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Response to Buzz Clik (Reply #17)

They want to say radicalization is bad, and they have no problem attacking where radicals live, but ck4829 Dec 2015 #1
There is an old saying "Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb" Maeve Dec 2015 #34
Not what that phrase means, though muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 #40
That's a limited version of how it's been used in the US Maeve Dec 2015 #55
+1 treestar Dec 2015 #57
Bingo! nt MrScorpio Dec 2015 #79
It's quite a toxic recipe- Snarkoleptic Dec 2015 #2
this country has a sick society?? Blame the victim.. Yorktown Dec 2015 #3
WTF?! hobbit709 Dec 2015 #5
We're a country that has been at war all but 15 years of our existence. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #6
Are you talking of the US or Europe? colonialist exploitative foreign policy? Yorktown Dec 2015 #10
You can begin with the U.S.'s deposition of Mossadegh in Iran in 1953, bullwinkle428 Dec 2015 #14
Not very convincing. Risk of Communism raised by Churchill. Yorktown Dec 2015 #15
Churchill said ArtiChoke Dec 2015 #43
Is potato your favorite color? Yorktown Dec 2015 #46
Um... ArtiChoke Dec 2015 #67
No, I just quoted wiki on the topic Yorktown Dec 2015 #69
No argument here, but it's too late to unring that bell. Oneironaut Dec 2015 #62
. tk2kewl Dec 2015 #8
.. Yorktown Dec 2015 #11
I have no idea what you're talking about MrScorpio Dec 2015 #12
I am talking about one sentence of yours: " this country has a sick society" Yorktown Dec 2015 #16
San Bernadino wasn't an isolated incident MrScorpio Dec 2015 #20
Except that radical Islam is the same in Paris, Nigeria or San Bernardino Yorktown Dec 2015 #21
Did you bother reading the entire OP? MrScorpio Dec 2015 #22
Well, I also disagree with the rest of the post, but that's another point Yorktown Dec 2015 #24
The guy was born and raised in America, he is an American. Why do you avoid the facts? Rex Dec 2015 #27
Conditioning. "Terrorists" are set up in a way that they are supposed to be foreign, other ck4829 Dec 2015 #29
Well, in a discourse, if there is an odd element sticking out, that causes reactions Yorktown Dec 2015 #30
that one conveniently has all the NRA talking points Skittles Dec 2015 #80
We're not living in any of those other countries MrScorpio Dec 2015 #28
I suppose you never stayed overseas much Yorktown Dec 2015 #31
I lived two years in Korea and four years in Europe... MrScorpio Dec 2015 #33
Democracies. Yorktown Dec 2015 #36
The point being that this country is all we Americans have... MrScorpio Dec 2015 #38
I must disagree here too, I'm afraid Yorktown Dec 2015 #41
Frankly, I don't know how could begin to address such a level of naïveté. MrScorpio Dec 2015 #45
I prefer FDR, Keynes, JFK, Clinton and Obama. Yorktown Dec 2015 #47
I'm wondering, dude, how old are you? MrScorpio Dec 2015 #48
A difference of opinion isn't a sign of immaturity Yorktown Dec 2015 #49
Embarrassed? MrScorpio Dec 2015 #52
Well, we agree on one thing: never stop asking questions Yorktown Dec 2015 #54
I have one last thing for you to consider... MrScorpio Dec 2015 #58
I disagree with many of your statements here #58 Yorktown Dec 2015 #63
You're right and everyone else is wrong... Yeah, I get that. MrScorpio Dec 2015 #66
No, no, no, the US is sick and I am wrong Yorktown Dec 2015 #68
You're really defensive about this, aren't you? MrScorpio Dec 2015 #71
I already mentioned the US is far from perfect Yorktown Dec 2015 #72
I also mentioned before that sick is a relative term here, only in regards to ourselves. MrScorpio Dec 2015 #74
Well, if you use words as they suit you, fine. Yorktown Dec 2015 #75
Healthier society than European and Asian democracies? morningfog Dec 2015 #78
So would we be a "sick society" if we were talking about Columbine, Littleton, Atlanta bombings, A Simple Game Dec 2015 #35
Are letter bombs, anthrax letters a frequent occurence in the US? Yorktown Dec 2015 #37
People dying from riots and car fires are a possibility not the intent. But when A Simple Game Dec 2015 #70
I answered in #72 Yorktown Dec 2015 #73
Their societies may be sick too treestar Dec 2015 #64
So the guy that tried to blow up the PP building, you just going to avoid Rex Dec 2015 #26
Try to ask questions when you do not know someone and their opinions. Yorktown Dec 2015 #32
You should too, your replies to the OP make you now sound completely hypocritical. Rex Dec 2015 #39
I challenge you to back that word hypocritical Yorktown Dec 2015 #42
Why do you forget the radicalized Christians in this country? Where do they come from? KittyWampus Dec 2015 #44
I can prove to you I bash equally all religions in one link Yorktown Dec 2015 #50
Not all shooters are Muslims treestar Dec 2015 #59
Poverty. The genesis of radicalism, extremism and crime. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #60
The thing I'm notibing this morning, on Morning Joke, is the desperation to blame Obama. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2015 #4
^^^this^^^ Freddie Dec 2015 #7
I can dig it. nt MrScorpio Dec 2015 #9
Blaming Obama is for this is pure demagoguery Yorktown Dec 2015 #13
They found 12 pipe bombs. He was planning something far worse, but he fucked up. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #18
Cheering at the notion that "all Muslims should be registered" is radicalization. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #17
Post removed Post removed Dec 2015 #23
Sweet jesus. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #25
I'm wondering who Obama could have bombed to prevent this world wide wally Dec 2015 #19
I never hear the right talk radicalization when it's a white Christian killing spree. Tommy2Tone Dec 2015 #51
Their silence speaks volumes. nt MrScorpio Dec 2015 #53
Very good treestar Dec 2015 #56
That's a 180 in attitude from what you posted on Sunday LittleBlue Dec 2015 #61
In a specific sense, you're right. MrScorpio Dec 2015 #65
Exactly melman Dec 2015 #81
Would Dr. Tiller be dead if not for a radicalized Christian with a gun? valerief Dec 2015 #76
Damn Skippy! nt MrScorpio Dec 2015 #77
ONE group of radicals has the caliphate angle going for them. Waiting For Everyman Dec 2015 #82
Great post melman Dec 2015 #83
Well, for one thing, the chances of Daesh establishing itself in this country… MrScorpio Dec 2015 #84
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