Re: Worth a watch !!!!
Originally Posted by
manasota
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Er.... that is not the crap that Tomcat has been putting on here, and you know it.
I have no illusions about the barbarous scum in Iraq who I would happily exterminate with extreme prejudice. And I have no problem recognising the threat that such people pose to us here. But I wont confuse - deliberately or otherwise - ordinary muslims, with those scum. We share the planet with over a billion people claiming to be muslims, and as an atheist I'd rather they gave up on their superstitious nonsense, the same way I wish Christians and other deluded theists would start to act and think logically.
But I don't regard ordinary people as enemies just because their beliefs are irrational. To do so will not solve any problems at all.
And I have big problems with utter rubbish spewed out by the American far right who do so to serve a very particular agenda of their own. This Geller woman is a typical privileged, rich white American that you see on Fox News, saying anything that will protect their own self interest at the expense of everyone else.
I agree Simon
one thing is for sure, we will
not defeat muslim extremists by condemning and alienating the entire world population of moderate muslims many of whom hate the extremists as much as we do and have suffered at their hands.
Right wing propagandists (including those who post on forums) play into the hands of the extremists by helping them to divide and conquer the rest of us .
The way to defeat extremists is for moderate people
of all beliefs and none to unite.
I dislike most religions and belong to none , most of them lead to extremism of one kind or another.