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Albertoo

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61. Fundamentalists may hate Democrats, they do not hate the US like radical Muslims

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Woman in burqa attacks family with their American Flag [View all] Albertoo Jun 2016 OP

"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