We are asking Muslims to be tolerant people and not to join up with jihadists. Shouldn't

[applegrove]

we be tolerant of them too? Otherwise we are hypocrites.

[dkf]

1. Lol. Muslims aren't Jihadists because we ask them not to be?

I thought Islam was a religion of peace? Now we know they aren't bombing us because we asked them not to.

[applegrove]

4. You know my point. We ask all sorts of people around the world to be peaceloving. And it doesn't

always work though closer relations between America and ______ seem to help.

[gerenimox]

8. "We ask all sorts of people around the world to be peaceloving"

yet we don`t hesitate to genocide a few millions of muslims.

[eleny]

2. I don't think the Republicans really believe all their spin

They're just using this situation for political gain.

Sanity and reason have nothing to do with it. It's about regaining power.

edited for spelling

[Beartracks]

5. Yeah, they'll spin whichever contradictory ways they need to...

... to make political hay. The short media attention span certainly helps.

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[eleny]

7. The calliope tactic - just keep pumping the gas

[sohndrsmith]

3. I would love to ask any thinking person with a pulse:

How does labeling all Muslims (who are American citizens) as being so unwelcome that we protest a building that includes a place of worship....

...be viewed as helpful in thwarting those extremists who distort and misuse Islamic faith to explain their violent, horrific, murderous hatred.

Pretend the thing "Americans" (geez) are against is not Islam or a mosque, but - say - sports fans. Protests bloom everywhere because there have been events where sports fans are violent, cause riots, even murder... and those events result in a national mindset of demonizing all sports fans - including those who have never and would never harm a fly, cause any disruption for any reason and are valuable members of their communities and provide meaningful contributions to their town, state and this country as a result.

But for some reason they find themselves labeled as "bad", "dangerous", "inferior", "different", "scary". Unfortunately, such a categorization will likely be the very thing that makes some sports fans angry enough that they end up being violent themselves... even if its just one person - the accusation and negative label very likely (right or wrong) would cause the very behaviour being protested in some being acted out by others who otherwise would have never even thought of such a thing.

Anyone who is wrongfully labeled negatively - or lumped together with bad acts, groups or people without reason (religious beliefs that seem the same but are NOT is a prime example, as any other thing that insanely assumes "they're all alike") is going to be royally pissed - and rightly so.

Any of us who has somehow convinced ourselves (clearly without thinking it through adequately) that

ALL:

Muslims
Christians
Blacks/African Americans
Whites
Men
Women
Democrats
Republicans
Vegans
Gun Owners
Atheists
College Students
Smokers
Alcoholics
Pet Owners
Scientists
Nuns
Soldiers
Lawyers
Terminally Ill
Artists
Children
(and so on)

ARE or ARE NOT "______" (fill in the blank). No matter what is filled in, it is WRONG and unfair.

[Beartracks]

6. Intriguing analogy. n/t