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07 Dec 2019, 10:12 am

I guess I'm too cynical because of all the post-9/11 paranoia crap that Bush exploited for his 'War on Terror', that and Trump's muslim ban.


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07 Dec 2019, 10:18 am

TheRevengeofTW1ZTY wrote:
I guess I'm too cynical because of all the post-9/11 paranoia crap that Bush exploited for his 'War on Terror', that and Trump's muslim band.


There still is a difference between saying "all Muslims" and "all Arabs." Arabs are a racial group, Muslim are a religious group. Not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arabs.



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07 Dec 2019, 10:22 am

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I guess I'm too cynical because of all the post-9/11 paranoia crap that Bush exploited for his 'War on Terror', that and Trump's muslim band.


There still is a difference between saying "all Muslims" and "all Arabs" Arabs are a racial group, Muslim area religious group. Not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arabs.


Of course not, but I garuntee you there are PLENTY of ignorant people in the US who either don't know the difference or don't care about the difference.

To those Americans every brown-skinned Middle Easterner is an evil terrorist. Just like every black person is a criminal and every hispanic is in this country illegally.


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07 Dec 2019, 10:30 am

Most people I know are more alarmed about suspected terrorism when they see someone wearing a ski mask that covers the ankles of the person wearing it than the color of the person's skin.



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07 Dec 2019, 10:33 am

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Most people I know are more alarmed about suspected terrorism when they see someone wearing a ski mask that covers the ankles of the person wearing it than the color of the person's skin.


I wish I could say the same. That's all I'm going to say.


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07 Dec 2019, 11:57 am

I checked again this morning. Still not a single mention of this tragedy on Huffpo. That's disturbing since I've seen front page mention of previous shootings on Huffpo when the murderer has been a white male.



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07 Dec 2019, 12:04 pm

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I checked again this morning. Still not a single mention of this tragedy on Huffpo. That's disturbing since I've seen front page mention of previous shootings on Huffpo when the murderer has been a white male.


That is weird, I just looked at it myself, not even like a Backpage opinion for huffpo, but it seems to be front page everywhere else like fox, ABC, etc.



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07 Dec 2019, 12:15 pm

Bravo5150 wrote:
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I checked again this morning. Still not a single mention of this tragedy on Huffpo. That's disturbing since I've seen front page mention of previous shootings on Huffpo when the murderer has been a white male.


That is weird, I just looked at it myself, not even like a Backpage opinion for huffpo, but it seems to be front page everywhere else like fox, ABC, etc.


Exactly. I look at Huffpo quite often because I like to read things which are given from differing viewpoints.



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07 Dec 2019, 4:44 pm

Magna wrote:
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Magna wrote:
I checked again this morning. Still not a single mention of this tragedy on Huffpo. That's disturbing since I've seen front page mention of previous shootings on Huffpo when the murderer has been a white male.


That is weird, I just looked at it myself, not even like a Backpage opinion for huffpo, but it seems to be front page everywhere else like fox, ABC, etc.


Exactly. I look at Huffpo quite often because I like to read things which are given from differing viewpoints.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5deb ... 63b851f886

They finally put something up.



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07 Dec 2019, 4:50 pm

Bravo5150 wrote:
Magna wrote:
Bravo5150 wrote:
Magna wrote:
I checked again this morning. Still not a single mention of this tragedy on Huffpo. That's disturbing since I've seen front page mention of previous shootings on Huffpo when the murderer has been a white male.


That is weird, I just looked at it myself, not even like a Backpage opinion for huffpo, but it seems to be front page everywhere else like fox, ABC, etc.


Exactly. I look at Huffpo quite often because I like to read things which are given from differing viewpoints.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5deb ... 63b851f886

They finally put something up.


Maybe someone at Huffpo reads WP threads... :wink:



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07 Dec 2019, 4:53 pm

Magna wrote:
Bravo5150 wrote:
Magna wrote:
Bravo5150 wrote:
Magna wrote:
I checked again this morning. Still not a single mention of this tragedy on Huffpo. That's disturbing since I've seen front page mention of previous shootings on Huffpo when the murderer has been a white male.


That is weird, I just looked at it myself, not even like a Backpage opinion for huffpo, but it seems to be front page everywhere else like fox, ABC, etc.


Exactly. I look at Huffpo quite often because I like to read things which are given from differing viewpoints.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5deb ... 63b851f886

They finally put something up.


Maybe someone at Huffpo reads WP threads... :wink:



I would have guessed that maybe they receive their news tips the old fashioned way and just now received the telegraph that there was a shooting.



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07 Dec 2019, 4:59 pm

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[There still is a difference between saying "all Muslims" and "all Arabs." Arabs are a racial group, Muslim are a religious group. Not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arabs.

True, but saying "all Muslims are terrorists" is every bit as much of a stigmatizing overgeneralization as saying "all Arabs are terrorists."


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07 Dec 2019, 5:02 pm

Mona Pereth wrote:
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[There still is a difference between saying "all Muslims" and "all Arabs." Arabs are a racial group, Muslim are a religious group. Not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arabs.

True, but saying "all Muslims are terrorists" is every bit as much of a stigmatizing overgeneralization as saying "all Arabs are terrorists."

Exxxxactly!


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07 Dec 2019, 5:05 pm

Mona Pereth wrote:
Bravo5150 wrote:
[There still is a difference between saying "all Muslims" and "all Arabs." Arabs are a racial group, Muslim are a religious group. Not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arabs.

True, but saying "all Muslims are terrorists" is every bit as much of a stigmatizing overgeneralization as saying "all Arabs are terrorists."


I think Trump has already went there on the idea that all Muslims are terrorists, hence the ban on Muslims coming into the country. I was simply pointing out to Tw1zty that there was a difference when he appeared to use the two words synonymously.



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07 Dec 2019, 7:06 pm

In case anyone has amnesia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... m-bigotry/

Trump openly declared his distrust of muslims when he tried to enact his ban.

But he has done a 180 degree turn after visiting Saudi Arabia. The Saudis get a free pass as they did after 9-11



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07 Dec 2019, 7:07 pm

cyberdad wrote:
In case anyone has amnesia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... m-bigotry/

Trump openly declared his distrust of muslims when he tried to enact his ban.

But he has done a 180 degree turn after visiting Saudi Arabia. The Saudis get a free pass as they did after 9-11


It's good to have oil...


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