39