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Albertoo

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56. Being a refugee is hard, but moving to a country you do not like makes it worse
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 12:12 AM
Jun 2016

There are 57 'Muslim' countries.
Better to resettle there rather than in the US if one doesn't approve of the American flag.

"Arno said she still can't believe it all happened..." HubertHeaver Jun 2016 #1
I'm a little dubious myself. Shrike47 Jun 2016 #3
We are a dubious lot. HubertHeaver Jun 2016 #4
Yeah, give this one the 72 hour sniff test Warpy Jun 2016 #9
Yeah..... The woman emerged from the woods? yardwork Jun 2016 #12
This should not have happened. But I saw family spokeswoman. I guarantee she supports Trump. Hoyt Jun 2016 #2
Arno can't believe what, exactly? jberryhill Jun 2016 #5
Perhaps it was staged by the Arno family and their neighbors? FrodosPet Jun 2016 #6
Do you believe the family enticed that woman on their lawn? Albertoo Jun 2016 #7
What woman? Does she even exist? yardwork Jun 2016 #13
A woman was charged leftynyc Jun 2016 #16
But did she really emerge from the woods and attack the family over the flag? yardwork Jun 2016 #18
No idea leftynyc Jun 2016 #25
My question wasn't clear, sorry. yardwork Jun 2016 #26
I don't understand your question The Straight Story Jun 2016 #8
The difference between willing immigrants and refugees is their (dis)taste for the USA Albertoo Jun 2016 #28
Ok, so they reflect others, like conservatives here. They hate america and want a theocracy too The Straight Story Jun 2016 #57
American religious fundamentalists are nuts, but they do not hate the US or its flag Albertoo Jun 2016 #58
They have hated the US since 2008 The Straight Story Jun 2016 #59
Fundamentalists may hate Democrats, they do not hate the US like radical Muslims Albertoo Jun 2016 #61
Is there any indication the woman arrested is a refugee? Or Muslim? Recursion Jun 2016 #10
They cover their hair leftynyc Jun 2016 #17
"Burqa" made me suspicious since they aren't worn in Africa Recursion Jun 2016 #20
That was my reaction, too. The woman looks Somali, and no burqas in Somalia Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2016 #23
Only time I've seen a burqa leftynyc Jun 2016 #24
I'm waking a wild gamble that the garment is just misidentified Scootaloo Jun 2016 #45
Oh I doubt it was "just because they were flying the flag" Marrah_G Jun 2016 #11
Maybe she is PTSD from the war and snapped Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #14
Yes - I haven't the slightest doubt that in RURAL GEORGIA, there are women bullwinkle428 Jun 2016 #15
Happens all the time! Lol yardwork Jun 2016 #19
Lawrenceville is Atlanta metro. Rural Georgia is where *I* live. dawg Jun 2016 #22
Maybe they just want a hug? Chan790 Jun 2016 #47
See police report confirming the story in post #21 (not mine) Albertoo Jun 2016 #31
It's like half a news story. No details what so ever. Here's the police report. Sunlei Jun 2016 #21
Thanks. Pretty much confirms the article Albertoo Jun 2016 #29
Thx Oneironaut Jun 2016 #34
She was wearing a black burqa that attacked them?!! nt tblue37 Jun 2016 #52
Sounds like a nut to me n/t Scootaloo Jun 2016 #27
Quite likely, but nefarious ideologies send nuts to do harm Albertoo Jun 2016 #30
So do talking dogs. Scootaloo Jun 2016 #36
So the Middle Eastern culture about the US plays zero role in this case? Albertoo Jun 2016 #38
First, Somalia is in Africa, not the middle east. Scootaloo Jun 2016 #44
Somalia is just miles from the Middle East and belongs to the cultural Middle East Albertoo Jun 2016 #49
Well, you're doing so incorrectly then Scootaloo Jun 2016 #51
No, I didn't mean Muslim Albertoo Jun 2016 #53
"Police don't know a motive for the attack" struggle4progress Jun 2016 #32
Already answered in post #30 Albertoo Jun 2016 #35
As a very general rule, I frown on attacking people. As another very general rule, struggle4progress Jun 2016 #39
As a general rule, I try to prevent fire rather than wait for the full blaze Albertoo Jun 2016 #40
According to reports, Amina Ahra is not from the Middle East but from Somalia struggle4progress Jun 2016 #41
You are nitpicking, Somalia is next door to Yemen and Saudi Arabia Albertoo Jun 2016 #42
"Careless with some facts, careless with all" struggle4progress Jun 2016 #48
There just isn't an adequate word for the cultural Middle East Albertoo Jun 2016 #50
There isn't an adequate word for people who assume facts-not-in-evidence struggle4progress Jun 2016 #54
The wearing of a burqa is evidence of submission to political Islam Albertoo Jun 2016 #55
Meh... Oneironaut Jun 2016 #33
Some answers Albertoo Jun 2016 #37
Sounds like mental illness. Quantess Jun 2016 #43
Watch this video from CBC. Canada takes in many more refugees. See the hardship. George Eliot Jun 2016 #46
Being a refugee is hard, but moving to a country you do not like makes it worse Albertoo Jun 2016 #56
THAT. Makes sense. bdwker Jun 2016 #60
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